Costa, Joana; Teixeira, Aurora A. C. - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2005
public research investment thereby fostering regional economic development. That is because knowledge-based goods and … services are highly valuated by consumers and the TIF can increase the rate of innovation in the economy as a whole. Thus, the …&D projects are sponsored by public authorities as an effort to link universities to industrial innovation. This investigation …