Synergy within the West African Triple Helix innovation systems as measured with game theory
Purpose – University, industry and government relationships, known under the Triple Helix, have been studied under various aspects. The West African region and countries have been analysed with mutual information and transmission power, two information theory-based indicators. The purpose of this pa...
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| description | Purpose – University, industry and government relationships, known under the Triple Helix, have been studied under various aspects. The West African region and countries have been analysed with mutual information and transmission power, two information theory-based indicators. The purpose of this paper is to portray the landscape of West African Triple Helix innovation systems using three main game theory indicators (core, Shapley value and nucleolus) with the objective to measure the synergy within the selected innovation systems. Design/methodology/approach – The collaboration between university, industry and government is modelled as a three-person coalitional game. Bibliographical data of selected countries were collected from Web of Science and organised according to collaboration patterns between the three actors. The characteristic functions of the games were computed, the cores plotted, the Shapley values and the nucleoli computed. Findings – Either university or government has more power to create and lead to synergy; government shows solidarity towards university and industry in most of countries; and they are joined in their efforts by industry in two countries. The core exists in all the countries meaning that all the selected innovation systems present synergy; however, the extent is limited and varies over countries. Research limitations/implications – Innovation includes all research products; however, this study focuses on publications only. Originality/value – Synergy within a Triple Helix innovation system is studied up to now with information theory indicators. The paper portrays the landscape of West African Triple Helix innovation systems using three main game theory indicators: the core, the Shapley value and the nucleolus and gives a new way to study university, industry and government relationships. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-79cc8b2d633b4625a30fc87d5f88a1d12022-12-22T04:12:59ZengEmerald PublishingJournal of Industry-University Collaboration2631-357X2019-08-01129611410.1108/JIUC-03-2019-0008629966Synergy within the West African Triple Helix innovation systems as measured with game theoryEustache Mêgnigbêto0Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, BelgiumPurpose – University, industry and government relationships, known under the Triple Helix, have been studied under various aspects. The West African region and countries have been analysed with mutual information and transmission power, two information theory-based indicators. The purpose of this paper is to portray the landscape of West African Triple Helix innovation systems using three main game theory indicators (core, Shapley value and nucleolus) with the objective to measure the synergy within the selected innovation systems. Design/methodology/approach – The collaboration between university, industry and government is modelled as a three-person coalitional game. Bibliographical data of selected countries were collected from Web of Science and organised according to collaboration patterns between the three actors. The characteristic functions of the games were computed, the cores plotted, the Shapley values and the nucleoli computed. Findings – Either university or government has more power to create and lead to synergy; government shows solidarity towards university and industry in most of countries; and they are joined in their efforts by industry in two countries. The core exists in all the countries meaning that all the selected innovation systems present synergy; however, the extent is limited and varies over countries. Research limitations/implications – Innovation includes all research products; however, this study focuses on publications only. Originality/value – Synergy within a Triple Helix innovation system is studied up to now with information theory indicators. The paper portrays the landscape of West African Triple Helix innovation systems using three main game theory indicators: the core, the Shapley value and the nucleolus and gives a new way to study university, industry and government relationships.https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JIUC-03-2019-0008/full/pdf?title=synergy-within-the-west-african-triple-helix-innovation-systems-as-measured-with-game-theoryafricainnovation |
| spellingShingle | Eustache Mêgnigbêto Synergy within the West African Triple Helix innovation systems as measured with game theory Journal of Industry-University Collaboration africa innovation |
| title | Synergy within the West African Triple Helix innovation systems as measured with game theory |
| title_full | Synergy within the West African Triple Helix innovation systems as measured with game theory |
| title_fullStr | Synergy within the West African Triple Helix innovation systems as measured with game theory |
| title_full_unstemmed | Synergy within the West African Triple Helix innovation systems as measured with game theory |
| title_short | Synergy within the West African Triple Helix innovation systems as measured with game theory |
| title_sort | synergy within the west african triple helix innovation systems as measured with game theory |
| topic | africa innovation |
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