Empirical Analysis of the Efficiency and Influencing Factors of Scientific and Technological Innovation in Chinese Universities:A Two-stage Perspective of Scientific and Technological Output and Transformation
In view of the fact that the scientific and technological innovation activities of universities have obvious characteristics of two-stage chain process,and the scientific and technological input and output have a lag in time,the innovation efficiency of universities and the influence of internal and external factors on the input and output efficiency in different stages are studied in stages.The process of scientific and technological innovation in colleges and universities is divided into the output stage of scientific and technological achievements and the transformation stage of scientific and technological achievements,using the data of universities in 31 Chinese provinces from 2009 to 2020,the tandem two-stage data envelope analysis(DEA)model is used to calculate the two-stage efficiency,and the Tobit model is further applied to study the influencing factors of the two efficiency.The results show as follows:First,the comprehensive efficiency of scientific and technological innovation in universities in 31 provinces is low,the output efficiency of scientific and technological achievements is not on the rise,while the transformation efficiency of scientific and technological achievements is rapidly improved after 2016.However,the scientific and technological innovation in universities shows a development trend to the high transformation stage.Second,the overall efficiency and two-stage efficiency of scientific and technological innovation in the universities of eastern region are relatively slow,and there is a trend of being overtaken by other regions.Third,human capital structure,physical capital structure,policy environment,regional economic strength,and external exchange have significant differences in their effects on the efficiency of the two stages of the scientific and technological innovation in universities.Therefore,this paper puts forward accordingly,the overall level of scientific and technological innovation in universities of China can be improved by optimizing the allocation of resources,optimizing the evaluation system of scientific and technological innovation,and strengthening regional coordination and cooperation.
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