Triple, Quadruple and N-Tuple Helices: The RIS3 and EDP of a Higher-Order Policy Model

Abstract In the past decade there have been a series of articles on status Triple, Quadruple and N-Tuple Helices. responding to most recent these from Leydesdorff Lawson Smith (2022), this article examines respective Triple Helix as scientific basis Research Innovation Strategies related Smart Specialisation ( RIS 3) foundation Entrepreneurial Discovery Process EDP ). conducting examination, draws attention strengths Model, communication overlay, fourth selection environment associated ecology meta-stabilisation it posits not Helix, but helices higher-order policy model. That model which stands high in terms commands regime governing transition next-order system. To system whose heightened for nation-states adopt sustaining economic growth regions.