Local Aspects of The Triple Helix Model on The Example of Białystok

Abstract

The cooperation of the three sectors included in the Triple Helix (TH), i.e. science, business and public administration is carried out in varied ways. The course of the relationship is not only affected by the sectors themselves but also by factors specific to the environment in which they operate. The article focuses on the local aspects of the TH model – actors who create it and give it a specific, individualized dimension. At the beginning of deliberations, the authors hypothesized that the formation of Białystok Science and Technology Park contributed to the intensification of cooperation between the three sectors in the city of Bialystok and the incubation of new innovative enterprises. The aim of the study was to determine the local TH model parameters in the City of Bialystok and evaluate the potential of individual actors. In Bialystok, public administration has highest potential within the local TH model. Due to the relatively high degree of integration and concentration of authority in the city it is much easier to carry out long-term innovation policy. The basic problem of business and science turns out to be a low degree of concentration, which hinders the diffusion of knowledge and reduces competitiveness. In Bialystok LGU is the moderator of cooperation between the three sectors – there is a etatistic model. The current local government intervention is supposed to lead to the independence of the two other spheres, through their innovation and increase in competitiveness.