The Quadruple Innovation Helix Nexus: A Smart Growth Model, Quantitative Empirical Validation and Operationalization for OECD Countries (Palgrave ... Innovation, and Entrepreneurship for Growth)

The Quadruple Innovation Helix concept is the synthesis of top-down policies and practices from Government, University and Industry balanced and shaped by bottom-up initiatives and actions by Civil Society. In addition, of significance is the complementary expansion and completion of the Quadruple Innovation Helix by the concept of the Quintuple Innovation Helix, to which an all-encompassing fifth dimension was added, namely, the Environment. This book expertly defines the impact of public policies and productive public expenditures on innovation and economic growth in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries. Economic growth is managed by the creation of differentiated productive units that interact with each other and complement each other in the production of continuous innovation. This book provides a theoretical model of economic growth to demonstrate the importance of governments in promoting innovation. It is a seminal read which scholars, governments, and NGOs will find greatly beneficial. Front Matter....Pages i-xxx Introduction....Pages 1-38 Growth Model for the Quadruple Helix Innovation Systems Conceptual Framework....Pages 39-64 Quadruple Helix R&D Growth Models: A Panel Cointegration Analysis Applied to a Sample of OECD Countries....Pages 65-93 How Rationales, Actors and Multi-Level Governance Relate to Innovation Policy-Mix....Pages 95-110 The Fourth Helix in Smart Specialization Strategies: The Gap Between Discourse and Practice....Pages 111-136 Supporting Knowledge and Policy-Based Stakeholders in Delivering Regional Impact: A Tool to Select Regional Scoreboard Indicators....Pages 137-171 Innovation, Evaluation and Measurement: Macro-Level and Firm-Level Perspectives....Pages 173-210 Smart Cities and the Quadruple Helix Innovation Systems Conceptual Framework: The Case of Portugal....Pages 211-244 Open Innovation Adoption in Clusters: The Portuguese Case....Pages 245-264 Conclusion....Pages 265-273 Back Matter....Pages 275-277