Do science parks sustain or trigger innovation? Empirical evidence from Italy

Corrocher, Nicoletta; Lamperti, Francesco; Mavilia, Roberto

doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2019.07.005

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“…Several authors have conducted impact studies of the services offered by technopoles (Corrocher et al 2019;McAdam and McAdam 2008), whose respective results confirm the positive impact on commercial activities and the networking of technopoles' actors. On the contrary, some studies argue that technopole actors depend on more extensive networks than those provided by the technopole in practice.…”

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Knowledge Production in a Territorial Network of Organizations: Identifying the Determinants in the Case of Moroccan Technopole

Burlea-Schiopoiu,

Znagui

2024

Administrative Sciences

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Globalization has led to a geographical concentration of economic activities, known as territorialized networks of organizations, especially technopoles. That is why the knowledge process takes on new dimensions and requires a multidimensional and dynamic approach. This study aims to analyze factors of knowledge production dynamics in technopoles based on a conceptual model that is elaborated based on the literature review and tested in a technopole’s environment, knowledge creation, knowledge transfer, and knowledge utilization processes. We used partial least squares structural equation modeling confirmatory composite analysis techniques to test the validity and reliability of the model. The technopole actors’ heterogeneous nature allowed us to use a stratified sampling technique. The data were collected from 303 respondents from four technopoles in Morocco. Our findings indicate the existence of a strong influence of the factors presented in the research model on knowledge production dynamics in technopoles. Moreover, the technopole actors’ contribution to the creation, transfer, and utilization of knowledge is more likely to be effective in increasing knowledge production dynamics within the network. The technopoles are likely to be more successful in regions that have the properties of a large, diversified, and well-established metropolitan economy, a robust research base, and an entrepreneurial culture where stakeholders are actively engaged. Our study is the first to analyze the dynamics of knowledge production in Moroccan territorialized networks of organizations (i.e., technopoles). This study provides insights to managers in formulating efficient knowledge production strategies in technopoles and offers suggestions at three levels: actors of technopoles, technopoles, and regional actors.

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Knowledge Production in a Territorial Network of Organizations: Identifying the Determinants in the Case of Moroccan Technopole

Burlea-Schiopoiu,

Znagui

2024

Administrative Sciences

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“…Studies that consider the outputs of the innovation process focus mainly on assessing the park effect on patents, new product development and innovation sales. A positive impact on the number of patents filed has been found by Squicciarini (2008), Huang et al, (2012), Lamperti et al, (2017) and Corrocher et al (2019). 8 Corrocher et al ( 2019) also find that STP location increases the likelihood of patenting.…”

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The effect of science and technology parks on tenant firms: a literature review

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Science and technology parks (STPs) are non-spontaneous agglomerations aimed at encouraging the formation and growth of on-site technology and knowledge-based firms. STPs have diffused worldwide, attracting significant, and often public, investment. However, there are contrasting evidence and insights on the effectiveness of these local development, technology and innovation policy tools. This paper provides a comprehensive and systematic review of the STP literature (221 papers, 1987–2021), focusing especially on quantitative papers aimed at assessing the park effect on tenant’s performance. We perform an in-depth quantitative analyses, which allows us to go beyond the inconclusiveness reported in previous review papers, showing that the likelihood of finding positive STP effects increases considerably with sample size. We discuss the limitations of this literature and offer some suggestions for future research.

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“…Consequently, whilst there are different indicators for the performance of science parks, the number of patent applications is widely recognized as an important indicator of performance which allows comparison across both a region and nation (Siegel et al, 2003;Squicciarini, 2008;Yang et al, 2011;Villasalero, 2014;Liberati et al, 2016;Albahari et al, 2017;Corrocher et al, 2019;Kou et al, 2020).…”

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“…Research suggests that the number of patent applications provide researchers with more tangible information than the number of projects or other innovation outputs such as obtained through statement-based questionnaires (Patthirasinsiri & Wiboonrat, 2019). The number of patent applications is also deemed to be more reliable innovation measurement when compared with registered patents because grants processes often have multiple issues (Corrocher et al, 2019). Leydesdorff, 2000) is identified within literature to be core to an effective regional innovation ecosystem (Ranga & Etzkowitz, 2013;Brem & Radziwon, 2017) and to the clustering of firms in entities such as science parks (Etzkowitz & Zhou, 2018).…”

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Understanding the drivers of patent performance of University Science Parks in Turkey

2022

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University science parks have long been recognized as a mechanism to aid innovation and regional development. However, research seeking to validate the benefits university science parks has produced inconsistent findings and has largely focused on developed contexts. A large body of literature has explored how internal factors such as the management, resources (human and financial), support mechanisms and business models may influence outcomes of university science parks. Less is known on how external factors may impact the performance of university science parks. We help fill this gap by exploring how regional external factors such as connections to triple helix actors, university type and government supported technology transfer offices may influence the patent performance of science parks in Turkey. The findings identify that the patent performance increases when the science park is associated with researchoriented universities, providing all other elements are held constant. Mature, government funded TTOs were also found to play a key role in increasing the number of patent applications.However, these effects change when considering the influence triple helix actors shareholders have. It was identified that the simultaneous existence of triple helix actor shareholders and research-oriented universities reduces the patenting performance of a science park compared to research orientated universities without triple helix actor shareholders. Therefore, our findings question the value of patents as indicators of performance within Turkish university science parks.

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Do science parks sustain or trigger innovation? Empirical evidence from Italy

Cited by 25 publications

References 59 publications

Knowledge Production in a Territorial Network of Organizations: Identifying the Determinants in the Case of Moroccan Technopole

Knowledge Production in a Territorial Network of Organizations: Identifying the Determinants in the Case of Moroccan Technopole

The effect of science and technology parks on tenant firms: a literature review

Understanding the drivers of patent performance of University Science Parks in Turkey

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