THE CREATION OF BORN GLOBAL COMPANIES WITHIN THE SCIENCE CITIES: AN APPROACH FROM TRIPLE HELIX

Abstract

This paper analyzes Prototypical Science City projects and extracts a Model of agents and roles in the process of the creation of new technology-based global companies (Born Global companies) within the Innovative Milieu as Science Cities, developing an approach from the Triple Helix. For this propose, we develop a qualitative study of the San Francisco Bay Area and the Barcelona Area, and how both areas develop different ecosystems with the same goal: the creation of new technology-based companies, with global reach. We conducted 48 in-depth interviews with key persons from the different spheres of the Triple Helix (university-industry-government). The article concludes with an instrument for the analysis of Incubation Systems of Born Global Companies.