Assessing the role of regional educational integration policies in fostering university-industry-research innovation: Evidence from China.

ABSTRACT: Regional integration is a key strategy for enhancing competitiveness and promoting innovation, and regional education integration has become an important part of regional integration. At the same time, university-industry-research (UIR) collaborative innovation is also a key link in building a national innovation system. This study empirically analyzes the impact of China's Yangtze River Delta regional education integration policy on UIR innovation cooperation by using a difference in difference model. The results show that the regional education integration policy significantly promotes UIR innovation cooperation, especially in Zhejiang and Jiangsu, which have a stronger economic base and richer educational resources. In addition, the policy has an extraordinarily prominent role in promot

SUBMITTER: Chen Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12273934 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature