UNIFEI, Brazil: a case study of the role of the university in local development Online publication date: Tue, 31-Mar-2015
by Genecy Moraes Coelho Junior; Branca Terra; Elaine Cavalcate Peixoto Borin; Mariza Almeida
International Journal of Technoentrepreneurship (IJTE), Vol. 2, No. 3/4, 2011
Abstract: The paper analyses the role played by the Universidade Federal de Itajubá, Brazil, in fomenting local development via the establishment and management of technology, traditional and cooperative incubators. Our theoretical basis for this analysis is the Triple Helix theory, which understands economic development as occurring through the transformation of traditional cultural-industrial areas into regional development poles, which are sustained by an alliance between government, university and private enterprise. In a Triple Helix region, universities and other knowledge-generating institutions are linked with investment funds and venture capital organisations to promote development through the interaction of three non-linear fields: knowledge, consensus and innovation.
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