Abstract
AbstractThe paper analyses the impact of the “Triple Helix” on innovation by assuming a network theory approach. The aim is to build a theoretical framework to improve the understanding of the effect of clusters involving industrial, academic and institutional players on the cluster’s innovation. In particular the work is focused on intra-cluster and inter-cluster structural and nodal characteristics in the life-science industry.
Highlights
Strong links between the production structure and the knowledge and institutional infrastructure in science-based industries are necessary to overcome innovation challenges: innovations could result directly from ongoing interactions among scientific, commercial, educational, and public institutions, in a context of bridging between different worldviews.The "Triple Helix" (TH) Model of knowledge, developed by references [1];[2] will be theoretically investigated in this paper by assuming a Network approach
If partners’ vertical diversity implies complementarity, which in turn implies innovation, partners’ vertical diversity drives innovation. (c) Third, partner diversity in the life-science industry involves a related knowledge background: players act in subsequent phases of the same macro-process, and it is possible to suppose that they own the same background in terms of basic skills, shared language, and knowledge of the most recent scientific or technological developments; technoorganizational systems (TOS), molecules, and drugs [33]
Clusters have become a prevalent form of industrial organization and their innovativeness is considered to be a key source of regional and national competitive advantage
Summary
Strong links between the production structure and the knowledge and institutional infrastructure in science-based industries are necessary to overcome innovation challenges: innovations could result directly from ongoing interactions among scientific, commercial, educational, and public institutions, in a context of bridging between different worldviews. The model is focused on three helices that intertwine in university-industrygovernment relations and networks. These helices overlap and create synergies that result in product and process innovations. This model allows the linking of basic and applied research to the market, challenging the conventional, linear model of interaction. Trying to understand which of them, in terms of structure and partner characteristics, is most conductive to innovation is the general aim of the paper
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