Network Structure and Innovation Performance in University-Enterprise Cooperation

Xi Li
2020 Open Journal of Social Sciences  
Under the background of University-Enterprise Cooperation innovation (UEC), this paper explores the relationship between the network structure of UEC and its cooperative innovation performance. In the negative binomial model, the explained variable is the number of UEC patent applications, and explanatory variables are clustering coefficient, structural holes and centralities. The result shows that eigenvector centrality has an inverted U-shaped relationship with UEC performance especially.
more » ... oduction In the face of increasingly fierce competition, enterprises not only need to save costs from the operational level, but also need to effectively carry out technological innovation activities. In order to effectively use resources and reasonably disperse risks, enterprises are actively seeking cooperative R&D partners, in which the scientific research power of universities cannot be underestimated. Universities with scientific research as their basic task are also facing the challenge of the market; how to apply research results and how to solve practical problems are important issues that they need to face in scientific research. At present, there are more and more cooperative innovation activities between enterprises and universities, which has attracted wide attention from the industry and academia. The knowledge innovation ability of enterprises is mainly embodied in the form of patents, through the network crawler to collect the patent How to cite this paper: Li, X. (2020). Network Structure and Innovation Performance in University-Enterprise Cooperation. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 8, 245-254.
doi:10.4236/jss.2020.85017 fatcat:rnyesv5j6ngtbnaxlednuswfwa