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Triple Helix in Indonesia: Mission Impossible? Bambang Soemarwoto, Amsterdam | Tue, 06/16/2009  | Opinion, The Jakarta Post ( Triple helix in Indonesia: Mission impossible? - Tue, June 16 2009 - The Jakarta Post ) To conduct research, universities can no longer rely on funding from the government. Commercial sources must also be tapped. Knowledge valorization has become a new emphasis, which demands marketable innovation as the main results of research. It serves the purpose of not only increasing the profitability of an existing business, but also of starting a new business. The university becomes an entity that directly impacts economic growth, outside and inside the campus. It has manifested itself in new job vacancies (graduate, post-doctoral and professorship positions) and new research facilities. The traditional hierarchical professor-student relationship has transformed into an employment-like relationship between a research group leader and group members. The leader defines re