Extending community management to industry‐university‐government organizations

Gustafsson, Robin; Järvenpää, Sirkka L.

doi:10.1111/radm.12255

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“…Indeed, universities, companies and governments, have very different interests. This diversity requires organising challenges and "puzzles for participants, analysts and policy makers to solve" [48,87].…”

Section: Policy As An Innovation Toolmentioning

confidence: 99%

Fostering Cross-Sector Collaboration to Promote Innovation in the Water Sector

Compagnucci

Spigarelli

2018

Sustainability

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Ongoing global climate change, growing population and the intensification of economic activities, increase pressure on water resources, a situation many see as a water governance crisis. Water-related issues are becoming a limiting factor for sustainable economic growth and require a collaborative and interdisciplinary approach, to foster innovative solutions. This paper provides an evidence-based contribution to understanding Triple Helix Model (THM) relations and the path to innovation policy in the water sector. The analysis focuses on the interaction between university-industry-government, with specific reference to the Murcia region in Southeast Spain. This region combines a chronic shortage of water and a leading role for agriculture. Starting from the experience of a researcher, working for the General Water Council of the Murcia Region, this paper is based on both desk research and in-depth personal interviews with representatives of THM actors. In addition, a questionnaire was forwarded to all those companies in charge of providing water services in the Murcia region. The study has found that stakeholders are not fully cooperative in seeking innovation. The main challenges are the renewal of water-related facilities and the improvement of remote control systems, denitrification and desalination technologies and achieving better energy efficiency. To this aim, THM approach is suggested as a source of local innovation policies, identifying a series of tools to foster a collaborative approach.The phenomenon of water scarcity also has serious consequences in the economic context: water is vital for a wide range of activities, including agriculture, power generation, public water supply and manufacturing. In Europe, agriculture accounts for 36% of total annual water use, followed by public water supply (32%) [9]. Moreover, in the 28 Member States, approximately 81% of the freshwater involved for energy production, agriculture, public water supply and industry, originates in surface water bodies, with groundwater being the primary source for public water supply [8,10]). At the same time, water is, alarmingly, becoming a limiting factor for sustainable economic growth, employment and development [11].European sustainable growth should come from innovation in products, services and business models: eco-industries play a crucial role in developing innovative solutions. The water industry is a key component within the eco-industrial landscape and it is profitable. Indeed, the world water market is rapidly growing: it is expected to reach 1 trillion Euro by 2020 [12]. In particular, water reuse technologies represent a profitable sector for further innovation [13]. However, European water-related firms often fail to achieve their full innovative potential. Also, Europe usually does not turn knowledge into added value for society and markets [2,[13][14][15].In this context, the role of regions in dealing with innovation policies has recently increased [16,17]. As argued by Kohler-Koch [18], innovation processes take...

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Section: Policy As An Innovation Toolmentioning

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Fostering Cross-Sector Collaboration to Promote Innovation in the Water Sector

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2018

Sustainability

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“…However, due to this legal form, contractual issues have reportedly emerged, for example, about intellectual property (IP) rights. According to our interviewees, this one area has ‘plagued’ the incorporation and start‐up phase of the centres (see also Gustafsson and Järvenpää, ).…”

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Towards new Triple Helix organisations? A comparative study of competence centres as knowledge, consensus and innovation spaces

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This contribution explores new organisational forms facilitating Triple Helix relations.Analysts have pointed to the blurring of institutional boundaries and the emergence of hybrid organisations at the interface between university, industry and government. Starting out from the notion that Triple Helix organisations develop and maintain knowledge, consensus and innovation spaces, we explore four cases of competence centres that operate in this context. Comparing them, we identify Finnish SHOK centres as the most radical departure from more traditional forms of university-industry collaboration. These can be characterised as independent legal entities that are involved in integrating a large, possibly cluster-level or technology-focused network, defining the agenda for specific specialisation areas by engaging in all or most of the Triple Helix spaces. We argue they could be better positioned than existing intermediary organisations to deliver the Triple Helix concept. Source: Adapted from Howells (2006).

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“…University and research institute are the source of knowledge. In this They are knowledge creators and contributors in a region, thus feeding new ideas and knowledge into a society (Etzkowitz & Klofsten, 2005;Gustafsson & Jarvenpaa, 2018). This research-centric T A B L E 1 Summary of illustrative RIS papers adopted the case study method Technological systems and economic performance-The case of factory automation Carlsson (1995) Innovation system, S3…”

Section: Triple Helix: a Reference Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In this vein, to develop a knowledge‐based economy, effective investments in research and education are required by aligning economic and social goals to state policies (Armeanu, Vintilă, & Gherghina, 2017). They are knowledge creators and contributors in a region, thus feeding new ideas and knowledge into a society (Etzkowitz & Klofsten, 2005; Gustafsson & Jarvenpaa, 2018). This research‐centric helix in a RIS serves as a center of knowledge by adopting innovation projects, generating new ideas and knowledge through basic R&D (Etzkowitz & Leydesdorff, 2000).…”

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“…The TH innovation model as an analytical tool for the RIS helps to provide useful perspectives on regional innovation. It is worthwhile to apply the TH innovation model to analyze a RIS by means of its explanatory power and policy relevance, demonstrating the effectiveness of the regional innovation process (Etzkowitz & Leydesdorff, 2000; Gustafsson & Jarvenpaa, 2018; Kriz, Bankins, & Molloy, 2018; McAdam & Debackere, 2018).…”

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The evolution of N‐helix of the regional innovation system: Implications for sustainability

Lew

Park

2020

Sustainable Development

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This research examines the evolution of the study on triple helix (TH) approaches to the investigation of regional innovation systems (RISs). Prior studies on TH-based RISs have focused largely on complex interactions among innovation creating actors (i.e., university, industry, and government) and non-market institutions in various regional contexts. Although there are a growing number of TH-based RIS studies, they often ignore the evolutionary aspect of the RIS studies and implications for sustainability. Thus, herein we conduct a wide range of systematic literature review on the TH research in the RIS literature published from 1990 to 2017. The study identifies that the TH literature evolves into various N-helix models in particular, gravitating toward stakeholders, internationalization, specialization and ecological conservation, which offers various implications for sustainability in the regional development context. In the ages of globalization, digitalization, and socio-ecology, this study offers a comprehensive view on the TH research for sustainable development and suggests useful future research directions that academics and policymakers can benefit from.

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Extending community management to industry‐university‐government organizations

Cited by 12 publications

References 42 publications

Fostering Cross-Sector Collaboration to Promote Innovation in the Water Sector

Fostering Cross-Sector Collaboration to Promote Innovation in the Water Sector

Towards new Triple Helix organisations? A comparative study of competence centres as knowledge, consensus and innovation spaces

The evolution of N‐helix of the regional innovation system: Implications for sustainability

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