Abstract
Collaborative innovation is an effective way to realize national innovation and sustainable development. The Chinese government has issued a series of Industry–University–Research (IUR) policies and regulations in recent decades to effectively promote the development of national scientific and technological innovation. Exploring the characteristics and evolution of IUR collaborative policy is critical for the healthy development of IUR and subsequent policy formulation. In this study, we collected IUR policy texts at the national level of China from 1992 to 2020 as the research object. On the basis of policy tool theory, a three-dimensional analysis framework of “Policy tool–Policy theme–Evolution stage” was constructed and studied using content analysis and social network analysis methods. Through the quantitative statistical analysis, we find that China’s IUR policies have experienced four development stages. Among all policy tools, the supply-side IUR ones are sufficient, whereas demand-side policy tools are insufficient. The service system policy theme is lacking relative to other themes. In addition, the application of information technology (IT) policies is prominent. Therefore, we suggest optimizing the policy structure in combination with social characteristics and strengthening the establishment of service system innovation. Enhancing the role of IT to promote innovation policies is also recommended.
Highlights
During the era of rapid development facilitated by the knowledge economy, scientific and technological innovation has become essential to improving national competitiveness [1,2]
The IUR collaboration is currently becoming a major strategy to improve the ability for national innovation and to realize the sustainable development for most countries in the world [8]
On the basis of text content analysis, this study performs a quantitative analysis of the national IUR policy texts in China
Summary
During the era of rapid development facilitated by the knowledge economy, scientific and technological innovation has become essential to improving national competitiveness [1,2]. Collaborative innovation can effectively improve innovation efficiency by integrating resources and avoiding risks [5]. Industry–University–Research (IUR) collaboration is an important means to raise the sustainable development of national scientific and technological innovation through sharing innovation resources and combining the advantages of enterprises, universities, and scientific research institutions [6]. Scientific research and university can provide enterprises with technical and innovative talents. The IUR collaboration is currently becoming a major strategy to improve the ability for national innovation and to realize the sustainable development for most countries in the world [8]
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