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DETERMINANTS OF CORPORATE R&D ACTIVITY IN POLAND: DOES THE PARTICIPATION OF SCIENTISTS ON THE BOARD MATTER?
Authors: Mrs. Anna Bialek-Jaworska, University of Warsaw, Poland
Mrs. Barbara Grabinska, Cracow University of Economics, Poland
Keywords: R&D; academic entrepreneurship; R&D subsidies; patents; internal finance
Idea: To examine the determinants of company R&D investment and verify the impact of academics participation within management or board of directors, taking into account financial constraints, subsidies and IP protection. To identify needs and barriers for the R&D outcomes commercialization by scientists engaging in business activity without university engagement as a shareholder.
Data: Panel data from annual reports of Polish private companies merged with data from the National Court Register (boards members), and data on patents and scientists employed at universities.
Tools: Tobit panel analysis based on a sample of 18,125 non-public Polish limited liability and joint-stock companies for 2003-2013.
What’s new: Three key findings: (1) Financial constraints are a more important limitation for R&D investments of companies with a scientist on their management. (2) Important sources of financing of R&D investment of companies with a scientist on their management or supervisory board are government subsidies for research and infrastructure. (3) Companies with scientists on the management and/or supervisory board with lower growth opportunities increase spending on commercializing their R&D outcomes.
So what: These findings could assist policymakers, investors, and scientists in effectively combining science with business in catching-up countries. They allow to learn the needs of companies established by scientists that are interested in commercialization of R&D outcomes.
Contribution: Identifying that companies with a scientist on their supervisory board are likelier to invest more in the R&D outcomes for commercialization. Private firms that conduct R&D activity resulting in patents are likelier to invest more in the R&D outcomes.
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