Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2019
Journal / Book Title
Global Transitions
Abstract
The direct top-down approach and indirect bottom-up approach are two ends of the spectrum in the role of government in developing an innovation ecosystem. Taking a hybrid approach, we develop the concept of the ecosystem enricher who fertilizes the interactions and linkages of multiple stakeholders in innovation ecosystems. In an in-depth case study of the Suzhou Dushu Lake Science and Education Innovation District (SEID), we find that the local government has played an enricher role in directly driving university-industry connections from a mainly top-down approach. Yet many issues remain and more bottom-up policies are needed. We group these issues into three areas: priority setting in university development, university-industry collaborations, and innovation and entrepreneurship intermediaries. Our findings also highlight both the benefits and liabilities in the top-down approach of government policy in driving innovation ecosystems and how a hybrid of the top-down and bottom-up approach is needed.
DOI
10.1016/j.glt.2019.05.002
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Sun, Sunny Li; Zhang, Yanli; Cao, Yuhua; Dong, Jielin; and Cantwell, John, "Enriching innovation ecosystems: The role of government in a university science park" (2019). Department of Management Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 63.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/management-facpubs/63
Rights
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Published Citation
Sun, S. L., Zhang, Y., Cao, Y., Dong, J., & Cantwell, J. (2019). Enriching innovation ecosystems: The role of government in a university science park. Global Transitions, 1, 104-119.