Science and technology parks in Italy: main features and analysis of their effects on the firms hosted

The development of competitiveness clusters in Croatia: a survey-based analysis

“…Our paper contributes to the cluster literature by providing new evidence on the effectiveness of policy-driven clusters as perceived by members, accounting for the heterogeneity of both members and types of clusters (e.g. Albahari et al, 2018;Liberati, Marinucci, & Tanzi, 2016). In particular, we distinguish clusters' members in terms of their desired objectives.…”

“…The literature suggests that clusters' members are heterogeneous (Liberati et al, 2016): they have different expectations towards the potential benefits of cluster membership and therefore different motivations to join the clusters (European Commission, 2013). Companies use clusters as a platform through which they can have easier access to the relevant information, have the opportunity to participate in research projects, to gain better access to financing, training activities, and knowledge/technology exchange, and to cooperate with research and education, and public sector institutions.…”

“…Past research argues that the value for cluster members might be derived from a high-profile management, a high quality of services, firms' structural characteristics (age, size, profitability, innovative activity), co-location with other firms and linkages with research institutions (e.g. Albahari et al, 2018;Liberati et al, 2016;Ratinho & Henriques, 2010).…”

“…The responsibility of management is to design services that respond to cluster members' needs and to deliver them in an efficient way. Business support offered by cluster organizations impact members' revenues, profitability and financial conditions (Liberati et al, 2016), and as such it affects the perceptions towards the benefits deriving from cluster membership.…”

Companies based in science and technology parks in the Galicia-Northern Portugal Euroregion: Comparative analysis of their business, financial and innovation features

“…No modelo conceptual da tripla hélice (Etzkowitz e Leydesdorff, 2000), os parques científicos e tecnolóxicos combinan as dimensións industria, goberno e universidade/centros de investigación nunha interconexión que ten como obxectivo a promoción da innovación. Este modelo, cuxo resultado non sempre é positivo (Amarahmadi e Saff, 1993), ten como función proporcionar un ambiente axeitado para a innovación das empresas aí situadas, innovación que se avalía xeralmente na literatura polo resultado no número de patentes solicitadas e/ou aprobadas (Colombo e Delmastro, 2002;Lamperti, Mavilia e Castellini, 2015;Liberati, Marinucci e Tanzi, 2016;Löfsten e Lindelöf, 2002;Monck et al, 1988;Motohashi, 2013;Siegel, Westhead e Wright, 2003).…”