Using the Quadruple Helix Approach to Accelerate the Transfer of Research and Innovation Results to Regional Growth

Innovation and knowledge have been given different roles and weights in the growth economic theories of the last century. This report investigates the theory and the operationalisation of the so called ‘helices models’ where the main protagonists of innovation-generating processes (industry, university, government, and, at a later stage, civil society) interact for accelerating the
transfer of research and innovation results to regional growth. The analysis is principally carried out from the perspective of local and regional authorities (LRAs) and in the light of the potential impact that the operationalisation at the regional level of such models may have on growth, in particular as reference for the development of Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation (RIS3).

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Committee of the Regions: Study, June 2016: Using the Quadruple Helix Approach to Accelerate the Transfer of Research and Innovation Results to Regional Growth http://cor.europa.eu/en/documentation/studies/Documents/quadruple-helix.pdf

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