Multiple Helix Ecosystems for Sustainable Competitiveness

Linking innovation and entrepreneurship to economic growth

“…This article aims to contribute to the enrichment of literature in this field of study, helping to clarify the contribution of innovation and entrepreneurship to the economic growth of countries. The study also helps portray new ways of thinking about the Triple Helix actors (academy–industry–policy decision) whether in national or regional innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems, in alignment with the prioritization of economic growth policies (Park, 2014; Peris-Ortiz et al , 2016).…”

Comparing Competency Assessment in Electronics Engineering Education with and without Industry Training Partner by Challenge-Based Learning Oriented to Sustainable Development Goals

“…Therefore, the indications of the study by Christensen et al [44] promote that the best way to obtain interdisciplinary knowledge is through teaching by challenge-based learning methods and in a collaborative way, then it is possible to infer that this experience can be catalyzed to reach better results when we take advantage of sustainable learning as it is with the participation of an industrial partner in the university education. In this way, it is evidenced that students obtain learning that is closer to the work environment and through the development and evaluation of competencies that are needed to meet the challenges of the SDGs in a faster way; in fact, the trend goes toward that path since when analyzing the benefits of providing higher education based on competencies and emulating professional life in an "even more global way to deal with more complex problems", it can be observed that, for these cases, it is necessary to develop education more robust in meta-competencies such as the complex thinking competency [45][46][47][48]; thus, when these major challenges are presented due to their complexities, the innovation models of multiple helices that incorporate different entities according to the need can and should be applied; these required helices to strengthen a synergy collaboration that corresponds to the academia, the economic sector, local and federal governments, social organizations of all kinds, the media, and the natural environment, among others [49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56].…”

“…This model is the most basic and includes academia, the economic sector, and the government [49][50][51]. When it is joined by civil society, one can have the quadruple helix model as shown in the purple square in Figure A1; the way in which the social part can be involved in innovation processes is when it is possible to observe, for example, the incorporation of art, culture, values, ethics, media, democratic management initiatives, or social studies [50][51][52][53][54]. Likewise, a model of innovation with a quintuple helix is presented when the social part and ecology are involved in the basic model of a triple helix [50,51,[54][55][56].…”

“…When it is joined by civil society, one can have the quadruple helix model as shown in the purple square in Figure A1; the way in which the social part can be involved in innovation processes is when it is possible to observe, for example, the incorporation of art, culture, values, ethics, media, democratic management initiatives, or social studies [50][51][52][53][54]. Likewise, a model of innovation with a quintuple helix is presented when the social part and ecology are involved in the basic model of a triple helix [50,51,[54][55][56]. This quintuple helix model is seen in Figure A1 in the green pentagon; in this quintuple helix innovation model, the transdisciplinary, interdisciplinary, natural environmental, and socio-ecological subjects are enhanced.…”

“…As a result, this model is the most ambitious since the possibility of obtaining more challenging processes that can acquire connotations of disruption in innovation In detail, it is possible to observe that Figure A1 describes in the first part in blue a triangle associated with the triple helix model of innovation. This model is the most basic and includes academia, the economic sector, and the government [49][50][51]. When it is joined by civil society, one can have the quadruple helix model as shown in the purple square in Figure A1; the way in which the social part can be involved in innovation processes is when it is possible to observe, for example, the incorporation of art, culture, values, ethics, media, democratic management initiatives, or social studies [50][51][52][53][54].…”