Regional Dimensions of the Triple Helix Model

Todeva, Emanuela and Danson, Mike (2016): Regional Dimensions of the Triple Helix Model. Published in: Industry and Higher Education , Vol. 1, No. 30 (2016): pp. 5-12.

Abstract

This paper introduces the rationale and the articles in this special issue bridging the literature on regional development and the triple helix model. The concept of the triple helix at the sub-national, and specifically regional, level is established and examined, with especial regard to regional economic development founded on innovation and research activities. The discussion on regional competitiveness lays the foundations for the exploration of contrasting environments, sectors and administrations. We offer a framework that captures the array of institutions, driving factors, players and powers active at the regional level. In this introduction we present and summarise the collection of articles emphasising their contribution to the literature. We demonstrate how the articles in this selection exploit the triple helix model for analysis of the delivery of policy at a regional level, and describe how other models and characterisations of interactions and collaborations between institutions are being associated with the triple helix concept, highlighting their shortcomings and the way they enrich its application.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: triple helix; innovation; regional governance; public policy; regional economic development
• Subjects: H - Public Economics > H7 - State and Local Government ; Intergovernmental Relations; P - Economic Systems > P5 - Comparative Economic Systems

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