The transformation of scientific and technological (S&T) achievements is the ultimate link in the innovation process and the driving force for cultivating new quality productivity. To successfully transform S&T achievements, it is necessary to challenge issues such as lack of funding, technological matching, and industrialization modes of S&T achievements, while synergy of science-technology policy goals is a key measure to solve these problems. Thus, clarifying the impact and mechanism of synergy of science-technology policy goals on the transfer and industrialization of S&T achievements has theoretical and practical significance.
Based on the science-technology policy texts of 31 provinces and cities in Chinese Mainland, this paper constructs the degree of science-technology policy goal synergy, and combs its impact and mechanism on the transfer and industrialization of S&T achievements. The results show that: The synergy of science-technology policy goals has a significant promoting effect on the transfer of S&T achievements, but its promoting effect on the industrialization of S&T achievements is not significant. The three types of policy goals in science-technology policies have a direct and synergistic effect on the transfer of S&T achievements, but have a limited effect on the industrialization of S&T achievements. The synergy of science-technology policy goals has a positive impact on the transformation of S&T achievements through the effects of science-technology intermediary organizational capability enhancement and industry-university-research quality optimization, and it has a greater impact on the transfer and industrialization of S&T achievements in areas with weaker knowledge absorption capabilities. Further analysis finds that the promoting effect on the transformation of S&T achievements is more significant in regions with lower proportion of state-owned capital and a higher level of economic integration.
The main contributions of this paper are as follows: (1) It establishes a theoretical framework for the synergy of science-technology policy goals on the transformation of S&T achievements, expanding the research level of policy synergy. (2) It distinguishes the different processes of the transformation of S&T achievements and provides theoretical evidence for the process management to a certain extent, enriching the connotation of the transformation of S&T achievements in existing research. (3) It explores the method of studying the synergy of science-technology policy goals from the perspective of science-technology policy content, paying attention to the quantity, intensity, and types of science-technology policies. (4) It reveals the heterogeneous effect of the market environment with Chinese characteristics, providing theoretical references for improving the effectiveness of science-technology policies and promoting the transformation of S&T achievements.