Specific Barriers for Quadruple Helix Innovation Model Development – Case of Croatia

There has been a lot of theoretical discussion about triple helix and quadruple helix methodologies for innovation and knowledge transfer in the context of local development and even smart cities. The goal of this paper is to describe specific barriers related to ICT uptake, usage and development related to knowledge based capital and their role in Croatia, especially in the context of passing from triple helix (academia, business, government) to quadruple helix (academia, business, government, NGOs/citizens) model. Specific barriers exist in each country, and they may be divided into technological, organisational, human, societal and/or cultural barriers. The case of Croatia is specifically analysed and compared to other countries in the region and in the EU. The lack of participative culture and other criteria influencing social dynamics are particularly addressed in order to reach a conclusion about country specific barriers and provide policy advice for decision makers. This work is licensed under a&nbsp;Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.</p

Specific Barriers for Quadruple Helix Innovation Model Development – Case of Croatia

There has been a lot of theoretical discussion about triple helix and quadruple helix methodologies for innovation and knowledge transfer in the context of local development and even smart cities. The goal of this paper is to describe specific barriers related to ICT uptake, usage and development related to knowledge based capital and their role in Croatia, especially in the context of passing from triple helix (academia, business, government) to quadruple helix (academia, business, government, NGOs/citizens) model. Specific barriers exist in each country, and they may be divided into technological, organisational, human, societal and/or cultural barriers. The case of Croatia is specifically analysed and compared to other countries in the region and in the EU. The lack of participative culture and other criteria influencing social dynamics are particularly addressed in order to reach a conclusion about country specific barriers and provide policy advice for decision makers. This work is licensed under a&nbsp;Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.</p

Two-Dimensional Mathematical Modelling of a Dam-Break Wave in a Narrow Steep Stream

The paper deals with hydraulic aspects of a wave, emerging as a result of a potential dam break of the upper storage reservoir of the pumpedstorage hydropower plant Kolarjev vrh. A two-dimensional depth-averaged mathematical approach was used. The upper storage reservoir and its dam failure were modelled with the mathematical model PCFLOW2D, which is based on the Cartesian coordinate numerical mesh.\ud The results of PCFLOW2D were used as the upper boundary condition for the mathematical model PCFLOW2D-ORTHOCURVE, based on the orthogonal curvilinear numerical mesh. The model PCFLOW2D-ORTHOCURVE provided a tool for the analysis of flood wave flow in a steep, narrow and geometrically diversified stream channel. The classic Manning’s equation fails to give good results for streams with steep bed\ud slopes and therefore, a different equation should be used. The application of the Rickenmann’s equation was chosen, presented in a form similar to Manning’s equation. For the purpose of the example given here, the equation was somewhat simplified and adapted to the data available. The roughness coefficient used at each calculation cell depended on the slope of that cell. The results of numerical calculations\ud were compared to measurements carried out on a physical model in the scale of 1 : 200. Regarding the complexity of the flow phenomenon a rather good correlation of maximum depth was established: only at one gauge the difference in water depth was up to 27% while at the other four it was 7% of water depth on average

INTELLECTUAL CAPİTAL AS A MOTİVATİONAL FACTOR FOR FDI

The hypothesis of this paper is that the intellectual capital is one of key motivational factors for attracting FDI in Croatia. The confirmation of the hypothesis is based on sectoral and specific firm analysis. The analysis of intellectual capital is based on VAIC method and other methodologies for measuring intellectual capital are also mentioned as a reference. It is also suggested that those sectors that have more intellectual capital are usually more than average users of ICTs, and that investments into ICTs (information and communication technologies) can further increase FDI, which can be seen in developed countries, although not in transition countries

INVESTMENTS IN GREEN ECONOMY AS A POTENTIAL SOURCE OF VALUE ADDED

The aim of this paper is to assess the possibilities of increasing domestic value added created by exports by investments in green economy. It can be argued that a large portion of „green economy“ is knowledge intensive with respect to regular sectors of economy, and if knowledge based economy (KBC) plays a significant role in determining the domestic value added created by exports, economies with a larger stock of KBC should have a larger difference in VAX between knowledge-intensive industries and less knowledge-intensive industries. In Croatia it has already been shown that sectors of economy with larger stock of intellectual capital measured by Intellectual Capital Efficiency (ICE) index attracted more FDI, which can also serve as a predictor for larger value added in exports due to higher productivity. Knowledge intensity of 18 industries in the US as the benchmark economy shows that „Electrical and optical equipment“ has above average knowledge intensity of 0,53, measured as share of labour compensation of personnel with tertiary education, just as financial intermediation any business services sectors (0,62), whereas construction (0,17), agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing with (0,21) and basic metals and fabricated metal products (0,21) are under average sectors with respect to knowledge intensity. This is important, as in the developed economies only specific products, processes and functions that outperform emerging economies in Global Value Chains are able to profit from the larger share of value added, and in this respect Croatia with its stock of intellectual capital, higher wages (especially in workers with tertiary education) and should behave more like a developed than emerging economy. This hypothesis is tested on a sample of Croatian firms and sectors in different counties/regions, in order to assess the importance of knowledge based capital for their competitiveness and domestic value added embodied in exports, which can be provide by attracted FDI. As an extension, the potential role of financial development could be included, and the measure of the economy\u27s financial development is the amount of credit by banks and other financial intermediaries to the private sector as a share of GDP

Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Adamantane and Some Adamantanones

The photoelectron (PE) spectra of adamantane (1) , adamantanone (2), 2-noradamantanone (3), 9-noradamantanone (4), 9-homonoradamantanone (5), 4-protoadamantanone (6), 4,5-protoadamantandione (7) an:l 2,6-adamantandione (8) were recorded

Berechnung der Aktivierungsenergien für die thermische cis-trans-Isomerisierung substituierter Stilbene, Stilbazole und Stilbazolium-Salze

Die Aktivierungsenergien der thermischen cis-trans-Isome- risierung substituierter Stilbene, Stilbazole und Stilbazolium-Salze werden mittels der HMO-Methode berechnet und mit den expe- rimentellen Werten verglichen. Die Ergebnisse werden im Zusam- menhang mit dem Mechanismus der thermischen cis-trans-Isomerisierung diskutiert

Dietrich Schulte-Frohlinde (1924 – 2015)

Professor Dietrich Schulte-Frohlinde, a distinguished German chemist with long-time relationships to Croatian scientists (e.g. S. Ašperger, M. Randić, J. N. Herak, A. Graovac, I. Kraljić), and this Journal, passed away on Oct 1st, 2015 in Chevy Chase MD, USA. He was born on Dec 17th, 1924 in Munich ... This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Foreword

This issue of Croatica Chemica Acta is dedicated to Chemical Kinetics and Reaction Mechanisms on the occasion of the 80th birthday of Smiljko Ašperger

Atmosphere/soil exchange processes of importance for molecular soil sciences

Globally the atmosphere/soil exchange can be interpreted as part of the biogeochemical cycles describing the transport of main chemical elements and their gaseous compounds between the compartments of the geosphere. Approaches to monitor and analyze these transport processes are described. The paramount role of Earth’s life, the biosphere, in these processes is emphasized