Evaluation of the production efficiency of knowledge innovation in China′s research universities
SHEN Jiakun1, ZHANG Jun 1, FENG Baojun 2
(1.Business School, Beijing Wuzi University, Beijing 101149; 2. School of Economics and Management, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China)
Abstract：According to the phasic rule of knowledge innovation output in China′s research universities, this paper takes advanced knowledge resources as the intermediate output, and divides the knowledge innovation production process into two stages: knowledge creation and knowledge application. Based on this, the twostage efficiency evaluation theory model and the network DEA calculation model are constructed. Some results are discovered through the evaluation on the overall and twostage relative efficiency of knowledge innovation production in 29 research universities in China from 2006 to 2017. The knowledge creation stage restricts the improvement of the overall production efficiency of knowledge innovation in research universities. Taking a large portion, synthesized and technology research universities have relatively lower production efficiency in the knowledge creation stage than that in the knowledge application stage, and it shows a decreasing trend yearly. However, normal research universities′ production efficiency in the knowledge creation stage is the highest among them, and their production efficiency in the knowledge application stage have been decreasing for several years, and then rises sharply. Production efficiency of knowledge innovation in both stages in China′s research universities could be improved by establishing an incentive mechanism of knowledge producers, strengthening the management of knowledge innovation production process, optimizing the innovationdriven development strategy and so on.
沈佳坤，张军，冯宝军. 我国研究型大学知识创新生产效率评价[J]. 高校教育管理, 2020, 14(3): 113-124.
SHEN Jiakun, ZHANG Jun, FENG Baojun. Evaluation of the production efficiency of knowledge innovation in China′s research universities. Journal of Higher Education Management, 2020, 14(3): 113-124.
2020, Vol. 14 
