"Enhancing Innovation in Quadruple Helix Perspective: The case of the Business Incubators in -Indonesia"

“Enhancing Innovation in Quadruple Helix Perspective: The case of the Business Incubators in -Indonesia”

Author		: HENDRATI DWI MULYANINGSIH
Published on	: International Conference on Global Trends in Academic Research (GTAR-2014) (Global Illuminators - Bali Indonesia)

Abstract

“Triple Helix Concept has already been known and used widely in innovation research. In many countries the concept of Triple Helix has been applied with the different emphasis. In the Triple Helix model, Universities add new roles for economic development to their traditional mission of education and research. In the other hand, the concept of Quadruple Helix has been discussing as a discourse and has not been recognized wider yet than the triple helix concept. The added helices in this concept is still has a wide range of conceptions or approaches and difference perspective in some scholars. The fourth added helices here could be a group of innovation actors that can be considered as the initiative helices that contribute an integrated innovation system. This paper aim is to explore and examine the characteristics and roles of each helix in the quadruple helix perspective. The Community or society as the addition helices gives the prominent contribution in the innovation of ICT development and it is based on a case study of the business incubators which is located in Bandung, West Java Indonesia. The role-play of each helix in the quadruple helix perspective of each business incubators has a difference portion. In the Creative Community Association (CCA), government and community is as the dominant helices whether in the Community Development Centre (CDC) the industry is as the dominant one

Keywords: Quadruple Helix concept, Business Incubator, Innovation”