Studies in Science of Science ›› 2024, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (9): 1864-1876.

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Policy Combination Effect of Scientific and Technological Achievements Transformation in Chinese Provinces and Regions

  

  • Received:2023-05-12 Revised:2023-08-12 Online:2024-09-15 Published:2024-09-15

中国省域科技成果转化政策组合效应研究

王晓红1,陈云顺1,赵美琳2   

  1. 1. 哈尔滨工业大学
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  • 通讯作者: 陈云顺

Abstract: Local governments are an important force in the scientific and technological achievements transformation. Consequently, investigating the intricate interplay between government policy combination and the efficacy of scientific and technological achievements transformation holds paramount significance in the broader context of a national innovation-driven development strategy. This paper centers on an analysis of 881 policy documents pertaining to the advancement of scientific and technological transformation. These documents were issued by 31 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions, spanning from the inception of 2016 to the culmination of 2018. The study operationalizes a bimodal network, integrating the dimensions of policy diversity and universality through network calculations. Subsequently, the iterative computation of the policy combination complexity index is conducted to quantify the multifaceted policy intricacies across Chinese local governments. This complexity index is then utilized as a pivotal explanatory variable to scrutinize the comprehensive alignment between diverse regional policy strategies and technological outcomes. Key findings of the research are as follows: The intricacy of policy combinations exhibits regional variances throughout China. By classifying regions based on the specificity of their policies' diversity and universality, four distinct archetypes emerge: "risk-averse" governments, "follower" governments, "risk-accepting" governments, and "innovative" governments. Intriguingly, there exists a general inverse relationship between the pervasiveness of local government policies and the level of their diversity; in essence, policies of heightened complexity are less ubiquitously employed. This suggests that an excessive complexity of policy combinations may not inherently translate into superior transformational outcomes. Instead, optimal transformational effects tend to manifest within regions boasting a judiciously moderate policy complexity. A curvilinear relationship, depicted by an inverted U-shape, emerges between the complexity index of policy combinations and scientific and technological achievements transformation. The rationale underscores that heightened policy complexity engenders stricter innovation conditions, thereby accentuating the reliance on regional resource endowments. Should the innovation ecosystem fall short in accommodating the requisites of an intricate policy array, the resultant transformational effects of scientific and technological breakthroughs stand to be attenuated. Thus, while a synergistic relationship between policy combinations and transformative outcomes is observable within a certain range, surpassing a specific threshold precipitates a diminishing trend in the synergistic impact of policy combinations, subsequently leading to a decline in transformative outcomes. The diversity of local government policies exhibits a distinctly affirmative influence on the scientific and technological achievements transformation. within a given region. Counterintuitively, the universality of policies exerts an opposing, negative influence on the transformation of such achievements. One might infer that heightened policy diversity emanates from local governments strategically harmonizing policies with their indigenous innovation landscapes. This strategic alignment not only amplifies policy implementation but also augments transformative outcomes. Conversely, policy universality gauges the frequency at which policies fostering scientific and technological advancements are invoked by local governments. A lower universality signifies novel policies that evade widespread application, consequently enhancing the transformative outcomes of scientific and technological endeavors. Moreover, the study's robustness is fortified through rigorous verification involving the substitution of explanatory variables and variations in the temporal dimension. Drawing upon these research conclusions, local governments are advised to bolster their administrative networks, fortify channels of information dissemination, craft innovative policies attuned to their unique circumstances, utilize policy networks to identify novel and impactful policies, foster policy diversity, and ensure that the policy complexity index is upheld at an optimal equilibrium.

摘要: 地方政府是推动科技成果转化的重要力量,探明政府政策组合实施与科技成果转化效果的关系对于国家创新驱动发展战略意义重大。以2016初至2018年末期间中国大陆31个省(直辖市、自治区)发布的881份促进科技成果转化相关政策文本为研究对象,依据扎根理论分析方法对政策进行分类并计数,构建地方政府-科技成果转化政策双模网络,基于网络计算政策多样性和政策普遍性,进而迭代计算政策组合复杂性指数以衡量中国地方政府政策复杂性;以此作为核心解释变量检验区域政策的不同策略综合应用和科技成果转化效果的关系。研究发现:(1)中国各地的政策组合复杂性特征分布不均,并不是越复杂的政策组合会带来越好的转化效果,政策组合复杂性在中等水平的地区转化效果表现更好。(2)政策组合复杂性指数与科技成果转化效果呈现倒U型关系。(3)地方政府的政策多样性对该地科技成果转化效果有显著的正向作用而政策普遍性负向影响地区的科技成果转化效果。此外,通过替换解释变量的方法以及改变时间维度的方法通过了稳健性验证。根据研究结果启示,地方政府应完善政府网络,加强信息沟通交流,因地制宜大力探索创新政策,利用政策网络发掘政策新颖度高的政策,提高政策多样性,保持政策复杂性指数在最佳水平。