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Both cohorts also reported a number of spinout and newly formed companies. Within the TX/UK cohort there were 2 spin-out companies formed over the past three years compared with none amongst the control group. Compared with a broader definition of newly established companies (i.e., including spin-in and other routes) the TX/UK researchers founded five newly formed companies to the Control group’s one.

Location, location, location

The focus of this study was to see in its most basic form, whether a region is able to leverage an international research network for economic development. In this case the two research groups were asked what kind of collaboration were they involved in; a 1-1 collaboration; where one entity was involved with the single respondent was in operation in a single local, and Multi Partnership collaboration where by a single respondent was involved with an entity that involved multi locations within an identified geographical location. Interesting enough was the fact that within both groups all researchers worked in an equal proportion of 1-1 collaborations within Wales, thusly inferring that there is proportional academic economic spill-over within the region, with the TX/UK researchers having a higher proportional engagement outside of the region than the control.

One-to-one partnerships

[link] on the following page presents the geographical spread of 1-1 partnerships across the TX/UK and Control cohorts.

From [link] , the following can be observed:

• TX/UK and Control cohorts present the equal numbers of 1-1 collaborations across the UK.
• TX/UK cohort is involved in significantly more 1-1 collaborations with partners in the EU and elsewhere around the world.

Multipartite partnerships

[link] below presents the geographical spread of multipartite partnerships across the TX/UK and Control cohorts.

In contrast with the 1-1 partnerships presented in [link] , a definite difference in number of partnerships with UK involvement can be seen between TX/UK and Control cohorts. This and other key observations can be summarized as:

• As for 1-1 partnerships, TX/UK cohort is involved in significantly more activity involving EU and Global partners.
• TX/UK cohort is involved in significantly more partnerships involving the UK.

Interviews

Over the course of this study semi-structured interviews were conducted with twelve key individuals involved the Texas/United Kingdom Collaborative six on the Texas side and six on the United Kingdom. These comprised of the Political Supporters, Academic Facilitators, and Coalface Researchers

6.5.1 interview participants

Texas political supporters