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The effects of university-industry collaboration subsidies on firm performance

Industrial and Corporate Change · Academic Paper · 20 Aug 2026 · Empirical research · Paywalled · Editor's rating: No stars

Competitive university-industry collaboration grants raised firm employment by 12% over five years.

Summary

Staggered difference-in-differences on 5,000+ Australian Linkage Project applications 2002-2015.

Editor's opinion

Narrow university-industry-subsidy policy econometrics, not a firm-strategy lever.

Key concepts

university-industry collaboration · subsidies · firm performance

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