We investigate the effect of both research and consulting on higher education teaching quality at the individual level. We propose a theor etical model in which academics allocate limited time between three activities, over a two period horizon, under the assumption of positive spillovers from...

This report provides evidence and policy recommendations concerning Germany's role in the global landscape of international scientific mobility and collaborations. Our analysis draws upon a comprehensive dataset from Scopus, encompassing over 5 million articles authored by researchers affiliated...

We investigate the effect of both research and consulting on higher education teaching quality at the individual level. We propose a theor etical model in which academics allocate limited time between three activities, over a two period horizon, under the assumption of positive spillovers from...

We assess the role of ethnic ties in the diffusion of technical knowledge by means of a database of patent filed by US-resident inventors of foreign origin, which we identify through name analysis. We consider ten important countries of origin of highly skilled migration to the US, both Asian...

This report provides evidence and policy recommendations concerning Germany's role in the global landscape of international scientific mobility and collaborations. Our analysis draws upon a comprehensive dataset from Scopus, encompassing over 5 million articles authored by researchers affiliated...

The paper examines the determinants of scientific productivity (number of articles and journals' impact factor) for a panel of about 3600 French and Italian academic physicists active in 2004-05. Endogeneity problems concerning promotion and productivity are addressed by specifying a generalized...

The pressure to extract rents from academic research results has led many universities to file more patents and to rely on a growing range of monetization strategies including selling patents to Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs). We build a database of university patents granted by the USPTO and,...