What forms of governance for innovative clusters?
Résumé
This paper examines the forms of governance that promote innovation in industrial clusters; mainly in the field of the Information Technology and Communication (ICT) in Egypt. The study mobilizes the Triple Helix (TH) model to identify the forms of governance through two Egyptian clusters. We use the image of “the valley of death” to describe the gap between universities and the industrial sector thereby exposing the difficulties of creating a truly innovative environment. In this article, we were guided by the following research question: What is the role of public partners in the governance of the industrial clusters in the Middle East and how can they use the Triple-Helix model to promote innovation?