Conceptual model of academic entrepreneurship within the framework of the Triple Helix theory

Abstract

Object: The development of a model of academic entrepreneurship within the concept of the Triple Helix and its derivatives in the context of a regional innovation system. Methods: Methods of system analysis, comparative analysis, grouping method, content analysis. Results: The article gives a definition of academic entrepreneurship within the framework of the main approach-es to the innovation process. It is shown that the development of academic entrepreneurship is inextricably linked with the evolution of the concept of the Triple Helix on the interaction of elements in the knowledge economy. The article discusses the features of the concept of the Triple Helix and its derivatives. Within the framework of the Triple Helix, the key role of universities in the accumulation and transfer of knowledge in the innovation system is substantiated for the first time. The article shows that in the Quintuple Helix, knowledge acquires an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary character, which becomes the basis for the development of academic entrepreneurship. The article compares traditional and new views on academic entrepreneurship, its promising areas. Conclusions: The concept of academic entrepreneurship, which is basically an institutional transfer of research and development to the business environment, is today a popular scientific direction. Academic entrepreneurship is aimed at improving the welfare of society and allows realizing the commercial potential of scientific developments. The development of the mechanism of academic entrepreneurship requires an analysis of the current concepts of inno-vative development, taking into account the characteristics of a developing economy. The perspective view on the development of academic entrepreneurship considered in the article assumes active involvement in the process of commercialization of university students, student startups, development of networking between the academic envi-ronment and industry