Patterns of university–industry interactions in Brazil: an exploratory analysis using the instrumental of graph theory

The article seeks to explore the evidence related to the sectoral patterns of structuring of the university–industry relations in Brazil, departing from the information extracted from the database of the Brazil Survey Research, with the analytical contribution of graph theory and its centrality meas...

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Published in:Quality & quantity 2014-07, Vol.48 (4), p.1867-1892
Main Authors: Del-Vecchio, Renata R., Britto, Jorge, de Oliveira, Bruno F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Brazil
Business education relationship
Centrality
Colleges & universities
Empirical research
Graph Theory
Industrial structure
Industry
Infrastructure
Innovations
Knowledge
Knowledge sharing
Labour relations
Methodology of the Social Sciences
Qualitative analysis
Research centers
Science
Science and Technology
Social research
Social Sciences
Studies
Universities
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Summary:The article seeks to explore the evidence related to the sectoral patterns of structuring of the university–industry relations in Brazil, departing from the information extracted from the database of the Brazil Survey Research, with the analytical contribution of graph theory and its centrality measures. The empirical results allow us to identify some important constraints of the university–industry interactions in Brazil. In particular, we highlight the importance of locational aspects in conditioning the actions of universities as producers of science and technology for the productive sector and a tendency to relatively more intense interaction with less knowledge-intensive sectors, compared to so-called science based sectors.
ISSN:0033-5177
1573-7845
DOI:10.1007/s11135-013-9857-x