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An Investigation of Creative Climate of University R&D Centers and Policy Implications for Innovation in China

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This chapter focuses on the influences of science and technology (S&T) policies on creative climate of university R&D centers in China that provide policy implications for improving roles of university R&D in innovation system. The empirical data came from two questionnaire surveys with diverse backgrounds of participants in Chinese universities: one is with 126 group members from 25 R&D centers among seven universities; one is with 840 leaders of S&T fund management sectors in universities. The results demonstrate both strengths and weaknesses of creative climate of university R&D centers. This leads to implications such as to improve a more comprehensive innovation measurement system, to build ‘creative R&D communities’, and to carry out self-evaluation on cultural influences on innovation that provide references to policy makers.

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  1. Department of Learning and Philosophy, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

    Chunfang Zhou, Palle Rasmussen & Tatiana Chemi

  2. School of Humanities and Law, Northeastern University, Shenyang, People’s Republic of China

    Lingling Luo

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Zhou, C., Rasmussen, P., Chemi, T., Luo, L. (2017). An Investigation of Creative Climate of University R&D Centers and Policy Implications for Innovation in China. In: Jing, Y., Osborne, S. (eds) Public Service Innovations in China. Governing China in the 21st Century. Palgrave, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1762-9_9

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