Evidence from Network Analysis application to Innovation Systems and Quintuple Helix

Ylenia Maruccia, Gianluca Solazzo, Pasquale Del Vecchio and Giuseppina Passiante

Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2020, vol. 161, issue C

Abstract: The debate on innovation systems has recently been improved through the development of more dynamic and forward-looking approaches. Scholars and researchers have started to reserve attention for System Dynamics, a widely used methodology for modelling complex socio-economic systems. Moreover, recent innovation models such as the Quintuple Helix framework call for an effort for better understanding and forecasting relationships among ecology, knowledge and innovation, deeply analysing synergies among economy, society, and democracy. This paper focuses on the relationships between the Quintuple Helix and System Dynamics modelling from a quantitative perspective. It discusses how the application of Network Analysis metrics advances the understanding of an innovation system mapped with a Quintuple Helix model. Using Global Innovation Index, a Casual Loop Diagram has been designed representing the process of knowledge generation and innovation dissemination within the Quintuple Helix model. Identification of structural features within Causal Loop Diagrams through Network Analysis is likely to provide new insights into the emergent properties of an innovation system seen as a complex system. Meanwhile, analysing central drivers has the potential to identify leverage points. Results obtained show the benefits of coupling Network Analysis with System Dynamics modelling and valuable evidence of relationships among helices.

Keywords: Innovation systems; System dynamics; Network analysis; Quintuple Helix; Centrality metrics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2020.120306

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