A Study on Institutional Efficiency and Scale Efficiency of Universities’ S&T Innovation in Different Regions of China

It is more important to study university ST innovation in perspective of efficiency rather than output. It compares relative ST innovation efficiency of Chinese universities located in 29 different provinces (or districts) using DEA model. It buills DEA model in 6 aspects,“human resources”,“financial support”,“research apparatus” as input elements,and “paper publication”,“evaluation on ST achievements”,“ST service” as output elements. Data used in the models are an average values between 1994~2002. It makes four basic conclusions:(1) there are two kinds of universities ST innovation efficiency in China,which are driven by different determinants;(2) ST innovation efficiencies are not significantly different among universities located in different provinces;(3) ST innovation efficiency of China universities is in the stage mainly driven by scaling factor;(4) relationship between universities ST innovation efficiency and local economic development conditions is weak in China. Finally it puts forward some suggestions on policy.