Author(s)

B.R.C. Terra & M.V.R. Rodriguez

Abstract

This document presents the state-of-the-art concerning the S&T public policy for sustainable development, based on constitutive elements presented by several authors in Europe, the United States of America, and Latin America. The study is developed using the "Triple Helix" model, introduced by Etzkowitz and Leydesdorff, (1995). A methodological proposal for governmental planning, taking into account the different roles of basic participants, such as entrepreneurial university, technological-based firms and pro-active government, will be presented. It is also argued that an entrepreneurial university has the function to produce knowledge using a new organizatio

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