Research On The Evaluation Of Scientific And Technological Innovation Ability Of Colleges And Universities Based On Niche Theory

As an important part of China's innovation system,colleges and universities are the main force of basic research and Applied Research in national science and technology innovation,and the cradle of new ideas,knowledge and technology.The work of scientific and technological innovation in colleges and universities is of great importance to the sustainable development of national or regional social economy,scientific and technological progress and the promotion of core competitiveness.Shanxi Province,as China's resource-based economy transformation and comprehensive reform area,is in the key period of accelerating the growth of new driving forces and developing the embryonic form of transformation and development,adhering to innovation as the top priority,implementing the strategy of innovation-driven,vitalizing the province through science and education,and strengthening the province with talents,we are speeding up the building of a new generation of pillar industrial clusters and high-growth industrial clusters.Therefore,this paper evaluates the sci-tech innovation ability of Shanxi universities,in order to provide suggestions for improving the sci-tech innovation capability of Shanxi universities,so as to help the economic transformation and development of Shanxi Province.Similar to all living things,in a particular ecosystem,each university forms its unique viability,competitiveness and influence in the course of its interaction with the environment,it has the most suitable ecological niche for its survival and sustainable development in the social environment.On the basis of systematizing correlative theories and existing research achievement,this article analyzes the development status of sci-tech innovation ability of colleges and universities in Shanxi Province using panel data from 2009 to 2018.Secondly,based on the ecological perspective,using the niche theory,constructing the evaluation index system and evaluation model,using the entropy method to determine the index weight,to evaluate and analyze the sci-tech innovation capability of Shanxi universities in six central provinces,at the same time,the paper evaluates and cluster analyses the sci-tech innovation capability of 12 universities in Shanxi Province which have the ability of cultivating postgraduates.It is found that in the ecosphere of colleges and universities in the six central provinces,the ability and influence of Shanxi universities in sci-tech innovation is weak,and the gap between them and the province with strong sci-tech innovation is large,the ability of sci-tech innovation capability of 12 universities is quite different,and can be divided into leading innovation type,dynamic innovation type,developing innovation type and lagging innovation type.Finally,aiming at the deficiency of the development of sci-tech innovation ability of colleges and universities in Shanxi Province,this paper puts forward some suggestions for improving the sci-tech innovation ability of colleges and universities in Shanxi Province from three aspects of niche expansion,niche separation and niche symbiosis.