Volume 4,Issue 3
Research Status Quo, Conceptual Connotation, and Advantages of Enterprise-led Innovation Consortia
In line with the national strategy of achieving greater self-reliance and strength in science and technology, enterprise-led innovation consortia have emerged as crucial vehicles for implementing the new system for mobilizing resources nationwide. They tackling the ‘chokehold’ challenges in core technologies in key fields, bridge the innovation chain with the industrial chain, and serve as vital carriers for China’s strength in strategic science and technology. Facing the dual challenges of intensified global technological competition and inefficient traditional industry-university-research (IUR) collaboration in China, this paper systematically reviews domestic and international research on innovation consortia based on integrated innovative theory. It deconstructs their component elements and unique conceptual connotations, while deeply analyzing their advantages across five aspects: the new system for mobilizing resources nationwide, China’s strength in strategic science and technology, resource integration, collaborative organization, and market-based resource allocation. This research provides academic insights for the efficient operation of enterprise-led innovation consortia and their contribution to achieving high-level scientific and technological self-reliance.
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