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<p>Place-based cluster policies have been widely adopted to foster regional innovation by promoting R&amp;D collaborations. While previous research highlights the behavioral additionality of these policies, evidence regarding their effectiveness in fostering science-industry (S-I) collaborations remains limited. This paper examines the impact of the establishment of the French Competitive Cluster Program in 2005 on S-I collaborations. Leveraging a novel dataset of collaborative patents from 2000 to 2018, the results show that the cluster policy increases S-I collaborations within targeted regions. Additional analyses suggest that the effect is strongest in knowledge-intensive sectors and is associated with higher patent quality. Furthermore, the cluster policy induces a shift in innovative search strategies, with greater reliance on prior knowledge, suggesting a move toward incremental innovation. The findings contribute to the literature on the effectiveness of place-based cluster policies on science-industry collaborations and offer new insights into how to promote new collaborations through direct R&amp;D subsidies and the diffusion of academic research into industrial applications.</p>

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Cluster and local science-industry collaborations: evidence from a place-based innovation policy

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    2025年10月31日

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  • Aurelien Quignon

摘要

Place-based cluster policies have been widely adopted to foster regional innovation by promoting R&D collaborations. While previous research highlights the behavioral additionality of these policies, evidence regarding their effectiveness in fostering science-industry (S-I) collaborations remains limited. This paper examines the impact of the establishment of the French Competitive Cluster Program in 2005 on S-I collaborations. Leveraging a novel dataset of collaborative patents from 2000 to 2018, the results show that the cluster policy increases S-I collaborations within targeted regions. Additional analyses suggest that the effect is strongest in knowledge-intensive sectors and is associated with higher patent quality. Furthermore, the cluster policy induces a shift in innovative search strategies, with greater reliance on prior knowledge, suggesting a move toward incremental innovation. The findings contribute to the literature on the effectiveness of place-based cluster policies on science-industry collaborations and offer new insights into how to promote new collaborations through direct R&D subsidies and the diffusion of academic research into industrial applications.