From the Triple Helix model to the Global Open Innovation model: A case study based on international cooperation for innovation in Dominican Republic

•Applying of the Triple Helix Model and the Open Innovation Models to the design of a RDI strategy.•Design of a RDI strategy based on international cooperation.•University–Industry–Government relations for the innovation transfer.•International cooperation as the accelerator of the process of knowledge transfer from university to industry.

This study presents a case study research that sets out the process of designing the Dominican Republic's RDI strategy during the period 2001–2007 and the role played by international cooperation in that process. We discussed the Triple Helix model as framework, and the use of a new approach that can be transferred to other countries. The results have validated some of the model's assumptions, but they have also confirmed the existence of certain explanatory limitations in it. In order to rectify them, a new model – the Global Open Innovation model – has been proposed as alternative approach to the innovation transfer.

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