Regional Helix Ecosystems and Sustainable Growth: The Interaction of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Technology Transfer

Front Matter ....Pages i-vi
 Regional Helix Ecosystems and Economic Growth  (Luís Farinha, João J. Ferreira, Marina Ranga, Domingos Santos)....Pages 1-9
 The Role of Universities in Building Dense Triple Helix Ecosystems in Sparse Regional Environments  (Maria Salomaa, Liliana Fonseca, Lisa Nieth, Paul Benneworth)....Pages 11-29
 Between Good Intentions and Enthusiastic Professors: The Missing Middle of University Social Innovation Structures in the Quadruple Helix  (Paul Benneworth, Jorge Cunha, Ridvan Cinar)....Pages 31-44
 Why Do Publicly Funded Firms Find the University More Useful to Innovate Than Others? Can We Accomplish the RIS3 Target?  (Joana Costa)....Pages 45-66
 Applying Regional VRIO Model to Island Regions: An Evaluation of RIS3  (João Lopes, José Oliveira, Paulo Silveira)....Pages 67-84
 Implications of Urban Sustainability, Socio-ecosystems, and Ecosystem Services  (José G. Vargas-Hernández, Karina Pallagst, Justyna Zdunek-Wielgołaska)....Pages 85-106
 Regional Innovation Ecosystems: Tuning the Regional Engine’s Helix Through Smart Specialization  (João Lopes, João J. Ferreira, Márcio Oliveira, Luís Farinha, José Oliveira)....Pages 107-124
 Regional Industrial Restructuring  (Jan Ole Rypestøl)....Pages 125-146
 The Role of Clusters in the Smart Specialisation Process: The Case of Inovcluster in Portugal  (Teresa Paiva, Cláudia Domingues, Luis Farinha, Marina Ranga)....Pages 147-158
 Incubation: Does It Make a Difference After Graduation? Analysis from Portugal  (Daniel Ferreira Polónia, Jorge Cunha, Tiago Leite)....Pages 159-177