A case study of science, technology and innovation networks: The triple helix at Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru

In this paper we present an exploratory research to analyze the case of the innovation networks at Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru (PUCP), which is a promotor of the Triple Helix Model formed by government, industry and academy. After ten years of experience with government financing instruments, and private investment, the internal research and innovation system at PUCP has been capable to generate a network based on the Triple Helix Model. The methodology used in the present research combines: i) the revision of secondary sources related to university, industry and government documentation; ii) the revision of primary sources, from interviews to stakeholders, and the management of research and innovation office at PUCP, iii) analysis of social networks of innovation at PUCP with the Graphos Method, in order to find relationships and results from the stakeholders. We analyze the results obtained from the period 2008-2016 with one of the financing instruments from the Peruvian government, where the industry associates with the university. From the results obtained, it was possible to identify the principal funding resources, the type of relationships of the innovation networks at PUCP, how the internal and external financial instruments are used by the stakeholders, and the attitude towards future developments and improvements. Finally, a proposal to improve and strengthen the management of the Triple Helix Model at PUCP is presented. The aim is to strengthen its actual network, and provide information to other institutions for replication, in order to achieve social and economic development based on science, technology and innovation (STI) in the region.