第174回STIG PoPセミナー/第7回TMI研究セミナー「Universities and Regional Technological Specialization」

Universities are often portrayed as ‘anchor tenants’ of local innovation, but when, how, and in which technologies do they actually reshape regional specialisation? This seminar synthesises evidence from three large scale, patent based studies on Europe (and Italy in depth) to unpack the mechanisms behind university–industry co evolution and the policy levers that can amplify it in real economies. First, we map four distinct co evolution regimes (convergent vs. divergent trajectories, and university push vs. region pull dynamics) using NUTS3 patent portfolios for 428 universities and their co located firms. We show substantial regional heterogeneity: convergence is more likely around large, STEM oriented universities, while region pull dominates where private R&D capability is already strong. Second, moving to the technology level, we test whether university ‘entry’ into a new patent field predicts subsequent regional specialisation in that same field. University entry robustly raises specialisation, but the effect collapses when academia and local industry are technologically distant, highlighting proximity and absorptive capacity as decisive moderators. The premium is strongest in high performing innovation ecosystems. Third, we zoom into Italy and show that accumulated university patent stocks causally increase local industrial specialisation, with smaller yet significant spillovers from neighbouring provinces. Effects are particularly pronounced in Southern areas and attenuated for highly internationalised universities, suggesting a trade off between global reach and local anchoring.

2026年2月6日（金）13:00～14:30

ハイブリッド（対面、Zoom）
場所：工3号館 TMI会議室・ラウンジ講義室

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主催:
東京大学工学系研究科 技術経営戦略学専攻 西野研究室
東京大学 科学技術イノベーション政策の科学（STIG）教育・研究ユニット

共催:
東京大学未来ビジョン研究センター(IFI)