How Does Cooperative Willingness Affect Innovation Achievements Transformation of University-industry Collaboration

Abstract

In order to encourage independent innovation and promote transformation of development relying on the progress of science and technology, the model of the university-industry collaboration has gradually become the mutual recognition. As a result, the willingness of collaboration has reached unprecedented heights and the collaborative innovation investment has been increasing. However, the achievement transformation of collaborative innovation was still unsatisfactory. High willingness to cooperate did not lead to high achievements transformation. So how does the cooperative willingness affecting on achievement transformation? Therefore, the authors explore the mechanism of cooperative willingness to innovation achievements transformation based on questionnaires and SEM. The research results show that cooperative willingness does not have significant positive effects on achievements transformation. Moreover, the cooperative willingness, as the premise of collaborative innovation, is a necessary but not sufficient condition of achievements transformation. Relevant policy suggestions are given based on the study.