Since the emergence of the Triple Helix, expansions to Quadruple, Quintuple, N-tuple helices, and models decomposing higher-order helices into multiple interrelated triple helices, or two-layer triple helices have been proposed. Albeit presenting alternative conceptual frameworks these different Helix models seem unsuited to address internal boundaries to the institutional spheres of the university, industry, and government. Addressing this circumstance, the present article pursues the research purpose of conceptualizing a perspective that opens the possibility of analysis to occur between but also within the boundaries of the institutional spheres. To that effect it advocates the application of different reference frames (scopes) to capture the dynamics that empirically emerge from the system under research. The novelty of this study is that it expands the existing theory by proposing that adding “scopes” (instead of introducing new helices) can increase the analytical potential of the Triple Helix.

自三螺旋出现以来，已提出扩展到四螺旋、五螺旋、N 元螺旋，以及将高阶螺旋分解为多个相互关联的三螺旋或双层三螺旋的模型。尽管提出了替代的概念框架，但这些不同的 Helix 模型似乎不适合解决大学、工业和政府机构领域的内部边界问题。针对这种情况，本文追求的研究目的是概念化一个视角，该视角开启了在制度领域边界之间以及边界之内进行分析的可能性。为此，它提倡应用不同的参考框架（范围）来捕捉从所研究的系统中凭经验出现的动态。