Efficiency Evaluation on Knowledge Creation in Regions of China

Author

Guan Shiping ; Zhu Weidong

Author_Institution

Sch. of Manage., Hefei Univ. of Technol., Hefei, China

fYear

2009

fDate

20-22 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Knowledge creation is a basic element of regional innovation system and its capacity can affect the innovation performance of a region. In this paper, effort is made to analyze efficiency of knowledge creation of 31 Chinese provinces. Firstly, invention patents and SCI publications are the outputs of knowledge creation, and full-time equivalent of R&D personnel and internal expenditure on S&T activities are being as the inputs to produce knowledge. Then, data envelopment analysis (DEA) is introduced and employed as a quantitative method to compare the knowledge creation efficiency of 31 Chinese provinces. Through collecting data from China Statistical Yearbook on Science and Technology (2005-2008), the efficiency scores of 31 provinces have been obtained and analyzed. The result shows the relative efficiency of 31 regions in China is not high. Finally, this paper concludes with a brief summary of the main findings.

Keywords

data envelopment analysis; innovation management; knowledge management; production management; Chinese province; R&D personnel; S&T activity; SCI publication; data envelopment analysis; innovation performance; invention patent; knowledge creation; regional innovation system; Data envelopment analysis; Humans; Innovation management; Intellectual property; Knowledge management; Performance evaluation; Personnel; Research and development; Technological innovation; Technology management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Management and Service Science, 2009. MASS '09. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wuhan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4638-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4639-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMSS.2009.5303780

Filename

5303780