Does open access to academic research help small, science-based companies?
Purpose – This study investigates the extent to which a company's usage of open access (OA) literature for R&D activities depends on its size. The authors’ assumption is that smaller pharmaceutical companies have less access to (usually expensive) journal subscriptions. Design/methodology/a...
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| Online Access: | https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JIUC-04-2020-0004/full/pdf?title=does-open-access-to-academic-research-help-small-science-based-companies |
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| author | ElHassan ElSabry Koichi Sumikura |
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| description | Purpose – This study investigates the extent to which a company's usage of open access (OA) literature for R&D activities depends on its size. The authors’ assumption is that smaller pharmaceutical companies have less access to (usually expensive) journal subscriptions. Design/methodology/approach – A fixed-effect Poisson model was used to study a panel dataset of USPTO pharmaceutical company patents. The dependent variable is the count of citations to OA resources in a given company patent. Findings – Results support current anecdotal evidence that many SMEs suffer from high journal prices. Originality/value – This result justifies the assumption made by policymakers about the potentially positive impact OA mandates have on national innovation activity. It was also shown that collaborating with universities can be a potential coping mechanism for companies that struggle to gain access to the journals they need. In addition to the novelty of its findings, this study introduces a new way to study the impact of OA in nonacademic contexts. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0899bfdaf2f1464ab96b301c25d7897b2022-12-22T03:30:24ZengEmerald PublishingJournal of Industry-University Collaboration2631-357X2020-12-01239510910.1108/JIUC-04-2020-0004652300Does open access to academic research help small, science-based companies?ElHassan ElSabry0Koichi Sumikura1Mirqah for Scientific Research and Management Consulting, Cairo, EgyptNational Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo, JapanPurpose – This study investigates the extent to which a company's usage of open access (OA) literature for R&D activities depends on its size. The authors’ assumption is that smaller pharmaceutical companies have less access to (usually expensive) journal subscriptions. Design/methodology/approach – A fixed-effect Poisson model was used to study a panel dataset of USPTO pharmaceutical company patents. The dependent variable is the count of citations to OA resources in a given company patent. Findings – Results support current anecdotal evidence that many SMEs suffer from high journal prices. Originality/value – This result justifies the assumption made by policymakers about the potentially positive impact OA mandates have on national innovation activity. It was also shown that collaborating with universities can be a potential coping mechanism for companies that struggle to gain access to the journals they need. In addition to the novelty of its findings, this study introduces a new way to study the impact of OA in nonacademic contexts.https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JIUC-04-2020-0004/full/pdf?title=does-open-access-to-academic-research-help-small-science-based-companiesknowledge transferopen innovationopen access mandatesscience linkage |
| spellingShingle | ElHassan ElSabry Koichi Sumikura Does open access to academic research help small, science-based companies? Journal of Industry-University Collaboration knowledge transfer open innovation open access mandates science linkage |
| title | Does open access to academic research help small, science-based companies? |
| title_full | Does open access to academic research help small, science-based companies? |
| title_fullStr | Does open access to academic research help small, science-based companies? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Does open access to academic research help small, science-based companies? |
| title_short | Does open access to academic research help small, science-based companies? |
| title_sort | does open access to academic research help small science based companies |
| topic | knowledge transfer open innovation open access mandates science linkage |
| url | https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JIUC-04-2020-0004/full/pdf?title=does-open-access-to-academic-research-help-small-science-based-companies |
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