Performance impact of research policy at the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Daqun Zhang, Rajiv D. Banker, Xiaoxuan Li and Wenbin Liu

Research Policy, 2011, vol. 40, issue 6, 875-885

Abstract: We present evidence on productivity improvement experienced by the research institutes of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) after its implementation of the Knowledge Innovation Program (KIP). Using a balanced panel of data on R&D inputs and outputs of 59 research institutes in CAS, we analyze the productivity, technological and efficiency changes from 1997 to 2005. We document that the CAS research institutes have a productivity growth of 12.5% from 1998 to 2005, which can be further decomposed into 8.8% attributed to technological progress and 3.3% to efficiency improvement. Results of regional analysis show that institutes in Beijing and Shanghai, performed better than institutes in other regions during the same period.

Keywords: DEA; Malmquist; indexes; Productivity; change; CAS; Knowledge; innovation; program; Research; policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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