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- Title
Sociological and Communication-Theoretical Perspectives on the Commercialization of the Sciences.
- Authors
Leydesdorff, Loet
- Abstract
Both self-organization and organization are important for the further development of the sciences: the two dynamics condition and enable each other. Commercial and public considerations can interact and 'interpenetrate' in historical organization; different codes of communication are then 'recombined'. However, self-organization in the symbolically generalized codes of communication can be expected to operate at the global level. The Triple Helix model allows for both a neo-institutional appreciation in terms of historical networks of university-industry-government relations and a neo-evolutionary interpretation in terms of three functions: (1) novelty production, (2) wealth generation, and (3) political control. Using this model, one can appreciate both subdynamics. The mutual information in three dimensions enables us to measure the trade-off between organization and self-organization as a possible synergy. The question of optimization between commercial and public interests in the different sciences can thus be made empirical.
- Subjects
COMMODIFICATION; SCIENCE; SELF-organizing systems; TRIPLE helix structure (Molecules); UNIVERSITIES &; colleges; COMMUNICATION; CONJOINT analysis
- Publication
Science & Education, 2013, Vol 22, Issue 10, p2511
- ISSN
0926-7220
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11191-012-9458-4