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This ground-breaking new volume evaluates the capacity of the triple helix model to represent the recent evolution of local and national systems of innovation. It analyses both the success of the triple helix as a descriptive and empirical model within internationally competitive technology...

This timely book brings together cutting-edge research on the important subject of science and innovation policies. The contributors--distinguished social science scholars--tackle the key challenges of designing and implementing public policies in the context of the new knowledge economy