Academic-industry links and innovation: questioning the science park model

Quintas, Paul; Wield, David; Massey, Doreen

doi:10.1016/0166-4972(92)90033-e

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“…This is mainly due to the characteristics of knowledge flows from universities (research institutes) which are more tangible, explicit, and easily able to be leveraged by ACAP compared with the more applied knowledge and tacit know-how that flow directly between firms collaborating with one another (Quintas, Wield and Massey, 1992).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Universities and research institutes tend to focus on theoretical or fundamental research domains where the created knowledge may not be directly applicable to fit with the industry know-how (Simard and West, 2006) or specific organisational problems (Quintas, Wield and Massey, 1992). Thus for Chinese firms, the inadequacy of national innovation capabilities at a tertiary level, resulting from the era of a centrally planned economy, may lead to the limited absorption (Guan, Yam and Mok, 2005;Motohashi and Yun, 2007).…”

Section: Universities and Research Institutes (Uris)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Christensen, Olesen and Kjaer (2005) also pointed to the high potential search and transaction costs associated with open innovation. In addition to the costs of search and transactions associated with external knowledge sourcing, the cost of assimilating exogenous knowledge and integrating this knowledge into the focal firm, including the cost of investing in building internal absorptive capacity, may be also high (Fabrizio, 2006;Jeong, 2014;Quintas, Wield and Massey, 1992). …”

Section: Universities and Research Institutes (Uris)mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Does open innovation apply to China? Exploring the contingent role of external knowledge sources and internal absorptive capacity in Chinese large firms and SMEs

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2015

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While 'open innovation' is often considered to be an organisational strategy with universal application, the generalisability of this set of arrangements to organisations operating within emerging economies has yet to be fully explored. This study provides empirical evidence of its importance within a substantial sample of Chinese large firms and SMEs. Using Tobit regression analysis, our findings indicate that external knowledge sources from inter-firm networking are more important in creating the benefits of open innovation for Chinese SMEs than their larger peers. Linkages to university and research institutes generally have few direct effects on the innovation performance of both large and small firms in China. However, the role of universities and research institutes is shown to be important among our large firm sample when combined with evident internal absorptive capacity. This interaction is generally limited to our large firm sample, and is not as evident among small firms. Our study indicates that the barriers to the adoption of open innovation by Chinese firms might be largely related to the comparatively weak domestic research expertise and limited organisational absorptive capabilities, with this most particularly evident for SMEs.These findings suggest that, based on this evidence, there is no need for emerging economies like China to mimic the emergence path from closed to open innovation followed by developed countries. Chinese firms will be more likely to garner the benefits available from openness when they develop the capabilities required to identify, assimilate and commercialise knowledge and technologies obtained from external sources.

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2015

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“…The SP literature appears to offer a useful set of conceptual tools in this regard for understanding how existing communities fit into new precincts (Hansson et al, 2005). This fits with the well-established point that those SPs which work best are those already embedded around strong and supportive knowledge communities able to exploit the new facilities Quintas et al, 1992). Nevertheless, we argue that more consideration needs to be given to these proximity-connectivity processes in KBUD conceptualisation, as well as an imperative to understanding how this dynamic within-city process in turn drives cross-city connectivity and ultimately upgrading effects, the latter stages of our figure 1 model.…”

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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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“…In the UK, the park building boom started in the 80s due to three principal causes; first, a strong investment in the construction of the parks and a reduction in research funding, undermining the very strengths which SPs sought to exploit. Second, as a policy initiative from the government to incentive the industrial resurgence and create job opportunities and thus overcome the severe recession and unemployment of 79-81 (Quintas, et al, 1992), and third, as a result of the transformation from polytechnic institutions into universities (Siegel, Westhead, & Wright, 2003a).…”

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Mapping the network structure of science parks

Minguillo

Thelwall

2012

Aslib Proceedings

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Purpose -This study introduces a method based on link analysis to investigate the structure of the R&D support infrastructure associated with science parks in order to determine whether this webometric approach gives plausible results. Design/Methodology/Approach -Three science parks from Yorkshire and the Humber in the UK were analysed with webometric and social network analysis techniques. Interlinking networks were generated through the combination of two different data sets extracted from three sources (Yahoo!, Bing, SocSciBot). Findings -These networks suggest that institutional sectors, representing business, universities and public bodies, are primarily tied together by a core formed by research institutions, support structure organisations and business developers. The comparison of the findings with traditional indicators suggests that the web-based networks reflect the offline conditions and policy measures adopted in the region, giving some evidence that the webometric approach is plausible to investigating science park networks. Originality/value -This is the first study that applies a web-based approach to investigate to what extent the science parks facilitate a closer interaction between the heterogeneous organisations that converge in R&D networks. This indicates that link analysis may help to get a first insight into the organisation of the R&D support infrastructure provided by science parks.

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Academic-industry links and innovation: questioning the science park model

Cited by 180 publications

References 2 publications

Does open innovation apply to China? Exploring the contingent role of external knowledge sources and internal absorptive capacity in Chinese large firms and SMEs

Does open innovation apply to China? Exploring the contingent role of external knowledge sources and internal absorptive capacity in Chinese large firms and SMEs

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

Mapping the network structure of science parks

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