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The roles of universities in fostering knowledge-intensive clusters in Chinese regional innovation systems

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  • Yuzhuo Cai
  • Cui Liu

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This paper aims to understand the roles universities play in regional innovation systems in China. Specifically, it examines how Chinese practice concerning the engagement of the universities with society for promoting regional innovation systems differs from Western practices from the perspective of the Triple Helix. It focuses on China’s leading metropolis, Shanghai, and takes as a case study the Tongji Creative Cluster which, unlike most other clusters in China, is based on knowledge-intensive services rather than high-tech manufacturing. We find that although it is commonly assumed that the statist Triple Helix model characterises the development of the innovation system in China, the practices of the Tongji Creative Cluster take a different approach, combining both bottom-up initiatives in the initial stage and top-down coordination in later developments. We argue that this model is more useful for China’s regional innovation systems as it can overcome many challenges in the statist model.

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  • Yuzhuo Cai & Cui Liu, 2015. "The roles of universities in fostering knowledge-intensive clusters in Chinese regional innovation systems," Science and Public Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 42(1), pages 15-29.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:scippl:v:42:y:2015:i:1:p:15-29.
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