The roles of universities in fostering knowledge-intensive clusters in Chinese regional innovation systems

Cai, Yuzhuo; Liu, Cui

doi:10.1093/scipol/scu018

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“…We must underline that the 'third mission' of Chinese higher education institutions is following a so-called 'Triple Helix Model', where universities, central government and regional (provincial/municipal) authorities cooperate in creating great joint ventures (Etzkowitz & Leydesdorff, 1995). Noteworthy is the performance of the 'Tongji University Creative Cluster', where the investments from the industrial sector became the second largest source of funds in the Research & Technology sector in Shanghai, next to investments by the central government (59%), with a transition from an investment-driven to an innovation-driven economy growth (Ngok & Guo, 2008;Zang, 2014;Cai & Liu, 2015).…”

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Recent Personnel Reforms of Public Universities in China and in Italy: A Comparison

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2018

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Purpose of the present research is an investigation of the most recent personnel reforms of higher education institutions in China and in Italy. A one-to-one comparison between the two realities would have been unrealistic, given the enormous differences between the two Countries in size and historical development. We focused our analysis on some basic issues common to both higher education institutions, such as the degree of the academic autonomy from the political power in the academic governance and the quality of the knowledge production and transfer to the society. The Sun Yat-Sen and the Guangzhou Universities in the Guangdong Province of China, and the Universities of Padua and Ca' Foscari in the Venetian Region of Italy, have been chosen as case studies. In China the personnel reforms introduced by the central government in the period 1995-2014, were accompanied by a relevant financial support by the central and regional authorities, which helped the national universities to attain high standards of excellence in the technological domain. Those remarkable financial investments by the central and regional authorities are paying off, contributing to the technological advancement of the Country. As for the Italian public universities, a very innovative reform law was introduced by the 'Ministry of Education, University and Research' in December 2010, which granted a high level of governance autonomy to those institutions. Unfortunately, the great financial crisis that hit the Country in the same period of time caused a strong reduction of the public funds to universities and a consequent brain drain of young post graduates toward Northern Europe and North America. In spite of this temporary shortage of funds, Italian public universities have maintained their high level of excellence in science, technology and humanities, as evidenced by the increasing number of their bilateral cooperation agreements, concerning student mobility and joint research activities with foreign universities all over the world, China included.

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Recent Personnel Reforms of Public Universities in China and in Italy: A Comparison

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2018

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“…With the continuous development of modern manufacturing, the supporting knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) group around its surrounding areas and form integrated clusters. Universities and other researching institutions play an important role in fostering knowledge intensive clusters [29,30]. From the perspective of talents and technology sharing, KIBS industries tend to agglomerate around universities, research institutes, and scientific parks [31,32].…”

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Spatiotemporal Agglomeration of Real-Estate Industry in Guangzhou, China

2017

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Abstract:Real estate development is critical to healthy economic growth and regional development. Using real-estate data in Guangzhou, China from the 1970s to 2015, we examined the spatiotemporal agglomeration and evolution of Guangzhou's real estate industry with spatial and spatiotemporal techniques. This study shows that real estate businesses were initially agglomerated in the city center with socioeconomic advantages, and later spread into suburbs as new growth foundations. We also found that different business types, depending on their functions, evolved and agglomerated in different time periods. The findings provide valuable support to the formulation of effective government policy and the management of real estate enterprises in China.

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“…The triple helix approach initiated by Leydesdorff and Etzkowtz [42] seeks to understand the dynamic interactions between university, industry and government, which play key roles in innovation systems for facilitating entrepreneurship, innovation and economic growth [15]. This new approach focuses on three important actors rather than the numerous actors that perform complex functions in innovation systems and has shed new light on interactions among these three actors [43,44].…”

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“…To date, the triple helix approach has been used as a normative approach for understanding interactions between key innovation system actors. In practice, many governments in developed and developing countries have adopted this approach in building national or RISs [15].…”

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“…The triple helix approach pays substantial attention to the role of universities in innovation systems. While the role of academia in high-tech industries and in regional development is undoubtedly important, it clearly does not represent the entirety of the economy, particularly in emerging markets, where industries generally draw from more mature technologies, rather than advanced and new technologies [15,53,54].…”

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The evolving nature of China's regional innovation systems: Insights from an exploration–exploitation approach

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Technological Forecasting and Social Change

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The roles of universities in fostering knowledge-intensive clusters in Chinese regional innovation systems

Cited by 123 publications

References 26 publications

Recent Personnel Reforms of Public Universities in China and in Italy: A Comparison

Recent Personnel Reforms of Public Universities in China and in Italy: A Comparison

Spatiotemporal Agglomeration of Real-Estate Industry in Guangzhou, China

The evolving nature of China's regional innovation systems: Insights from an exploration–exploitation approach

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