Public-private Partnerships in Agricultural Research
The study hypothesizes that the willingness and ability of public agencies and private firms to enter into partnerships are constrained by fundamentally different incentive structures. Tentative findings suggest that while incentives and perceptions do differ between sectors, sufficient common space exists or can be created through incentive structuring to facilitate greater partnership.
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http://www.ifpri.org/divs/eptd/dp/papers/eptdp113.pdf