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Estimate Returns to Scale of the Basic Research Institutes in Chinese Academy of Sciences
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| Guoliang YANG, Chinese Academy of Sciences, glyang@casipm.ac.cn
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| Wenbin Liu, University of Kent, w.b.liu@kent.ac.uk
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| Xiaoxuan LI, Chinese Academy of Sciences, xiaoxuan@casipm.ac.cn
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The effectiveness and efficiency of scientific funding has become the focus of public concern in main developed and developing countries. In this paper, we are aimed to investigate the returns to scale (RTS) of the basic institutes in Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in the period of the Knowledge Innovation Project (KIP). In the section of theoretical study, a new quantitative method in the framework of DEA is proposed for estimate the RTS of these institutes more accurately, which aims to introduce the standard concepts of RTS in Economics into the framework of DEA so that the accuracy of RTS estimation will be enhanced. In the section of empirical study, the research is conducted from lateral and longitudinal dimensions to analyze the changes of returns to scale of basic institutes in CAS through this period. Finally, several policy suggestions concerning resource allocation in CAS will be proposed also.
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Evaluation of the National Science Foundation of China
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| Erik Arnold, Technopolis and University of Twente, erik.arnold@technopolis-group.com
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The National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) was established in 1986 using a Western institutional model as a way to develop basic research funding and discipline development in China. Supported by China's National Centre for Science and Technology Evaluation (NCSTE), an international panel is evaluating NSFC's role in developing the national research and innovation system and will report in June 2011. The report explores NSFC's role, developments in China's research performance, internationalisation, the funding instruments used and the problems peculiar to organising basic research funding in a very large scale in a developing system. The paper will summarise the report and draw lessons for evaluation from studying a Western-style funder in a Chinese context.
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