Research on the Technology Transfer Efficiency Evaluation in Industry-University-Research Institution Collaborative Innovation and Its Affecting Factors Based on the Two-Stage DEA Model

The traditional technical efficiency measurement regards the technology transfer system as a “black box” and doesn’t penetrate the internal operation mechanism of the system. This paper opens the technology transfer system “black box” of industry-university-research institution (IUR) collaborative innovation, researches the internal structure of the system, and deconstructs the system into two stages: technology innovation stage and industrial value creation stage. On this basis, this paper calculates the technology transfer efficiency based on the two-stage DEA model. The result shows that the overall technology transfer efficiency in IUR collaborative innovation is low, and the bottlenecks for improving the technology transfer efficiency are different for different provinces. Through analyzing the internal and external factors of the system, this paper finds that the good cooperative relationship between enterprises and scientific research institutions can improve the efficiency of technology transfer. Refer to environmental factors, the government supports, the market competition and the demand for new products have positive impact on the efficiency of technology transfer.