Identification of the Contribution Level of Universities for Development through Innovation: a proposal of metrics

Authors

  • Gesinaldo Ataíde Cândido Universidade Federal de Campina Grande (UFCG)
  • Dayanna dos Santos Costa Maciel Universidade Federal da Paraíba/CCSA/PPGA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21527/2237-6453.2019.48.103-120

Keywords:

University. Innovation. Regional development.

Abstract

The aim of the article is to propose a metric of the level of contribution of a university to regional development through innovation. The research carried out has a theoretical approach and a systematic review of the integrative type literature was adopted as a methodological procedure. This literature was carried  in the national literature as an international of the last 10 years, considering the relationship between university, innovation and regional development. As a result, specific approaches and models are presented, focusing on the propositions of the Triple Helix (ETZKOWITZ; ZHOU, 2017) and University Products (LENDEL; QIAN, 2017), followed by a metric proposal that allows more accurate identification and analysis of the level of contribution of universities to regional development through innovation. It is concluded that the main contribution of this article is to present a way to measure and / or classify the contributions that the university to regional economic development through innovation.

Author Biographies

Gesinaldo Ataíde Cândido, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande (UFCG)

Doutor em Engenharia de Produção pelo PPGEP/UFSC, Mestre e graduado em Administração de Empresas pela UFPB. Professor Titular em Adminsitração da UFCG, Líder de grupo de pesquisa cadstrado em diretório de grupos do CNP, Bolsista prodtividade CNPq.

Dayanna dos Santos Costa Maciel, Universidade Federal da Paraíba/CCSA/PPGA

Mestre em Recursos Naturais pela Universidade Federal de Campina Grande. Aluna de Mestrado em Administração na Universidade Federal de Paraíba(UFPB). Pesquisadora Associada do Grupo de Estudos em Gestão, Inovação e Tecnologia (GEGIT).

Published

2019-08-27

How to Cite

Cândido, G. A., & Maciel, D. dos S. C. (2019). Identification of the Contribution Level of Universities for Development through Innovation: a proposal of metrics. Development in Question Journal, 17(48), 103–120. https://doi.org/10.21527/2237-6453.2019.48.103-120