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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Phys.
Sec. Social Physics
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fphy.2025.1553788
This article is part of the Research Topic Finance and Production Complex Systems View all 6 articles
Financial Crisis Impact on the Efficiency Evaluation of University Research Achievements Transformation: A Study Based on Fixed and Interactive Network Data Envelopment Analysis Methods
Provisionally accepted
Yuping Ma 1
Mingqian Xu 2*- 1 Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei, Anhui Province, China
- 2 Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, China
Within the context of financial crisis, this scholarly paper introduces an innovative approach to Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), informed by collaboration theory, to assess the impact of financial elements, particularly fiscal allocations, on the efficiency of translating research achievements into practical applications within Chinese universities. The paper develops an interactive network framework that integrates government, industry, and academic institutions, conceptualizing research activities as a multi-agent, multi-stage complex system. The study meticulously analyzes the role of government fiscal grants as a key input factor and their influence on the efficiency of research outcome transformation within this system. Through an empirical analysis of 79 Chinese universities, this paper elucidates the intrinsic link between fiscal allocations and the efficiency of research outcome commercialization, highlighting variations in efficiency across different universities. The findings reveal that strategic allocation of fiscal grants significantly enhances the efficiency of research outcome application, providing policymakers with critical insights into the effective distribution of financial resources to catalyze the transformation of research outcomes into practical applications. This research not only enriches the application of complex systems theory in higher education but also offers a novel perspective on the role of financial support policies in the commercialization of scientific and technological achievements.
Keywords: Financial crisis1, University performance evaluation2, Data envelopment analysis3, Synergy theory4, Complex systems5
Received: 31 Dec 2024; Accepted: 14 Feb 2025.
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* Correspondence:
Mingqian Xu, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, China
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