The exploitation of complementarities in scientific production process at the laboratory level

The paper analyses the scientific research production of more than 80 laboratories belonging to Louis Pasteur University, a large and well-ranked European research university. We study research organisation of the labs focusing on the structure of research personnel and outcomes. The paper proposes a typology of laboratories, which enables us to stress different design for research organisation. The main results show how appropriate combinations of research personnel may strongly influence the publication and patent productivity. JEL classification: L31; 031; 032; 034:038 Keywords: Economics of science; Academic Research Laboratory; Organisation; Typology