The influence of organizational aspects of educational and research institutions on transaction costs in the formation of partnerships with local governments/ A influencia de aspectos organizacionais das instituicoes de ensino e pesquisa sobre os custos de transacao na formacao de parcerias com governos locais/ Influencia de los aspectos organizativos de las instituciones educativas y de investigacion en los costos de transaccion en la formacion de alianzas con gobiernos locales

How do organizational aspects of education and research institutions influence transaction costs in establishing partnerships with local administrations? Based on unpublished data from an online survey of a group of 95 educational institutions this article aims to answer this question through a quantitative study seeking to verify the correlation between the characteristics of the partnerships formed and three selected organizational aspects: decentralization of campuses, the existence of a structure to welcome potential partners (gateway), and the presence of approval bodies. Based on propositions relating to transaction costs extracted from the theory of collective institutional action, hypotheses were formulated involving the effect of each organizational aspect. The results showed that the decentralization of campuses influences not only the presence but also the number of relevant experiences of partnerships with municipalities. Structuring "gateways" in training institutions more precisely affects the degree of formalization of partnerships, offering greater legal security and stability. However, the presence of approval bodies for partnerships negotiated in teaching and research institutions does not seem to affect, either positively or negatively, the establishment of these partnerships. Keywords: cooperation; transaction costs; municipalities; higher education and research institutions. De que forma aspectos organizacionais das instituicoes de ensino e pesquisa influenciam os custos de transacao para efetivacao de parcerias com administracoes locais? Com base em dados ineditos de um survey online para o conjunto de 95 instituicoes de ensino, com respostas validadas, o presente artigo se propos a responder a essa pergunta por meio de um estudo quantitativo buscando verificar a correlacao entre caracteristicas das parcerias firmadas e tres aspectos organizacionais selecionados: a descentralizacao dos campi; existencia de estrutura de acolhimento de potenciais parceiros (porta de entrada); e existencia de instancias de aprovacao. Com base em proposicoes relativas aos custos de transacao, extraidas da teoria da acao institucional coletiva, foram formuladas hipoteses envolvendo o efeito de cada aspecto organizacional. Os resultados apontaram, ao final, que a descentralizacao dos campi influencia nao apenas na presenca como tambem no numero de experiencias relevantes de parcerias com municipios. Ja a estruturacao de "portas de entrada" nas instituicoes