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<p>To increase the capacity and production of the petroleum and petrochemical industries, it is helpful to investigate the features of industry-university-research collaborative innovation networks. Using the DEA model as a research object, listed companies in China’s petroleum and petrochemical industries are assessed for their innovation output, Moreover, we examined the structural holes in a Co-innovation network between industry and university. We have also assessed the network’s density, the strength of its connections, and the quality of its links. The strength of network relationships was negatively correlated with innovation output, but network density was positively correlated with structural holes. As a result of the research, relevant policy recommendations are made, including actively building industry-university-research collaborative innovation platforms, improving the depth and breadth of collaboration between innovation entities within the industry-university-research network, by connecting industry and universities to collaborate on innovative projects, petroleum and petrochemical companies can better compete.</p>
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To increase the capacity and production of the petroleum and petrochemical industries, it is helpful to investigate the features of industry-university-research collaborative innovation networks. Using the DEA model as a research object, listed companies in China’s petroleum and petrochemical industries are assessed for their innovation output, Moreover, we examined the structural holes in a Co-innovation network between industry and university. We have also assessed the network’s density, the strength of its connections, and the quality of its links. The strength of network relationships was negatively correlated with innovation output, but network density was positively correlated with structural holes. As a result of the research, relevant policy recommendations are made, including actively building industry-university-research collaborative innovation platforms, improving the depth and breadth of collaboration between innovation entities within the industry-university-research network, by connecting industry and universities to collaborate on innovative projects, petroleum and petrochemical companies can better compete.

The impact of industrial-university-research collaborations on innovation output in China’s petroleum and petrochemical industry

Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Sciences

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To increase the capacity and production of the petroleum and petrochemical industries, it is helpful to investigate the features of...

The impact of industrial-university-research collaborations on innovation output in China’s petroleum and petrochemical industry

Published Online: Sep 25, 2023

Page range: 3393 - 3406

Received: Jul 28, 2023

Accepted: Aug 24, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amns.2023.2.01137

Keywords
Industry-University-Research Collaborative Innovation, Network Characteristics, Innovation Output, Petroleum and Petrochemical Industry

© 2023 Zhihong Zhu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

The impact of industrial-university-research collaborations on innovation output in China’s petroleum and petrochemical industry

Published Online: Sep 25, 2023

Page range: 3393 - 3406

Received: Jul 28, 2023

Accepted: Aug 24, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amns.2023.2.01137

KeywordsIndustry-University-Research Collaborative Innovation, Network Characteristics, Innovation Output, Petroleum and Petrochemical Industry

© 2023 Zhihong Zhu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Industry-University-Research Collaborative Innovation, Network Characteristics, Innovation Output, Petroleum and Petrochemical Industry