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coordinating collaboration projects between industry and academia, gaining pat-
ents
for
technological
seeds
of
universities and
transferring
technologies
of
companies.
Based on it mentioned above, the FAIS has played the role of a ''coupler''
16
that
unites two or more different organizations and functions like one organization to
boost triple helix innovation (H. Etzkowits
2008
) in the KSRP and promote the
creation of new industry in the region (Cha
2011
). While various organizations in
the KSRP are synchronized with each other through the FAIS, the KSRP can play
the role of an open platform which supports the role of the FAIS as a coupler. In
this way, the FAIS has contributed to strengthening the innovation competence of
the KSRP. For instance, the number of joint researches supported by external
funds has persistently increased since 2001 though it slightly came down after the
climax of 2005, and the number of patent application and license agreement in the
running total has also increased every year since 2001 (Figs.
13
;
14
).
3.4 Synchronism, Synergism, and Synthesis:
Using Cluster Projects
The KSRP has been designated as a project area of some cluster projects initiated
by the central government. It means that local projects can be synchronized,
synergized, and synthesized with national projects in the KSRP.
For example, on April, 2002, the KSRP was designated as a project area of the
Knowledge Cluster Initiative named the Kitakyushu Human Technology Cluster.
This project aimed to create new environmental industries and its cluster. To create
new environmental industries, a lot of joint researches between academia and
industry were conducted by this project based on the knowledge foundation of the
KSRP and the technology base accumulated by local industries in the field of
environment, life/safety, and health. The system for promoting this cluster project
was as follows (Fig.
15
).
On the other hand, the FAIS participated in the Industrial Cluster Project named
the Kyushu Silicon Cluster which was another national project started from 2001
in semiconductor/FPD
17
-related fields. The 138 companies, 10 universities, 11
local governments, 13 industry support organizations, and 64 individuals partici-
pated in the Kyushu Semiconductor Industries and Technology Innovation Asso-
ciation (SIIQ) which is the promotion organization of this project. The FAIS, of
course, is also one of them (Fig.
16
).
As the FAIS participated in the SIIQ, the members of the Kitakyushu Human
Technology Cluster got more detailed information about the participants of the
16
A coupler means a device that unites two circuits related with electricity or electron, and that
automatically synchronizes one keyboard with the other keyboards, keyboards with pedals, or one
note with another note related to music.
17
Flat Panel Display.
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