On Industry-University-Research Institution Alliance Niche and Governance Mechanism From a Social Network Perspective

On the framework of social network theory,the interactive actors of industry-university-research institution alliance(IURA) have a mixed multi-motivation.From a social network theory,we propose the concept of industry-university-research institution alliance niche(IURAN),and discussed the IURAN based on macro,meso and micro angles.The developments of IURAN have three main stages:technology niche stage,market niche stage and paradigm niche stage.Their corresponding main governance mechanism is government guidance and enterprise leading,market protection and monitoring risk,market-oriented and self-organization.