University-Business-Government Interaction: the case of the Brazil-Singapore Educational Program for Knowledge Transfer/Interacao Universidade-Empresa-Governo: o caso do Programa de Cooperacao Educacional para Transferencia de Conhecimento Brasil-Cingapura/Interaccion universidad-empresa-gobierno: el caso del Programa de Cooperacion Educativa para Transferencia de Conocimiento Brasil-Singapur

The university-business-government interactions in Brazil reflect the orientation of public policies and models adopted by the National Innovation System, in which the university becomes an important social actor in economic development. When considering the university's role and its relationship with the state and the market, this study analyzes how the configuration of a Triple Helix model occurs in the university-business- government relationship. The qualitative approach uses a case study of an international educational cooperation program for knowledge transfer. Data collection occurred through documents and in-depth interviews that were analyzed using content analysis. The results demonstrate that the configuration of the Triple Helix is laissez-faire. However, it presents an imbalance in the participation of the actors involved. The state government offered support and was limited to regulate and establish the intermediation between the university and the company in an institutional way. The company starred the relationship, taking responsibility for most of the actions that should have been taken by the other actors. The university sought to balance its social and economic purposes by implementing Entrepreneurial University principles in its structure and by managing intercultural obstacles to articulate other partnerships. Among the actions taken are the creation of a research and extension program and a doctoral course focused on the naval industry. This shows that this kind of interaction can promote promote innovation, although incrementally, in the long run. Keywords: Triple Helix. Entrepreneurial University. University-Business Interaction. As interacoes universidade-empresa-governo no Brasil refletem a orientacao das politicas publicas e modelos adotados pelo Sistema Nacional de Inovacao, nos quais a universidade passa a ser um importante ator social no desenvolvimento economico. Considerando o papel da universidade e, consequentemente, a sua relacao com o Estado e o mercado, o objetivo deste estudo foi analisar como ocorre a configuracao de um modelo Helice Triplice na relacao universidade-empresa- governo. O estudo, de natureza qualitativa, faz uso do metodo de estudo do caso de um programa internacional de cooperacao educacional para a transferencia de conhecimento. A coleta dos dados foi por meio de documentos, entrevistas em profundidade e analisados com uso da analise de conteudo. Os resultados demonstram que a configuracao da Helice T