How TOI and the Quadruple and Quintuple Helix Innovation System Can Support the Development of a New Model of Internatio
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How TOI and the Quadruple and Quintuple Helix Innovation System Can Support the Development of a New Model of International Cooperation Andreana Casaramona 1 & Antonia Sapia 1 & Alberto Soraci 1,2
Received: 5 January 2015 / Accepted: 23 June 2015 / Published online: 7 July 2015 # Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015
Abstract This paper deals with the pathway to an international cooperation approach to facilitate the setting up of an innovation-friendly environment in Mediterranean partner countries (MPC). The MPC are in fact a priority for the EU, especially after the Arab spring in 2011. The innovation and technology gap in the Mediterranean area, compared to the main global competitors, depends not only on the limited capacity to bring the knowledge generated into the market by creating a stable and strong link between research and business but also on the need to establish some cultural-based values as described in the quadruple helix model. In response to these challenges, the Mediterranean area has to review and improve research and innovation (R&I) capacities and systems (The European Commission, 2012). The European Union has addressed these priorities by enhancing cooperation between research and innovation actors on both sides as well as by transferring innovation management skills and successful experiences that could be tailored and adapted to the local needs. In the This paper is based on the experience and the result of three European projects financed by the 7th Framework Programme: • European Tunisian Cooperation—ETC-FP7-INCO-2007-2 n° 222714; • Empowering Tunisian Renewable Energy Research Activities—ETRERA-FP7-REGPOT-2009-2 n° 245563 • Empowering Trans-Mediterranean Renewable Energy Research Alliance for Europe 2020 challengesETRERA_2020-FP7-R2I-INCO-2013-9 n° 60954 The authors are grateful to Prof. Moez Jebara from the Ministry of High Education and Scientific Research (MHESR), Tunisia, that acts as coordinator of the ETC project, for his invaluable support in the development of the activities. The sole responsibility for the content of this document lies with the authors. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European communities. The European Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.
* Alberto Soraci [email protected] 1
Innova BIC, Messina, Italy
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Italian Association of Technology Broker—AIBT, Trieste, Italy
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J Knowl Econ (2015) 6:505–521
current context of open innovation where innovation relies on information, knowledge flow and networking, the low level of collaborations and interactions among the main actors of innovation are one of the principle factors hampering the innovation deployment in Mediterranean societies. If we move from the open innovation to the targeted open innovation, it is possible to define some specific targets/smart specialization that could support the regional development. This emerges clearly from the present work; the main hurdles to the setting up of an innovation-friendly ec
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