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Determinants of Agri‐food Firms’ Participation in Public Funded Research and Development
Author(s) -
GarciaAlvarezCoque JoseMaria,
MasVerdu Francisco,
Sanchez García Mercedes
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
agribusiness
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.57
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1520-6297
pISSN - 0742-4477
DOI - 10.1002/agr.21407
Subject(s) - probit model , probit , ordered probit , business , test (biology) , multivariate probit model , marketing , industrial organization , economics , agricultural science , econometrics , paleontology , biology , environmental science
A database of over 2,700 agri‐food businesses in the region of Valencia, Spain was used to test the influence of internal characteristics of the firm and of external characteristics linked to local systems on the willingness to participate in R&D activities promoted by knowledge supporting institutions. A Probit model was estimated, correcting possible intragroup correlations when group variables are combined with individual data. Results show that R&D activities are enhanced in medium and large firms, co‐ops, experienced firms and better physical access to technological centers.