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Innovation Efficiency Evaluation of Hi-Tech Development Zones Based on the Three-stage DEA Model

Liu Manfeng1, Li Shenghong2   

  1. 1. Collaborative Innovation Center, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanchang 330013;
    2. School of Information Management, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanchang 330013
  • Received:2014-07-30 Online:2016-01-30 Published:2016-02-01

Abstract:

National high-tech development zones are the pioneers of regional innovation production and their innovative production effects directly influence the technological innovation and economic development in the region. In this paper, using the three stage DEA model, the innovation efficiency of China[DK]'s high-tech zones in 2012 is studied. The authors not only study the effect of innovation efficiency by the environment variables, but also assess the innovation efficiency by the traditional DEA model and the three stage DEA model. The results show that the technical efficiency, pure technical efficiency and scale efficiency are the highest for the Yangtze river delta region and the Pearl river delta region, followed by the Northeast and Circum-Bohai sea region, and the worst is the Western region and Central region. The environmental factor is a key constraint to the high-tech zone innovation efficiency of central and western regions. The environment variables play their roles in improving the macroeconomic environment, intensifying policy support and optimizing the industrial structure, all of which are helpful for more efficient innovation in both high-tech areas and underdeveloped areas. And given that market openness on the efficiency of the high-tech innovation effect is not obvious, the improvement of the infrastructure for high-tech innovation efficiency has a certain delay.

Key words: hi-tech development zones, three-stage DEA, innovation efficiency, environment variables