The endless transition: a 'triple helix' of university-industry-government relations

摘要

Newly industrialising, de-industrialising an dre-industrialising countries find- somewhat to their surprise-that they share a mutual interest in fostering knowledge- based economic and social developments requiring the creation of boundary-spanning mechanisms. Despite their quite different developmental histories, a broad spectrum of societies, formerly conceptualised under the divergent rubrics of the first, second and third worlds, have formulated innovation strategies based upon the deliberate elabora- tion of academic-industry relations through reflexive science, technology and innova- tion policies.