EKOSYSTEM INNOWACYJNY OPARTY O SZEŚCIOKROTNĄ HELISĘ NA PRZYKŁADZIE WOJEWÓDZTWA PODKARPACKIEGO
INNOVATIVE ECOSYSTEM BASED ON A SIXTUPLE HELIX ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE PODKARPACKIE VOIVODESHIP

Summary/Abstract: The objective of this article is to verify the proposed model of the innovation ecosystem based on a six-fold helix: enterprises, intermediary institutions, science, administration, society and the natural environment, corresponding to the post-materialist paradigm in innovation. This model complements the existing helix models of the innovation system with intermediary institutions for innovation transfer, as well as new types of innovation (eco-innovation, social innovation, etc.). In addition, the post-materialist paradigm is pointed to as a direction for the development of the system paradigm in science, as well as in innovation. The relevance of the concept of the sixfold helix was tested through survey research in the Podkarpackie innovation system. A survey research was carried out using an online survey questionnaire (CAWI) in 2022 among the agents of the Podkarpackie innovation system, mostly enterprises, and responses were obtained from 145 agents. The basis for the formulation of the survey questionnaire was the proposed six-helix model. The results of the survey were analyzed using logit regression. he survey showed that the goals of sustainable development are important to the entities of the Podkarpackie region, and that quite a few of them declare cooperation with representatives of different groups of the sixfold helix. For entities implementing research, development and innovation (R&D&I) projects, cooperation with scientists, consulting firms and in membership organizations was particularly important. The research confirmed the holistic, systemic nature of innovation and the great importance of an approach to innovation consistent with sustainable development corresponding to post-materialism. The results indicate that with regard to innovation studies at the national or other regions’ level, it is necessary to take into account the new goals of innovation that are linked to corporate social responsibility in its social and environmental dimensions. In addition, the impact of users and environmental issues on business innovation or innovation in the public sector should be taken into account to a greater extent. The creation of regional innovation strategies should involve actors representing all elements of the sixfold helix.

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