This ground-breaking new volume evaluates the capacity of the triple helix model to represent the recent evolution of local and national systems of innovation. It analyses both the success of the triple helix as a descriptive and empirical model within internationally competitive technology...

Knowledge-infused clusters, involving governmental and university, as well as firm actors are the epitome of contemporary economic development strategy. The role of Southern Oregon University (SOU) in the inception of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) gives rise to a model for...

chapter Introduction -- part PART I The triple helix concept -- chapter 1 A universal triple helix: Silicon Valley’s secret -- chapter 2 Triple helix in Civil Society -- chapter 3 The entrepreneurial university in a triple helix -- chapter 4 The firm in a triple helix -- chapter 5 The optimum...