TY  - GEN
AB  - This open access book have three themes have been central to Leydesdorff's research: (1) the dynamics of science, technology, and innovation; (2) the scientometric operationalization of these concept; and (3) the elaboration in terms of a Triple Helix of university-industry-government relations. In this study, I discuss the relations among these themes. Using Luhmann's social-systems theory for modelling meaning processing and Shannon's theory for information processing, I show that synergy can add new options to an innovation system as redundancy. The capacity to develop new options is more important for innovation than past performance. Entertaining a model of possible future states makes a knowledge-based system increasingly anticipatory. The trade-off between the incursion of future states on the historical developments can be measured using the Triple-Helix synergy indicator. This is shown, for example, for the Italian national and regional systems of innovation.
AU  - Leydesdorff, Loet
CN  - HM571
DO  - 10.1007/978-3-030-59951-5
DO  - doi
ID  - 1430937
KW  - Sociology
KW  - Communication in learning and scholarship.
KW  - Information theory.
KW  - Technological innovations.
KW  - Semantics.
KW  - Research Methodology.
KW  - Communication savante.
KW  - Théorie de l'information.
KW  - Innovations.
KW  - Sémantique.
LK  - https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-030-59951-5
N2  - This open access book have three themes have been central to Leydesdorff's research: (1) the dynamics of science, technology, and innovation; (2) the scientometric operationalization of these concept; and (3) the elaboration in terms of a Triple Helix of university-industry-government relations. In this study, I discuss the relations among these themes. Using Luhmann's social-systems theory for modelling meaning processing and Shannon's theory for information processing, I show that synergy can add new options to an innovation system as redundancy. The capacity to develop new options is more important for innovation than past performance. Entertaining a model of possible future states makes a knowledge-based system increasingly anticipatory. The trade-off between the incursion of future states on the historical developments can be measured using the Triple-Helix synergy indicator. This is shown, for example, for the Italian national and regional systems of innovation.
SN  - 9783030599515
SN  - 3030599515
SN  - 9783030599522
SN  - 3030599523
SN  - 9783030599539
SN  - 3030599531
T1  - The evolutionary dynamics of discursive knowledge :communication-theoretical perspectives on an empirical philosophy of science /
TI  - The evolutionary dynamics of discursive knowledge :communication-theoretical perspectives on an empirical philosophy of science /
UR  - https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-030-59951-5
ER  -