The pathway towards Triple Helix : technology development evaluation in Ethiopian science & technology universities
Mesay Barekew Liche, Andrea Braun Střelcová
In 2015, the Ethiopian government established two Science and Technology (S&T) universities with the objective to boost university-industry collaboration. Although both Addis Ababa S&T University and Adama S&T University encourage such collaboration through their offices of technology transfer (OTT), their links with local industry are weak. However, current literature on triple helix in developing countries does not explain how universities can internally stimulate interaction with external actors. This paper addresses this gap by asking how the two universities evaluate the technology development process and how the current approach can be improved to stimulate triple helix interactions. Insights from organizational control theory (OCT) and the Context, Input, Process, and Product (CIPP) evaluation model are integrated into the triple helix framework in a qualitative case study design. Our findings indicate the existing approach combines outcome- and behavior-based evaluation, which constrains engagement with the industry. We recommend that a more comprehensive, people-based evaluation system, built around shared goals and involvement of industry as external stakeholders, is adopted as a pathway to triple helix.
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2023
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Authors: | Liche, Mesay Barekew ; Braun Střelcová, Andrea |
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Triple Helix : a journal of university-industry-government innovation and entrepreneurship. - [Leiden] : Brill Sense, ISSN 2197-1927, ZDB-ID 2779381-3. - Vol. 10.2023, 1, p. 12-39
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Subject: | Ethiopia | university-industry | technology development | triple helix | organizational control theory | evaluation | Forschungskooperation | Research collaboration | Technologiepolitik | Technology policy | Äthiopien | Westliche Staaten | Western countries | Technischer Fortschritt | Technological change | Technologietransfer | Technology transfer |
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Type of publication: | Article |
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Type of publication (narrower categories): | Aufsatz in Zeitschrift ; Article in journal ; Konferenzbeitrag ; Conference paper |
Language: | English |
Other identifiers: | 10.1163/21971927-bja10038 [DOI] |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014419418
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