Most of the knowledge-based economies (KBEs) operate in a neoclassical economic model that does not recognize the importance of natural resources and sustainability beyond the market forces. In contrast, KBEs that rely on endogenous factors harmonize with the enlightened anthropocentrism for sustainable development with scientific and technical abilities to design the ecological system for infusing human values into nature. For example, the Quintuple Helix Model of Innovation. In this exploratory research, it was found that the conventional structure of universities in Botswana is unable to produce glocal green knowledge and innovation in their mainstream knowledge production process due to bureaucratism, rationalism, myths and ceremonies, isomorphism, and legitimacy whereas institutional logics and agency of social actors support for Paris Climate Agreement and 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Hence, the Quintuple Helix Model with Mode 3-Knowledge production is used to redesign universities’ conventional structures. This study perused two sources of data, document analysis, and interviews. Data collected from documents were analyzed by axial coding. After that, interview data from five internal stakeholders were collected based on priori codes, themes, and concepts developed with document analysis. They were thematically analyzed for triangulation. Finally, the theory was developed by induction underpinning with interpretive philosophy when redesigning universities’ conventional structure. The proposed model designed is called “Green University System” to facilitate the production of glocal green knowledge and innovation for sustainable development with Mode 3 and Quintuple Helix model of innovation.

大多数知识型经济（KBE）都在新古典主义的经济模型中运作，该模型没有认识到自然资源和可持续性的重要性超越了市场力量。相比之下，依靠内生因素的KBE与开明的人类中心主义以科学和技术能力来设计可持续发展的人类中心主义相协调，以设计将人类价值观念注入大自然的生态系统。例如，创新的五重螺旋模型。在这项探索性研究中，我们发现，由于官僚主义，理性主义，神话和仪式，同构，和合法性，而机构逻辑和社会行为者的机构则支持《巴黎气候协定》和17个可持续发展目标（SDG）。因此，具有模式3知识生产的五元螺旋模型用于重新设计大学的常规结构。这项研究仔细研究了两个数据来源，即文档分析和访谈。从文档收集的数据通过轴向编码进行分析。此后，根据先验规范，主题和通过文档分析开发的概念，收集了来自五个内部利益相关者的访谈数据。对它们进行了主题分析以进行三角剖分。最后，当重新设计大学的常规结构时，该理论是通过归纳和解释哲学的支持而发展起来的。