The first volume of this Series is on The Role of Government / Academia / Industry in Building Innovation-Based Cities and Nations and aims to present a group of cases of successful Triple Helix engagement which demonstrate the benefits and the costs of multi-stakeholder management at regional,...

The present study aimed at verifying how different modes of governance structure are linked to different levels of interorganisational trust. Its theoretical grounding involves Transaction Cost Theory, which studies governance of interorganisational arrangements and research on trust in the...

This research evaluates the members' perception regarding the value co-creation actions offered by the cooperative and if the characteristics of the member and the cooperative impacts on this perception. Was developed a measuring model of the perception of the value co-creation activities...

The performance of clusters has been linked in several studies to their historical and geographical contexts as well as to the drivers that shape the competitive strength of nations. Among these drivers, the human factor and universities play a key role in the competitiveness of nations, as well...

The objective of this study was to investigate whether formal and relational mechanisms of network governance act as substitutes or are complementary in their relationship with trust in the intermediation activity of real estate transactions. We conducted a quantitative study to test the...

This conceptual paper contributes to the discussion of the role of regional government and regional Triple Helix constellations driving economic development and growth within regional boundaries.The impact of regionalism and subsidiarity on regional Triple Helix constellations, and the questions...

This paper introduces the rationale for the special issue and its contributions, which bridge the literature on regional development and the Triple Helix model. The concept of the Triple Helix at the sub-national, and specifically regional, level is established and examined, with special regard...