Title: Evaluation of regional university technology transfer performance in China based on super-efficiency SBM

Authors: Jian Wang; Min Zhao

Addresses: Business School of Hohai University, No. 8, Fochengxi Rd., Jiangning District, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China ' Business School of Hohai University, No. 8, Fochengxi Rd., Jiangning District, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Abstract: Improving university technology transfer (UTT) performance is important for establishing national innovation and technology transfer systems given China's pursuit of an innovation-driven development strategy. Based on Chinese provincial and regional panel data from 2011 to 2015, this study employs the super-efficiency slacks-based measure (SBM) model to determine regional UTT efficiency and details a correlation analysis of several factors influencing regional UTT. There was a significant gap between the UTT performances of different regions. Most provinces' annual UTT was inefficient; that is, there was slack in input, output, or both. There was also a positive correlation between regional UTT performance and R&D investment intensity, the number of universities, and their location in the eastern region. Finally, suggestions are proposed to optimise a UTT-performance mechanism at the university, regional, and inter-regional levels.

Keywords: university technology transfer performance; efficiency score; super-efficiency SBM model; region; mechanism; China.

DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2022.124610

International Journal of Technology Management, 2022 Vol.90 No.1/2, pp.54 - 77

Accepted: 03 Nov 2021
Published online: 29 Jul 2022 *

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