Triple Helix: A Tripartite Innovation Strategy of University, Industry, and Government

Author: Henry Etzkowitz / Zhou Chunyan [USA]
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: A tripartite innovation strategy of University-Industry-Government, a popular innovation model in Europe and America. The knowledge economy and society are more closely associated with processes of change rather than stable organizational arrangements. As a result, policymakers, experts, and business professionals have shown greater interest in updating innovation organizations and improving innovation conditions. This has led to a transformation in the organizational arrangements within governments designed to help industrial innovation. It is not only focused on individual technological innovations but also more concerned with and encourages strengthening the relationship between universities and industries, promoting the formation of new technology-based companies originating from universities. The theme of this book—the University-Industry-Government Triple Helix—is the driving force behind the promotion of new organizational arrangements for innovation. The Triple Helix theme is increasingly valued by universities, industries, and governments across the world that seek to achieve development through innovation. This book proposes a brand-new management theory from the perspectives of society, politics, and science. The Triple Helix is an innovation model that refers to the close cooperation and interaction among the three parties—university, industry, and government—in the innovation process. Each of these three institutions demonstrates some capabilities of the other two while maintaining its own independent identity. Due to connections and interactions, each helix representing the scope of these institutions gains greater capacity to further interact and collaborate, supporting innovation generated within the other helices, thereby forming a continuous flow of innovation and achieving common development.