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For that purpose, a conceptual link between competence thinking and Triple Helix is constructed by a competence set model.
The framework of competence set analysis provides a new approach to complement the existing models for the consumer decision problem.
For these reasons, this paper constructs a competence set model aim being to contribute to the Triple Helix debate.
The second assumption thus is that by the competence set model, it is possible to understand how competences are spread across the three institutional spheres and several organisations.
The interview themes were drawn from the competence set model and, in practice, comprised the seven generic competences (see Fig. 1).
It is exactly to this end, the competence set model is introduced to discuss the interconnected nature of generic competences required in innovation, business growth and economic renewal.
This paper follows a single case study design to illustrate and highlight how the constructed competence set may play out with a case.
Thus, the concept of competence set provides a tool to discuss the roles of various actors in a Triple Helix, and the competences they bring into play, and especially to detect poorly developed or non-existing competences.
Interestingly, from a national innovation system point of view, this may be a well-argued position but, from a competence set point of view, well established, much needed and valuable local competences have been side-tracked more or less unintentionally.
Following the close reading of the literature on innovation system functions, the competence set model was constructed to cover seven themes for the empirical work on the generic competences.
