The paper draws on recent developments in participatory research to design and test an approach to planning farmer participatory research, which explicitly involves a range of institutional actors in the process. Their different perspectives contribute to a shared understanding of the needs, wishes and abilities of different institutions and members of rural communities to contribute to the res...

Recognition of the critical value performance indicators can play on institutional improvement transcends international boundaries. Several American and Mexican universities believe performance indicators can improve institutional decision-making while providing a valid mechanism to meet demands for accountability. Though those institutions value performance indicators, they also fear that curr...

• Firm characteristics – R&D intensity, firm size and human capital determine the propensity of firms to collaborate with universities. Firms that other partners are also far more likely collaborate, especially local Research excellence is linked lower university industry collaboration. Universities achieve success in research quality tend weaken their links national firms. innovation policy ai...