Complementarity and Substitution in Industrial R&D Activity
Abstract
The paper proposes macro analysis of business preferences for using internal and external sources of research and development. These preferences are investigated for the business sector as a whole. The higher education and government sectors are taken as the most important external sources for business research and development (R&D). The actions of the business sector are considered in terms of choice of the composition of investment in its research and acquisition of external knowledge. This choice may have dynamic effects of substitution or complementarity. The paper introduces four primary factors that influence the behavior of business sector. That is the main subject of the study. These factors are: a stage of country’s development and economic situation, business conditions, efficacy and dimensions of impact of public policies on R&D. The work carries out cross-country comparisons of complementarity and substitution effects in the use of business R&D sources as well as the shifts in business preferences. The comparison has been made within two groups of countries for 2000-2010.
About the Authors
O. G. Golichenko
ЦЭМИ РАН, ВШЭ, МФТИ
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
S. A. Samovoleva
ЦЭМИ РАН
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Golichenko O.G., Samovoleva S.A. Complementarity and Substitution in Industrial R&D Activity. Economics of Contemporary Russia. 2015;(3):110-125. (In Russ.)
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