Universities and the Global Knowledge Economy: A Triple Helix of University-Industry-Government Relations

by Loet Leydesdorff, Loet A. Leydesdorff

Explores the growing overlap of universities and industries in developing new technology for private gain, and how that blurring of boundaries impacts a university's traditional mission of teaching and research and the claim for public funding. The 14 studies, from a January 1996 workshop in Amsterdam, consider the construction of the knowledge-based regime, the operation of the triple helix, and universities in knowledge-based economies. Among the specific topics are the entrepreneurial university and the emergence of democratic corporatism, the emergence of research-technology communities across boundaries, and the desktop model of innovation in digital media. Distributed by Books International. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

184 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1997