Network formation within the BRITE--EURAM program is investigated.
We
describe the role of the hub of the network, which is defined as the set
of
main contractors that account for most of the participations. We study
the
effects that the conflict of objectives within European research funding
between pre-competitive research vs. European cohesion has on the
formation
of networks and on the relationship between different partners
of the network. \\
A panel data set is constructed including the second ...
Network formation within the BRITE--EURAM program is investigated.
We
describe the role of the hub of the network, which is defined as the set
of
main contractors that account for most of the participations. We study
the
effects that the conflict of objectives within European research funding
between pre-competitive research vs. European cohesion has on the
formation
of networks and on the relationship between different partners
of the network. \\
A panel data set is constructed including the second and third framework
of the
Brite--Euram program. A model of joint production of research results is
used
to test for changes in the behavior of partners within the two
frameworks. \\
The main findings are that participations are very concentrated, that is
a
small group of institutions account for most of the participations, but
going
from the second to the third framework the presence of subcontractors
and single
participants increases substantially. This result is reinforced by the fact
that main contractors receive smaller spill-ins within networks, but
spill-ins
increase from the second to the third framework.
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