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Introduction to Multiple Helix Ecosystems for Sustainable Competitiveness

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Multiple Helix Ecosystems for Sustainable Competitiveness

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This chapter summarizes the evolution of the metaphorical concept of the triple helix, through the quadruple helix and quintuple helix; the second Leydesdorff (J Knowl Econ 3(1):25–35, 2012), a founder of Triple Helix, invites the submission of other model proposals with more than three helices. Based on the literature review on these currents of collaborative interaction for innovation, knowledge and technology transfer, we set out to build a conceptual model that can help explain the improvement of sustainable competitiveness of economies and companies. The model has been designed from the concept of “Multiple Helix Ecosystems for Sustainable Competitiveness”, opening doors to its empirical verification.

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  1. Departamento de Organización de Empresas, Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera, s/n, Building 7D, Valencia, 46022, Spain

    Marta Peris-Ortiz

  2. Management and Economic, University of Beira Interior and NECE—Research Unit in Business Sciences, Estrada do Sineiro, Pólo IV s/n, Covilhã, 6200-209, Portugal

    João J. Ferreira

  3. Ciências Empresariais/Engenharia Industrial, Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco & NECE Research Unit in Business Sciences, Castelo Branco, 6000-767, Portugal

    Luís Farinha

  4. Engenharia Industrial, Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco & Centro ALGORITMI – Universidade do Minho, Castelo Branco, Portugal

    Nuno O. Fernandes

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    Luís Farinha

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    Nuno O. Fernandes

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Peris-Ortiz, M., Ferreira, J.J., Farinha, L., Fernandes, N.O. (2016). Introduction to Multiple Helix Ecosystems for Sustainable Competitiveness. In: Peris-Ortiz, M., Ferreira, J., Farinha, L., Fernandes, N. (eds) Multiple Helix Ecosystems for Sustainable Competitiveness. Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29677-7_1

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