This communication investigates the interaction between firms and universities in the Brazilian industry, looking for … industrial R&D and the relevance of universities for firms. The results confirm the conjecture that as firms engage in R&D they … increase the relevance of universities for their innovative activities. And the continuous engagement in R&D multiplies the …

on the interaction between firms and universities in the Brazilian industry. The basic hypothesis states that the … relevance of universities as a source of information to the firms’ innovation activities is greater when firms are engaged in R …