Triple-helix touted for tech growth
Jyväskylä, Finland -- The 11th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship was held last week at this picturesque university town in the central Finnish “Lake District.”
Stanford University’s Henry Etzkovitz gave the opening keynote on “Triple Helix Innovation in a Crisis.”
Etzkovitz originated the concept of “Triple Helix,” for the combined efforts of government, industry, and academia in regional economic development. He declared that in the knowledge era, the academic strand of the helix is the critical component.
Cities and regions who deploy their academic resources wisely will prosper most in an era of global economic turmoil. “The entrepreneurial university” in particular can drive innovation because of its continuous waves of students, who can work on faculty-directed projects that do not have to meet direct economic goals, as corporations do.
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