Analysis of the Driving Mechanism of University Teachers’ Research Outcomes Spillover—A Case Study of Hubei Province

在知识经济与创新型国家建设背景下，大学教师科研成果溢出是推动社会进步和经济增长的重要动力，其驱动机制受个体动机、制度环境等多重因素影响。本文以湖北省为例，系统分析高校科研溢出的三重价值：对大学，可提升学术声誉、促进人才培养与学科建设；对企业，提供创新动力、推动技术转化与产业升级；对社会，激发创新活力、改善公共福祉与区域经济发展。研究揭示其驱动机制包含四大维度：教师人力资源优化形成“职称–科研投入”正向循环；开放包容的学术文化与多元激励体系激发创新潜能；政策环境中自然科学经费十年扩张3.4倍但人文社科资源约束显著；产学研合作推动专利申请数十年增长3.08倍。据此提出构建“内在驱动 + 职业认同”双引擎、“学科交叉 + 产业联动”生态网等支持策略，推动经济社会发展。Against the backdrop of the knowledge economy and the construction of an innovative country, the spillover of university teachers’ research achievements is an important driving force for social progress and economic growth. Its driving mechanism is influenced by multiple factors such as individual motivation and institutional environment. Taking Hubei Province as an example, this paper systematically analyzes the threefold value of university research spillover: for universities, it can enhance academic reputation, promote talent cultivation and discipline construction; for enterprises, it provides innovation impetus, promotes technology transfer and industrial upgrading; for society, it stimulates innovation vitality, improves public welfare and regional economic development. The research reveals that its driving mechanism includes four dimensions: the optimization of teacher human resources forms a positive cycle of “title - research investment”; an open and inclusive academic culture and a diversified incentive system stimulate innovation potential; in the policy environment, the funding for natural sciences has expanded by 3.4 times in ten years, but the resources for humanities and social sciences are significantly constrained; the cooperation between industry, academia and research has led to a 3.08-fold increase in patent applications in ten years. Based on this, it proposes support strategies such as building a “internal drive + professional identity” dual engine and a “disciplinary intersection + industrial linkage” ecological network to promote economic and social development.