An evaluation of science and technology innovation efficiency of cities from the dynamic perspective by taking 9 prefecture-level cities in Fujian Province as an example

Zhu Pengyi, Liu Donghua, Huang Xinhuan

Science Research Management ›› 2017, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (6) : 43-50.

Science Research Management ›› 2017, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (6) : 43-50.

An evaluation of science and technology innovation efficiency of cities from the dynamic perspective by taking 9 prefecture-level cities in Fujian Province as an example

  • Zhu Pengyi, Liu Donghua, Huang Xinhuan
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 Science and technology (S&T) innovation system of 9 prefecture-level cities in Fujian Province is taken as a research object in this paper. Super efficiency-DEA window model is applied to analyze the dynamic changes of various cities’ S&T innovation efficiency from 2010 to 2014. The fundamental causes of these changes are explored with Malmquist index. The results show that S&T innovation efficiencies for most of the cities are DEA invalid, and the improvement space is large. Innovation efficiency of economically-developed cities such as Fuzhou and Xiamen is relative low. There is a significantly crowding effect of investment in Fuzhou. The index analysis shows that technological progress is always a key restriction factor in the growth of total factor productivity, and comprehensive technical efficiency improvement is more determined by scale efficiency improvement. Finally, some suggestions are proposed to improve the S&T innovation efficiency of Fujian. 

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dynamic perspective / S&T innovation efficiency of cities / SE-DEA window model / Malmquist index

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Zhu Pengyi, Liu Donghua, Huang Xinhuan. An evaluation of science and technology innovation efficiency of cities from the dynamic perspective by taking 9 prefecture-level cities in Fujian Province as an example[J]. Science Research Management. 2017, 38(6): 43-50

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