The impact of cluster policy on academic knowledge creation and regional innovation: geography of university–industry collaboration in Japan
研究日本以大学为中心的集群政策对产学合作的影响，发现学术参与者增加了专利产出，且位于集群区域内的学者专利增长更显著，而企业位置对科技产出无影响。
This article investigates the geography and additionality of university–industry collaboration by evaluating unique ‘university-centred’ cluster programmes in Japan. Utilising micro-data from official statistics and databases of publications and patents, we empirically compare the effects of cluster policy on academia and industry by employing fixed effect panel linear regression. Academic participants significantly increased the share of patents in science and technology output, suggesting a shift of research orientation towards more applied research and development. Academic participants located inside the local cluster areas significantly increased their patent applications, while firms’ location does not matter for science and technology output.