Assessing science parks' performances: directions from selected Italian case studies

Bigliardi, Barbara; Dormio, Alberto Ivo; Nosella, Anna; Petroni, Giorgio

doi:10.1016/j.technovation.2005.01.002

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“…SPs have become embedded in universities' missions (Link and Scott, 2003) and policy makers' imaginaries (Benneworth and Hospers, 2007a) as a bridge between universities and business-stimulating entrepreneurial science (Popp Berman, 2011). Modern SPs act as codevelopers of new companies, addressing all phases of the innovation process, from R&D to commercialisation (Hansson et al, 2005), actively managing and facilitating knowledge exchange, both between tenants but also with the wider environment (Bigliardi et al, 2006;Ratinho and Henriques, 2010). This notion has been gaining ground parallel to the business incubation movement (EC, 2002;Knopp, 2007) and has increasingly integrated tools for business support into science park portfolios (Bøllingtoft, 2012;Bruneel et al, 2012;Patton et al, 2009).…”

Section: The Active Elements In Kcps-connectivitymentioning

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Reframing the Role of Knowledge Parks and Science Cities in Knowledge-Based Urban Development

Benneworth

Ratinho

2014

Environ Plann C Gov Policy

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Abstract. Knowledge-based urban developments (KBUDs) are an increasingly common element of urban planning and strategy making: policy makers and developers set out to stimulate economic prosperity by promoting the integration and concentration of research, technology, and human capital. But KBUD is, by its advocates' own admission, a fuzzy concept, assuming that local physical development will drive urban upgrading within wider innovative production networks. We seek to address one element of this confusion by exploring how physical developments actively create innovative connections between local actors, drawing on the microscale science park and incubator literature. Using the case of one knowledge precinct, Kennispark in the east of the Netherlands, we investigate how active and passive elements of KBUDs drive integration of knowledge infrastructure in the urban fabric, as a prerequisite to building cross-city connections. On the basis of both qualitative and quantitative data, we conclude that there is a dynamic interrelation of proximity and connectivity within the precinct that contributes to building within-city knowledge communities that may in turn lead to improved cross-city connectivity and hence urban upgrading.

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Section: The Active Elements In Kcps-connectivitymentioning

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Reframing the Role of Knowledge Parks and Science Cities in Knowledge-Based Urban Development

Benneworth

Ratinho

2014

Environ Plann C Gov Policy

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“…While there is a considerable amount of research on the performance of incubation programs (Mian 1996;Sherman 1999;Lindelof and Lofsten 2002;Siegel, Westhead, and Wright 2003;Bigliardi, et. al.…”

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Obstacles of Success of Technology Parks: The Case of Jordan

Kharabsheh¹,

Magableh²,

Arabiyat³

2011

IJEF

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Numerous researchers argued that the goal of many technology parks and the factors driving innovation success are still a mystery. In addition, it is argued that the problem with analyzing technology parks and cluster building is that recent studies analyze "the most celebrated case studies… to 'explain' their success" and ignore the less successful ones especially in developing countries. This study uses intensive interviewing to explore obstacles to success of technology parks in Jordan. It identified the following obstacles: 1. absence of a culture of entrepreneurism, 2. lack of autonomy and independence from university officials and government bureaucrats, 3. lack of a critical mass of companies that allows for synergies within parks and, 4. lack of a shared vision among parks' stakeholders. The study also found that the education system is unable to instill a culture of entrepreneurism among graduates therefore reducing the number of entrepreneurs and start-ups in Jordan.

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“…A experiência italiana (BIGLIARDI et al, 2006) serve de base de análise de uma proposta de modelo de avaliação de desempenho de parques que considera a missão e a estratégia do parque, o ambiente e o contexto nos quais o mesmo está inserido, o comprometimento dos stakeholders, o ciclo de vida do parque (maturidade da iniciativa), a natureza da base de competências científicas e tecnológicas, e os aspectos legais. Diferentemente das propostas convencionais de avaliação de parques que buscam analisar performance das empresas, esses autores refletem sobre a necessidade de se avaliar o desempenho dos parques a partir de suas próprias estratégias de desenvolvimento.…”

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Critical Review of the Technological Parks Approaches: Alternatives Interpretations to the Recent Brazilian Experiences

Vedovello¹,

Judice

Maculan

2007

RAI

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ResumoParques tecnológicos têm sido reconhecidos como instrumentos de integração de múltiplos atores, instituições e atividades relacionadas aos processos de inovação tecnológica. Em diferentes contextos, várias experiências têm sido internacionalmente implantadas. Em comum, teriam o fato de constituírem loci privilegiados compostos por infra-estruturas físicas e organizacionais de articulação e de criação de conhecimentos componentes dos processos de inovação, a saber: científico-tecnológicos (universidades); aplicados (empresas/mercado); organizacionais (práticas/relacionamentos). O artigo procede a uma revisão crítica a essa literatura internacional, distinguindo duas fases: perspectivas históricas (1960 a meados 1990) e rupturas contemporâneas (meados 1990 até atualidade). Com visão ex-post e baseado em pesquisa empírica (11 parques em implantação no país), esse trabalho busca contribuir para a discussão crítica das experiências emergentes no Brasil. De partida, estabelece-se a seguinte questão: como as experiências recentes de implantação de parques tecnológicos contribuiriam à consolidação da inovação tecnológica no Brasil? Subjacente a essa reflexão estaria a percepção de que os parques representariam projetos que trariam a promessa de construção de futuro, por meio da revitalização econômica e desenvolvimento de longo prazo.

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Assessing science parks' performances: directions from selected Italian case studies

Cited by 129 publications

References 16 publications

Reframing the Role of Knowledge Parks and Science Cities in Knowledge-Based Urban Development

Reframing the Role of Knowledge Parks and Science Cities in Knowledge-Based Urban Development

Obstacles of Success of Technology Parks: The Case of Jordan

Critical Review of the Technological Parks Approaches: Alternatives Interpretations to the Recent Brazilian Experiences

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