Editor-in-chief James Mawson discusses the linking up of universities, corporates, and government.

Theories of innovation tends to go in waves as people analyse successful regions and organisations for their tricks but at the Triple Helix Association’s collaborative workshop last month there was also consideration of what challenges people have to face.

Emanuela Todeva, senior lecturer in strategy and international business at the University of Surrey, hosted the workshop and introduced professor Henry Etzkowitz, president of the Triple Helix Association, who gave insights into how the development of American Research and Development (ARD)…