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Table 1 Institutional orders in the evolution of Triple Helix model

From: Implementing the Triple Helix model in a non-Western context: an institutional logics perspective

Stages of development

Major Triple Helix activities

Favourable institutional logics

Stage 1

Realising the importance of entering a reciprocal relationship between university, industry and government

Shared beliefs on knowledge as a key to economic growth (Logics of economic growth in the field of government and industry)

Realisation of the needs

Stage 2

Taking the role of the other

Market oriented organisational cultures (Logics of market at the state level)

intra-organisational transformation

Process oriented management culture in technology innovation (Logics of knowledge management in the fields of industry and academia)

Stage 3

Growing and innovating through cooperation with others

Effective protection for intellectual property rights and market participants (Logics of intellectual property at the field of industry)

interactions between organisations in the three sectors

Generating hybrid organisation

Civil society (Logics of civil society at the state level)

Stage 4

Feedback loops between policy-makers and participants

Competitive market environment (logics of competition in the field of university)

Institutionalisation of the Triple Helix model

Institutionalised norms of “entrepreneurial university”, “knowledge-based formation and growth”, and “innovation state” (Etzkowitz 2008).

Democratic policymaking process (Logics of democracy in the field of government)

  1. Source: Cai (2013).