Triple Helix twins: innovation and sustainability

Henry Etzkowitz and Chunyan Zhou

Science and Public Policy, 2006, vol. 33, issue 1, 77-83

Abstract: Debate over the Triple Helix model has focused on the question of whether there is a fourth helix. Various candidates have been suggested, such as labor, venture capital, the informal sector and civil society. However, introduction of a fourth helix might cause a triadic model to lose its creative dynamic. Nevertheless, an expanded model is required to incorporate a critical dimension. To resolve this paradox, we propose a Sustainability Triple Helix of university-public-government as a complement to the Innovation Triple Helix of university-industry-government, thereby introducing a missing element into the model, while retaining the dynamic properties of a tertius gaudens. Copyright , Beech Tree Publishing.

Date: 2006
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