Study Of Network Reciprocity's Impact On Universities' Cross-Regional Technology Transfer Performance

University is an important part of a country's innovation system,and the transfer of its technological achievements is a crucial drive to the region's innovation and economic development.Due to restrictions such as geographic distance and regional policies,the transfer tends to take place locally,which leads to two consequences:on one hand,the difference of innovation levels among different regions caused by the imbalance of education resources is increased;On the other hand,the industries in a certain region is limited,which prevents the universities' technology outcomes from being fully utilized and transferred.Cross-regional technology transfer can break these restrictions and form positive interaction of innovation resources including technology resources,capital and human resources between universities and industries,and also between different regions,which can effectively bridge the gap of resource difference and coordinate the development.This report used social network analysis and spatial analysis method to create graphs of universities' cross-region technology transfer network and spatial distribution basing on universities' patent technology transfer data from 2007 to 2016.By analyzing the features of the network structure and evolution patterns of the spatial distribution,a close relation is found between the network reciprocity and the performance of technology transfer.Based on the analysis of the network and deduction of theories,assumptions are raised about how the reciprocity influences the technology transfer,and theoretical models are established accordingly.Variables reflecting network reciprocity and technology transfer performance are chosen and measured basing on the study of assumptions.Regression analysis of panel data is adopted to study the relation between the variables,and the result is used to verify the assumptions.Finally,corresponding advices on policy making and future study are raised according to the research results.Through empirical analysis,it is illustrated that the performance of cross-regional technology transfer is improved with the increase of the region's reciprocity relations in the transfer network.The reciprocity ties can significantly promote the import and export level of universities' technologies.The region's participation level of reciprocity cliques can accelerate the export of technology but has no significant impact on technology import.