The required specifications of a fourth-generation university to shape innovation district under anchor approach: a meta-synthesis analysis using text mining

Abstract

Purpose

This paper aims to introduce a conceptual model for the shaping of the innovation district under the anchor approach by extracting the specifications of the fourth-generation university.

Design/methodology/approach

This study selected 550 resources and reduced them to 190 to achieve the most appropriate resources. This study used a meta-synthesis analysis approach using a text-mining method due to the multidisciplinary and voluminous nature of contents.

Findings

The results first reveal the shaping process and the components of innovation districts, which are: innovational urban infrastructures, knowledge economy and competitiveness and academic development. Second, this study also shows the specifications of a fourth-generation university to shape innovation districts.

Practical implications

This study also informs the policymakers and researchers internationally about the implementation requirements of a fourth-generation university and the shaping mechanisms of an innovation district.

Originality/value

This paper is pioneer about two concepts, first, it shows the shaping process of an innovation district, providing a large-scale insight about the components and second, this illustrates for the first time the specifications of a fourth-generation University practically as an anchor institute to shape innovation district.

Citation

Asgari, A., Khorsandi Taskoh, A. and Ghiasi Nodooshan, S. (2021), "The required specifications of a fourth-generation university to shape innovation district under anchor approach: a meta-synthesis analysis using text mining", International Journal of Innovation Science, Vol. 13 No. 4, pp. 539-562. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJIS-10-2020-0193