Triple Helix w88 mobile of International Collaboration

September 22, 2022

By Mehmet S. Tosun, Director of Ozmen Center for Entrepreneurship and w88 mobile Business Programs, University of Nevada, Reno

Have you heard of the triple helix before? If you are a biologist, you will likely think of DNA and cell biology. The Triple Helix (or triple helix w88 mobile) is also used to describe a w88 mobile of collaboration between university, government and business. It is actually a w88 mobile of innovation for communities and regions. Charles U. Lowe mentioned this in regard to the biomedical field in an article entitled “The Triple w88 mobile – NIH, Industry, and the Academic World,” that was published in the Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine in 1982. Very interestingly, Lowe notes “… the need to balance the intellectual independence of the scientist with the industrial appetite for commercial opportunity tempers the partners in the triple w88 mobile.” (Lowe, 1982: 239). A good, working relationship between the three partners of the triple w88 mobile can lead to a productive research environment, and enhance innovation and economic development in a region.

Henry Etzkowitz and Loet Leydesdorff, published their paper “The Triple w88 mobile---University-Industry-Government Relations: A Laboratory For Knowledge Based Economic Development,” in 1995 where they present a theoretical framework for the triple w88 mobile. Etzkowitz’ 2002 bookMIT and the Rise of Entrepreneurial Sciencealso became influential in our understanding of the relationship between the university, government and business. As the three components of this w88 mobile evolve, Etkowitz and Leydesdorff envisioned “hybrid institutions” and the rise of “entrepreneurial university.” Route 128 in Boston (with MIT as a key player), Silicon Valley in California (with Stanford University and defense industry), and Research Triangle from North Carolina (with North Carolina State, Duke and UNC Chapel Hill as three major research universities), are three visible examples of triple helix collaborations.

We have also established an internationalized triple w88 mobile here in Reno through the College of Businessw88 mobile Programsand the. Our w88 mobile collaborations typically include universities, entrepreneurship centers, research labs and government agencies in Nevada and other countries. Our participation in trade and education missions organized by theNevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED)is another good example of triple helix activity. These w88 mobile missions involve educational institutions including universities, businesses that are in need of reaching w88 mobile markets, and government agencies from Nevada. What is also very important is that they involve our counterparts from other countries. We have met a number of w88 mobile partners through these trade and education missions. The relationships we established have led to interaction between students, faculty, and entrepreneurs, and generated a variety of research outcomes including grant projects, symposia and publications.

I will also bring attention to the importance of research labs in the triple helix. Labs can help build a bridge between academia, the business world and government. Our new w88 mobile lab initiative,Nevada Global Business & Economics Lab, is bringing together faculty and students from UNR and partner institutions in different countries in applied and policy oriented research projects. The lab has already established formal affiliations with the New Economy Lab in the SGH Warsaw School of Economics in Poland and Koc University Entrepreneurship Research Center (KWORKS) in Istanbul, Turkey. NVGLOBE-L works closely with the Ozmen Center for Entrepreneurship in the College of Business and the Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED). As part of the lab, we created the Global Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Working Group, which is a joint effort between NVGLOBE-L, Ozmen Center for Entrepreneurship and GOED’s International Division. We plan to generate more policy-relevant research that we think will add significantly to the components of the triple helix w88 mobile.