A study of science-industry collaborative patterns in a large European University

*Rachel Levy
BETA, Louis Pasteur University

Sandrine Wolff
BETA, Louis Pasteur University

*Pascale Roux
ADIS, Université Paris Sud

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Abstract
This paper analyses the modalities according to which a large European university collaborates with firms by exploring its relational portfolio. We address this issue by exploiting a database listing more than 1000 firms having collaborated with the University Louis Pasteur between 1990 and 2002. First, using multi-correspondence analysis, we derive a four-classes typology of collaboration patterns. The frequency of interactions and the exclusive vs. open character of the relationships are discriminating features of the various patterns we obtain. Second, using multinomial logit estimation, we attempt to explain this diversity by individual attributes of the firms: size, sector and proximity.