Analysis of the Agglomeration Effect of Specialty Groups in Applied Undergraduate Universities:Connotation,Value and Formation
During the 14th Five-year Plan period,higher education in China entered a new stage of high-quality development,and specialty group is one of the important paths for applied undergraduate universities to improve their standards. Key to the con-struction of specialty groups is agglomeration effect,i. e.,integrating resources and producing competitive advantage. It is mainly manifested in three effects:scale,sharing and innovation. The agglomeration effect is of indispensable value in promoting the o-verall concentration,enhancing the internal correlation,as well as improving the external adaptability. Applied undergraduate u-niversities can effectively promote the formation of agglomeration effect and improve the quality of specialty groups by improving the organizational support functions,strengthening the competitive and cooperative relationships between specialties,and adapting to the development trend of knowledge co-production.