“Keep open”: the potential of gatekeepers for the aligning universities to the new Knowledge Triangle

Dirk Meissner and Natalia Shmatko

Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2017, vol. 123, issue C, 191-198

Abstract: Universities are increasingly seen as institutions which anticipate and address the challenges induced by interactions within the Knowledge Triangle (KT). The interactions between actors in the KT force individual agents to adjust and refine their models of operation and provide targeted output which supports the activities of other agents. Among companies, we saw the emergence of the open innovation concept which stresses the will of companies to cooperate in innovation. At the same time, the scientific community is increasingly challenged by open access to research findings and by online learning courses. These two recent developments are among the most important that were significantly initiated by gatekeepers, themselves especially important actors within the KT because they possess the power to orchestrate and direct the linkages between KT actors.

Keywords: Gatekeepers; Expertise; Societal challenges; Internationalization; Third Mission; Modernization agenda; Knowledge Triangle (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2016.03.012

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