Triple Helix and the Circle of Innovation

Fred Phillips
2014 Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia  
This paper positions the triple-Helix as a meso-level notion, an epicycle in a grander circle of technological change, institutional change, and psychological change. Because of the differing speeds of these several kinds of change, speed is proposed as a high-level system metric. This implies that what we commonly call bridging agencies or facilitators -lawyers, venture capitalists, incubators, etc. -are better called buffering agencies, as they help to engage entities changing at different
more » ... eds. They use human judgment as well as information technologies to choose feasible timing for these engagements. The paper highlights implications for thinking about innovation diffusion: The grand cycle of socio-technical change means we should, rather, think in terms of innovation reinforcement, or a circle of innovation.
doi:10.17477/jcea.2014.13.1.057 fatcat:l22vjp2pcbf4noxb2hapgc44du