Gravitating toward the quadruple helix: international connections for the enhancement of a regional innovation system in Northeast Italy

Lew, Yong Kyu; Khan, Zaheer; Cozzio, Sara

doi:10.1111/radm.12227

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“…THM relations have overtaken previous models, whether laissez-faire or socialist, in which either the economy or polity played a leading role [38]. In a statist regime, government drives universities and industry and, in its statist role, a regional government could introduce an institutional framework made up of regulations and policies, managing the activities of the other actors [48,49]. Under a laissez-faire regime, industry is the front runner, with the other two institutions acting as ancillary structures.…”

Section: University-industry-government Relationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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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: University-industry-government Relationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Case study research is a highly qualitative form of inquiry [54]. It is often seen as a second-best choice because of the limited level of external validity it offers [49,76]. However, a case study can contribute to a greater understanding of the facts through in-depth research [62,77].…”

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

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Spigarelli

2018

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“…In the course of the development of their international operations, all the case firms seized the opportunity to advertise their products at trade fairs and developed important and useful relationships with foreign customers. These trade fairs acted as important knowledge circulating pipelines for the case firms which helped these firms to succeed in foreign markets (Jean, 2014;Lew et al, 2016).…”

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Internationalisation process of Chinese SMEs: the role of business and ethnic-group-based social networks

Lew

Khan

Rao‐Nicholson

et al. 2016

IJMCS

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This article examines how emerging market small and medium-sized enterprises (EM-SMEs) leverage their social network relationships for their internationalization process. Drawing from the internationalization process and network literature, it investigates four Chinese SMEs which have effectively entered foreign markets. The sample of Chinese manufacturing SMEs provides a valuable reference to compare and contrast the challenges and opportunities that foreign-networkconstrained SMEs face in their internationalization process. The findings suggest that both business and ethnic group-based social ties as well as the strength of these networks play an important role in influencing the internationalization of Chinese SMEs. Particularly, the findings illustrate the importance and complementary role of ethnic ties (i.e., social networks), and relationships with multinationals (i.e., business networks) that enable the internationalization process of the EM-SMEs.

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“…Specifically, Leydesdorff () highlights that an important aspect is to find out under what circumstances expanded interactions can be anticipated to contribute to increased synergies. These calls for additional RIS features suggest the need to go beyond the triple helix model to an approach of additional features called the quadruple helix, or the n‐tuple, to enhance our understanding of RISs (Leydesdorff, ; McAdam et al, ; Lew et al, ). The fourth dimension is often described as the end user, customer or community (Carayannis and Campbell, ; Miller et al, ).…”

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Smart specialization in regional innovation systems: a quadruple helix perspective

Höglund

Linton

2017

R & D Management

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This article explores Robotdalen, a smart specialization initiative in the region of Mälardalen, Sweden, and its impact on regional innovation systems (RIS). The Robotdalen initiative, with the goal to create a regional center for robotics, was established based on the triple helix innovation systems model of industry, university, and government interaction. This paper aims to understand the dynamic interactions of the smart specialization strategy in relation to the RIS. It also includes the perspective of the fourth helix, which contains civil society and users. To date, there has been a scarcity of research which explores the challenges of quadruple helix models from a micro perspective to understand their complexity. To address this, a single case study approach is taken, which includes a longitudinal perspective of 10 years (2007–2016). The analysis includes micro activities explored from a strategizing perspective. The research contributes by identifying three strategic practices that have evolved over time for Robotdalen. It also presents an empirical operationalization of the fourth helix, as well discusses the arrival of the fourth helix perspective.

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Gravitating toward the quadruple helix: international connections for the enhancement of a regional innovation system in Northeast Italy

Cited by 37 publications

References 60 publications

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

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

Internationalisation process of Chinese SMEs: the role of business and ethnic-group-based social networks

Smart specialization in regional innovation systems: a quadruple helix perspective

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