Triangulation of the Triple Helix: a Conceptual Framework

Society seems more complex molecular biology itself, depleting the model of the double helix so far valid model to explain the DNA – Desoxiribo Nucleid Acid, essential for understanding the structure and activity of the DNA and heredity. The innovation of the triple helix is now required to explain the relations between the academy, industry and government. Innovation has become the decisive challenge for global competitiveness. The advantages associated to entrepreneurship are unquestionable from the point of view of regions development, taking as a strong driver of employment and wealth creation. The Academy leading role is based on human capital, through its enhancement of skills, or by knowledge transfer and technology, sometimes coated with an entrepreneurial dynamics resulting in spin-off and start-up family-oriented. The competitiveness of firms determines the flows of income and employment regions. The government is a key dimension to stable interactions between the spheres of the system's main roles in the economic and social networks to ensure cooperation, partnership and institutional support. In this context, this research aims to develop a conceptual model of triangulation of the triple helix explaining and understanding the importance of innovation and entrepreneurship within the dynamics interaction of the triple helix as a factor of competitiveness and regional