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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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Meyer M, Kuusisto J, Grant K, De Silva M, Flowers S & Choksy U (2019) Towards new Triple Helix organisations? A comparative study of competence centres as knowledge, consensus and innovation spaces. R and D Management, 49 (4), pp. 555-573. https://doi.org/10.1111/radm.12342

Abstract
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. © 2018 RADMA and John Wiley & Sons Ltd

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R and D Management: Volume 49, Issue 4

StatusPublished
FundersUniversity of Dundee
Publication date30/09/2019
Publication date online17/10/2018
Date accepted by journal17/10/2018
URLhttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/28928
ISSN0033-6807
eISSN1467-9310

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Dr Umair Choksy

Dr Umair Choksy

Senior Lecturer in Management, Management, Work and Organisation

Professor Kevin Grant

Professor Kevin Grant

Dean of Stirling Management School