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Table 2 Possible roles of public sector in different life cycles of a network

From: The public sector’s role in Norwegian network cooperation: triple helix or laissez-faire?

Life cycle

Role of public sector based on

Formative (initial)

Growth (expansion)

Maturity (mature)

Decline (transformation)

Statist

Laissez-faire

 

X (leave alone)

X (leave alone)

 

Triple helix

X (start-help)

 

X (help to avoid decline)

X (help to finding new path)