Evaluating the Comparative Performance of the Regional S&T Competitiveness of China: A DEA Application and Problem
The evaluation and study of S&T competitiveness is not mature enough and in the course of continuous research. Based on systematically analyzing the indicator system of regional S&T competitiveness, we use TOPSIS method to empirically examine the gross S&T competitiveness, structural S&T competitiveness and comprehensive S&T competitiveness of 31 provinces of China,and then select data envelopment analysis (DEA) to evaluate the comparative performance of the regional S&T input and output factors of China. The results of DEA evaluation shows that 18 provinces are relatively efficient in 31 provinces, which are Jilin,Heilongjiang, Anhui, Fujian, Hunan, Hainan, Chongqing, Yunnan, Tibet, Gansu, Xinjiang, Beijing, Shanghai, Shaanxi, Tianjin,Zhejiang, Hubei and Guangdong and 58.1 percent of total provinces; the other 13 provinces are inefficient and 41.9 percent of total provinces. Contrasting the order of TOPSIS with the result of DEA, we discover such a perplexing problem: some provinces with obviously weak S&T competitiveness, the S&T productive efficiencies of which are effective very much, are even the benchmarks of the provinces with very strong S&T competitiveness. The cause of this problem is possibly that the convex and conical hypotheses of DEA arent fulfilled when the 31 provinces are estimated together.
Scientific and technical competitiveness Data envelopment analysis TOPSIS
Wu Qiang Wang Xiaoye
School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China, P.R.China, 230026
国际会议
第六届管理学国际会议(Proceedings of ICM2007 the 6th International on Management)
武汉
英文
448-453
2007-08-03(万方平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)