Abstract: Abstract: Based on the view of resource integration, the growth path and intrinsic mechanism of core competence for an academic team are logically deduced through analyzing the team development course of academician Chen Kefu. The study finds that the core competence of academic team can be summarized as four stages, namely, insight into technical requirements and academic frontier, recognition and acquisition of technology and knowledge resources, formation of new resource by deriving, activating and merging, and applying integration resources to create value. There are four corresponding stages of resource integration; are resource judgment, recognition and acquisition, allocation and application. Finally, the pyramid model of growth course and mechanism of core competence for a academic team are brought based on the view of resource integration.

Key words: academic team, core competence, resource integration, evolution path and mechanism