Research On The Factors Influencing The Cooperation Of Industry-Academy-Research At Chinese Higher Education Institutions

In today's era of knowledge economy, Hihger Education Institutions (HEIs) is not only the place to impart knowledge, train innovative thinking and cultivate talents, it has also become a national hub for innovation, new knowledge and technologies. The cooperation of Industry-Academy-Research is a unanimous choice for the HEIs around the world to transform these new knowledge and technologies into practical productivity. The thesis is based on the theory of "the Triple Helix of University-Industry-Government Relations", analyzes the key factors influencing the cooperation of Industry-Academy-Research at Chinese HEIs. In addition to HEIs' internal influencing factors, the extent and scale of the cooperation between HEIs and enterprises are also deeply influenced by many external factors, such as the economic environment, government, intermediaries of science and technology, and so on. Recent years, Chinese HEIs has made remarkable achievements in the cooperation of Industry-Academy-Research. However, there are also many problems in the cooperation. For example, the level of the cooperation is low; the benefits of the cooperation are not good enough; the concepts of HEIs and enterprises in the cooperation are different; the relevant laws and regulations are imperfect. These problems constrain the further development of the cooperation between HEIs and enterprises; they are also not conducive to the transformation of scientific research achievement of HEIs into productivity. In such circumstances, the research of the influencing factors of the cooperation of Industry-Academy-Research at Chinese HEIs is particularly important. Accordingly, the thesis takes the factors influencing the cooperation of Industry-Academy-Research at Chinese HEIs as research objective. The thesis consists of six chapters.The first chapter is the introduction to the whole thesis. It introduces the background and significance, the literature review, the main contents, the research approaches and methodology, the main innovation, the definition of basic terms, and the theoretical foundation of the thesis.The second chapter looks back on the development history of the cooperation of Industry-Academy-Research at Chinese HEIs, analyzes its main cooperative modes, current development and existing problems.The third chapter analyzes the factors influencing the cooperation of Industry-Academy-Research at Chinese HEIs from the aspects of the economic environment, government, intermediaries of science and technology, and the internal influencing factors of HEIs, so as to provide a foundation for making practical proposals to solve the problems existing in the cooperation.The fourth chapter is a case study of the cooperation of Industry-Academy-Research at Xiamen University (XMU). It analyzes the problems that XMU encountering in the cooperation of Industry-Academy-Research and then analyzes the factors influencing the cooperation of Industry-Academy-Research at XMU from the aspects of the economic environment, government, and intermediaries of science and technology. It illustrates the influences of these factors on the cooperation of Industry-Academy-Research at Chinese HEIs through the study of the specific case.The fifth chapter introduces the current situation of the Industry-Academy-Research cooperation at HEIs in the United States, Germany and Japan; it also analyzes the factors influencing the cooperation of Industry-Academy-Research at HEIs of these countries from the aspects of the economic environment, government, and intermediaries of science and technology. Then, it sums up their revelations to the cooperation of Industry-Academy-Research at Chinese HEIs.On the basis of above studies, the sixth chapter makes suggestion on standardizing and guiding the development of the cooperation of Industry-Academy-Research at Chinese HEIs.The conclusion of this thesis: The development of the cooperation of Industry-Academy-Research at Chinese HEIs are influenced by many factors, including the economic environment, government, intermediaries of science and technology, the internal factors of HEIs and enterprises, and some other factors. These factors are interrelated and form a joint force to affect the development of the cooperation. The research on these influencing factors and their relationship can help us to find the problems in the cooperation and propose the countermeasures and suggestions to promote the steady development of the cooperation of Industry-Academy-Research at Chinese HEIs and to guide its developing trend.