Title: Exploring the triple helix of academia-industry-government for supporting roadmapping in academia

Authors: Jie Yan, Tieju Ma, Yoshiteru Nakamori

Addresses: School of Knowledge Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Asahidai, Nomi, Ishikawa 923-1292, Japan. ' School of Business, East China University of Science and Technology, Meilong Road 130, Shanghai 200237, China; International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Schlossplatz 1, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria. ' School of Knowledge Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Asahidai, Nomi, Ishikawa 923-1292, Japan

Abstract: This paper argues that exploring the triple helix of academia-industry-government is very helpful for technology roadmapping in academia, since it is most likely that a future technology system will be shaped by academia, industry and government together. On the basis of this argument, this paper puts forward a computer-based approach for exploring the triple helix, which uses a four-level ontology to analyse three data sets – namely academia data set, industry data set and government data set. This paper also gives a case study of the application of the approach in developing research roadmaps for fuel-cell technology.

Keywords: technology roadmapping; academia; industry; central government; higher education; universities; computer-based approaches; triple helix; four-level ontologies; ontology; R&D; research and development; research roadmaps; fuel cells; Japan; management; decision making.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMDM.2011.040702

International Journal of Management and Decision Making, 2011 Vol.11 No.3/4, pp.249 - 267

Accepted: 09 Dec 2008
Published online: 29 Nov 2014 *

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