Dystopia deconstructed: Applying the triple helix model to a failed utopia

Andrea Burgos-Mascarell, Domingo Ribeiro-Soriano and Miguel Martínez-López

Journal of Business Research, 2016, vol. 69, issue 5, 1845-1850

Abstract: This study analyzes the failure of a literary utopian system—Veronica Roth's Divergent—drawing from difference, which the divergent and the factionless represent. The analysis of the causes and consequences of difference from a socioeconomic perspective reveals a system that the triple helix model can improve. The adapted model based on cooperation and knowledge transfer adds two connections to the three main axes: Universities (Erudite), Government (Abnegation), and Industry (Amity), and gives the divergent a key role: inter-faction coordinators. Following a review of European migration policies, the study explores the creation of a new faction for the factionless. Regarding innovation, the application of a theoretical model to a fictional society offers some insight into adapting the triple helix model to a real society in broad terms. The study exemplifies the applications of interdisciplinary research to probing in the understanding of theoretical systems.

Keywords: The triple helix; Interdisciplinary research; Dystopian fiction; Divergent (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2015.10.067

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