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Performance evaluation of China's innovation during the industry-university-research collaboration process—an analysis basis on the dynamic network slacks-based measurement model

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  • Bai, Xue-Jie
  • Li, Zhen-Yang
  • Zeng, Jin

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This study deploys the Dynamic Network Slacks-based Measurement (DNSBM) model to analyze the dynamic changes of industry-university-research institute's collaboration from static perspectives and deconstructs the “black box”. We present the following findings. 1) The overall innovation efficiency of industry-university-research institute's collaboration in China is 0.6305, and compared to R&D process efficiency, industrialization process efficiency is lower. 2) The links between the R&D process and industrialization process are weak, and the carry-overs between adjacent terms are insufficient, thus forming a low transformation rate of scientific and technological achievements. 3) Total factor productivity shows that universities mainly depend on technical efficiency improvement, while R&D institutions and industries hinge on technology progress.

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  • Bai, Xue-Jie & Li, Zhen-Yang & Zeng, Jin, 2020. "Performance evaluation of China's innovation during the industry-university-research collaboration process—an analysis basis on the dynamic network slacks-based measurement model," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 62(C).
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    DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2020.101310
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    Industry-university-research Institute's collaboration; Efficiency; Dynamic network SBM;
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    • O30 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - General
    • O47 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence

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