Author(s)

Aoqi Xie, Shuhan Li

Corresponding Author

Aoqi Xie

Abstract

This paper uses the panel data of 55 universities from 2015 to 2017 in China as research objects to analyze and reveal how university-industry collaboration (UIC) is influenced by its breadth and depth. The Empirical results show: There is an inverted U-shaped relationship between the breadth of UIC channels and the scientific research performance of universities; There is a positive correlation between the depth of UIC channels and the research performance of universities; The depth of industry-university cooperation channels can weaken the inverted U-shaped relationship between breadth and research performance of colleges and universities, making it become a positive correlation. The findings provide a theoretical reference for universities to optimize their collaboration strategy.

Keywords

University-industry collaboration; breadth of UIC channels; depth of UIC channels; research performance