Theory and Practice of Triple Helix Model in Developing Countries

Issues and Challenges

Edited by Mohammed Saad, Girma Zawdie

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This volume contributes to the expanding literature on "triple helix" innovation - focusing on developing countries. Based on practical cases and experiences from Africa, Latin America and Asia, best practices from developed countries are examined. The authors address specific issues which are critical to the economic and social development of specific regions in developing countries such as:

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"This book should be read by anyone who wants to think theoretically and practically about the role of university-industry-government relations in innovation and development" Theo Papaioannou, Development Policy and Practice, The Open University, U K.

Table of Contents

Introduction Part I: Triple helix model and theory 1. Defining the theoretical basis of the triple helix model of innovation 2. Towards a Triple Helix Theory of Development 3. Understanding the Triple Helix Model from the Perspective of a Developing Country: A Demand or a Challenge for Indonesian Case Study Part II: Triple Helix and Development 4. Role of universities in innovation and economic development: what should developing countries do? 5. Triple Helix Lessons for Development in Jamaica 6. Evidence of the triple helix paradigm in Korea – A test for channel interaction Part III: Operationalising the triple helix model and bridging the gaps 7. Operationalizing the Triple Helix Model for Creating Sustainable Technology Development: Examples of Linking Arrangements in Two Tanzanian Universities 8. Compared perspective of methodological tendencies for the analysis of local innovative networks in India 9. Transferring knowledge across national boundaries through vertical de-aggregation in India 10. Science Parks and University-Industry Collaboration in Malaysia 11. Client-Driven Biotechnology Research for Poor Farmers - A Case Study from India 12. Enhancing competitiveness of SMEs through industrial cluster – Indian experience 13. Building Triple Helix Relations in Pakistan 14. Balancing old and new organisational forms - Changing dynamics of government, industry and university interaction in South Africa 15. The Foreign Factor within the Triple Helix Model Part IV: knowledge production, sharing and use through Triple Helix 16. Research management: an emerging profession in the developing world 17. Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Brazilian Universities 18. Developing regional clusters in India: role of national laboratories 19. Experiences of the Tea Research Institute of Tanzania 20. National Science and Technology Development Agency, Thailand: Development of ‘Triple Helix’ System in a Weak Academic-Industry-Link Environment: The Case Study of the Industrial Technology Assistance Program in Thailand 21. Learning through south-south cooperation - A Tunisian case of study 22. The effectiveness of Triple Helix Model in developing innovation in Malaysia, both at the regional and national level 23. Innovation and Entrepreneurism in Indian Universities: A Case Study of the Technology Business Incubator at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur Part V: Redevelopment and implications for developing countries 24. Universities Role and Knowledge Exchange in the Developed World 25. Building an Institute for Triple-Helix Research Innovation in Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai' 26. Redevelopment and implications for developing countries: The cooperative movement: a way to promote regional development and innovation through the assumption of complexity and social capital perspective - Thinking about transfer from the Mondragón experience 27. The ‘School – Enterprise’ An initiative from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Franche-Comté to support the future leadership of local SMEs