Basic research intensity and diversified performance: the moderating role of government support intensity

Qinghua Xia (), Qinwei Cao () and Manqing Tan ()
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Qinghua Xia: Wuhan University
Qinwei Cao: Wuhan University
Manqing Tan: Wuhan University

Scientometrics, 2020, vol. 125, issue 1, No 24, 577-605

Abstract: Abstract The relationship between basic research intensity and diversified performance is a very important problem that has not theoretically answered. Based on the panel data of universities directly under the ministry of education, considering the three missions of the university and the typical characteristics of basic research, we subdivide the diversified performance into innovation performance, economic performance, social performance and international cooperation performance. We find that enhancing the intensity of basic research can increase the number of patent applications and invention patent applications, but cannot increase the total number of paper publications and the number of English paper publications. Meanwhile, improving basic research intensity does not necessarily promote economic performance, while the promotion effect on social performance needs a lag period of 1 year. Furthermore, enhancing basic research intensity does not necessarily significantly improve international cooperation performance, and even has a significant negative impact after lagged 2 periods. Finally, government support intensity only plays a moderating role between basic research intensity and innovation performance, but not between basic research intensity and other types of performance. This reveals that the government plays a key role in the stage of knowledge production, but its role in the stage of knowledge transformation is relatively limited.

Keywords: Basic research; Government support; Innovation performance; Economic performance; Social performance; International cooperation performance; Chinese universities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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