Research centres and universities' intellectual capital: a quantitative empirical study of PhD holders' contributions
基于法国Minalogic集群248名博士持有者的调查数据，用结构方程模型分析了研究中心和大学中人力资本、关系资本、结构资本与智力资本成果之间的正向关系，为政策制定者和实践者提供了管理启示。
This study investigates the mechanisms of intellectual capital (IC) in knowledge‐intensive research centres and universities in the Minalogic cluster of Grenoble, France. We use structural equation modelling to analyse responses from 248 PhD holders. Our results show a positive relationship among human, relational, structural, and intellectual capital outcomes. We first contribute to the early understanding of IC mechanisms in research centres and universities by conducting a quantitative empirical study, which is novel to IC. We support the relation between knowledge‐based human capital and relational alliances capital and highlight the importance of employing PhD. holders. Second, unlike past studies, we offer empirical support that (a) relational alliances capital relates to structural innovation capital and (b) knowledge‐based human capital relates to structural innovation capital. We suggest that research centres and universities should develop an alliance portfolio for innovations. Third, we uncover that structural innovation capital relates to IC outcomes, contributing to the assessment of the economic and social role of public research centres and universities. This study presents managerial implications for policymakers and practitioners engaged in research centres and universities by highlighting the importance of key components of IC.