Authors: Matthew A Shapiro
Publish Date: 2011/09/22
Volume: 90, Issue: 1, Pages: 289-309
Abstract
This article examines the incentive structure underlying information transfers received by the three key players of the Triple Helix paradigm universities industry and government research institutes GRIs For Korea and Taiwan which are the cases under analysis here such an empirical examination has not yet been conducted on a quantitative level Using a unique dataset of survey responses from a maximum of 325 researchers based in Korean and Taiwanese universities industry and GRIs this article shows that there are some significant differences between and within countries Most importantly policy interventions to promote universityindustryGRI interactions impact the degree to which specific information transfers are considered useful In Korea formal transfers are emphasized while both formal and in particular informal transfers are emphasized in TaiwanThe author wishes to thank Jeffrey Nugent JangJae Lee JungJae Lee and Chintay Shih Special thanks go out to KiSik Park and Sang Sub Cho of ETRI’s IT Strategy Research Group and Hubert Chen and Jian Hung Chen of ITRI’s Industrial Economics and Knowledge Center
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