Engaging Actors for the Development of a High-Tech Cluster

Author(s):  
Marcia Villasana

This chapter introduces the case of the northern state of Nuevo Leon, Mexico, where particularly after 2003 the state government began implementing actions aimed at developing high-technology clusters in the region around strategic knowledge areas, biotechnology being one of them. In this context, the chapter presents findings from an empirical investigation on the interactions between academia and industry, focusing on the university biotechnology researcher’s viewpoint. The author hopes to contribute to not only to the growing body of empirical literature on how relevant actors within a regional innovation system engage in working relationships particularly with high-technology industries, but to inform policymakers for the better design of instruments aimed at strengthening university-industry interactions.

Author(s):  
Iurii V. Erygin ◽  
Elena V. Borisova

The article discusses the problems of involving the innovative potential of enterprises of the military-industrial complex in the implementation of innovative projects for the non-defence high-technology production, as well as determining the role and place of the regional innovation infrastructure in their implementation. The aim of the study is to justify the role of a region in the implementation of innovative projects for the non-defence high-technology production, to determine features and formulate requirements for the development of the regional innovation infrastructure that provides support for these innovative projects based on the interaction of the regional innovation system enterprises with the military-industrial complex and infrastructure facilities at the national and international levels. As a result of the study, the authors highlighted the most important areas of interaction between the enterprises of the military-industrial complex and the region’s innovative infrastructure facilities (raising funds, promoting high-tech civilian products to national and international markets, etc.) and formulated the requirements for its formation. The results of the study can be used in managing the innovative development of the regions where high-tech enterprises of the militaryindustrial complex are located


2006 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Björn Mildahn ◽  
Daniel Schiller

Barriers for the university-industry knowledge transfer in newly industrialised countries - an empirical analysis of the regional innovation system of Bangkok. This paper presents empirical evidence on university-industry relations (UIR) and knowledge transfer in the regional innovation system of Bangkok and broaches the issue of adapting well-established concepts for the analysis of innovation processes in newly industrialising countries. The potential for UIR is restricted due to 1) a weak and fragmented innovation system, 2) low technological and absorptive capacities in the industrial sector, and 3) slowly improving research capabilities in the scientific sector. Hence the level of UIR in the regional innovation system of Bangkok is mainly limited to occasional and personal modes. It is suggested to strengthen the knowledge transfer capabilities within both actors and to establish effective mechanisms for bridging institutional barriers between academia and industry


2009 ◽  
Vol 84 (3) ◽  
pp. 649-667 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irene Ramos-Vielba ◽  
Manuel Fernández-Esquinas ◽  
Elena Espinosa-de-los-Monteros

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuriy I. Razorenov ◽  
Konstantin V. Vodenko

PurposeThe goal of the research is to analyze the university development trends in the national innovation system. The paper presents a review of the formation of innovative development strategies and the place of a university in them. The structure is based on the analysis of foreign trends of the transformation of universities and the examination of the efficiency of the interaction between the university, industry and the state. Russian experience in the transformation of universities is presented.Design/methodology/approachResearch methodologies include methods of statistical and comparative analysis and synthesis. The information analysis base of the research is composed of the reports of the World Intellectual Property Organization at year-end 2019, as well as global comparative assessments of the status and development of innovation activities by the Global Innovation Index and Global Competitiveness Index, which are calculated according to the methodology of the World Economic Forum and others.FindingsIn the course of research, the authors put forward a new model of universities within the framework of the national innovation system, which is based on the “triple helix model of innovation” implemented by universities, industry and the state. The logic and structure of the research are set forth in the following way. First, a review of the global practice of the formation and implementation of state innovation policy is given, with the university being a key link, the foreign experience in the transformation of universities is analyzed and the efficiency of the interaction between the university, industry and the state is examined. Furthermore, consideration is given to the Russian experience in the transformation of universities. In conclusion, the main findings of the research are presented.Practical implicationsResults testify that goals and objectives that can be solved by achieving indicators in the world rankings are important for improving competitiveness of education, but they are only efficient if they conform to management decisions that are taken for achieving them and coincide with strategic goals and directions that should be implemented within the framework of the national innovation and academic system.Originality/valueResearch hypothesis is as follows: modern age is characterized by the rapid development of digital technologies and globalization processes, which transform technologies and cultural patterns into techniques and methods of working with information. Despite the fact that a university is the center for the development of society and culture, which serves as an axiological core, it is subject to the transformation, which is mainly manifested in instrumental changes and the expansion of the social procurement range. The modern educational system is yet to find a contemporary conceptual framework of a university that would satisfy the up-to-date requirements of the global information society in an age of digital revolution and dominate in the educational services market.


2014 ◽  
Vol 926-930 ◽  
pp. 3191-3194
Author(s):  
Ya Qun Gao

The region innovation system has provided the network platform for the knowledge dissemination and the flowing, simultaneously in the region the high-tech industry colony's knowledge overflow promoted the knowledge in region sharing, becomes the region innovation the driving force. This article has constructed the region innovation system life cycle model based on the baud life cycle theory, has studied under the knowledge economy condition the high-tech industry colony knowledge overflow to the region innovation system different life cycle influence mechanism.


2011 ◽  
pp. 223-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Deakin

This chapter draws attention to the triple-helix model of knowledge production and the Web-services assembled to support the development of the SmartCities (inter) Regional Academic Network as a community of practice for standardising the transformation of eGovernment services. It draws particular attention to the University-Industry-Government collaborations (triple-helix) underlying the Web 2.0 service-orientated architecture of this knowledge infrastructure and the deployment of such technologies as an enterprise allowing communities to learn about how to standardise eGovernment services as transformative business-to-citizen applications. The chapter serves to highlight the critical role business-to-citizen applications play in making it possible for cities to be smart in reaching beyond the transactional logic of service provision and grasping the potential regional innovation systems offer to democratise the customisation of eGovernment through multi-channel access and via user profiling.


2003 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 435-439 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Saliceti-Piazza ◽  
R. Buxeda ◽  
E. Rivera ◽  
M. Hormaza ◽  
L. Morell

Successful knowledge-based economic models rely on synergy between government, industry and academia. This paper reviews the efforts to convert the island of Puerto Rico from a manufacturing to a high-tech manufacturing/research and development economy with information technology and biotechnology as the main development strongholds. The formation of clusters and partnership between government, industry and academia are essential requirements for successful economies. The strategic approach adopted in Puerto Rico is exemplified by the university-industry partnership developed by the University of Puerto Rico's Industrial Biotechnology programme in cooperation with locally established biotechnology industries.


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