Capitalization of Knowledge

Edited by Riccardo Viale, Herbert Simon Society, BIB-Behavioral Insights Bicocca of University of Milan Bicocca and School of Government, LUISS, Rome, Italy and Henry Etzkowitz, President, Triple Helix Association

‘. . . this book offers a comprehensive and in-depth exploration of the capitalization of knowledge and the triple helix model. . . this book will undeniably be of interest to widespread audiences of students and scholars with backgrounds in higher education, entrepreneurship and innovation. Policy makers, business managers, and researchers involved in innovation, industrial development and education will also find in this book an indispensable guidepost and comprehensive and authoritative insights into crucial issues of a knowledge-based economy.’

• Contents:Introduction: Anti-cyclic Triple HelixRiccardo Viale and Henry Etzkowitz PART I: HOW TO CAPITALIZE KNOWLEDGE1. Knowledge-driven Capitalization of KnowledgeRiccardo Viale2. ‘Only Connect’: Academic–Business Research Collaborations and the Formation of Ecologies of InnovationPaul A. David and J. Stanley Metcalfe 3. Venture Capitalism as a Mechanism for Knowledge GovernanceCristiano Antonelli and Morris Teubal4. How Much Should Society Fuel the Greed of Innovators? On the Relations between Appropriability, Opportunities and Rates of InnovationGiovanni Dosi, Luigi Marengo and Corrado Pasquali 5. Global Bioregions: Knowledge Domains, Capabilities and Innovation System NetworksPhilip Cooke6. Proprietary versus Public Domain Licensing of Software and Research ProductsAlfonso Gambardella and Bronwyn H. HallPART II: TRIPLE HELIX IN THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY7. A Company of their Own: Entrepreneurial Scientists and the Capitalization of KnowledgeHenry Etzkowitz8. Multi-level Perspectives: A Comparative Analysis of National R&D PoliciesCaroline Lanciano-Morandat and Eric Verdier9. The Role of Boundary Organizations in Maintaining Separation in the Triple HelixSally Davenport and Shirley Leitch10. The Knowledge Economy: Fritz Machlup’s Construction of a Synthetic ConceptBenoît Godin11. Measuring the Knowledge Base of an Economy in Terms of Triple-Helix RelationsLoet Leydesdorff, Wilfred Dolfsma and Gerben Van der Panne12. Knowledge Networks: Integration Mechanisms and Performance AssessmentMatilde Luna and José Luis VelascoIndex