Research evolution in science parks and incubators: foundations and new trends

Díez‐Vial, Isabel; Montoro‐Sánchez, Ángeles

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“…The overall goal of BIs is to develop a business, stimulate entrepreneurship, and solve difficulties in the entrepreneurial process (Charalabidis et al 2018). Currently, the development of BIs remains in a consolidation period (Diez-Vial and Montoro-Sanchez 2017). BIs are not only focusing increasingly on the development of networks and networking capabilities but also committing to developing powerful business and social networks that bring value to the incubatees in the form of intelligence and material resources (Cooper et al 2012;Galvão et al 2019).…”

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Internal and external networks, and incubatees’ performance in dynamic environments: entrepreneurial learning’s mediating effect

Wang

2020

J Technol Transf

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Business incubators (BIs) have gradually evolved to focus increasingly on the development of networks and network functions. However, existing literature indicates that much ambiguity remains regarding the importance and role of cooperation within the incubator networks. In particular, few studies divide incubator networks into internal and external networks to explore how these networks influence the enterprise growth performance (EGP). Based on the social network and organizational learning theories, we analyze the role of entrepreneurial learning (exploratory and exploitative) in the relationship between internal and external networks and EGP in dynamic environments. Through a multiple regression analysis of survey data from 205 incubatees in 14 Chinese business incubators, we find that the BIs' internal and external networks positively impact EGP and exploratory and exploitative learning mediate the relationship between them. Moreover, when incubatees are in a highly dynamic environment, internal networks more positively affect exploitative learning, while external networks inhibit exploratory learning. Finally, we discuss the study's implications.

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Internal and external networks, and incubatees’ performance in dynamic environments: entrepreneurial learning’s mediating effect

Wang

2020

J Technol Transf

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“…Owing to the variety of terms used in literature to refer to the concept of SP, our search included the following phrases: science park, technology park, research park, university park, science-based industrial park, technopark, and technology and innovation park . The terms incubator, business incubator and technology-oriented business incubator are also included in the search due to their complementarity (Mian et al , 2016; Diez-Vial and Montoro-Sanchez, 2017). Journal articles including the above-mentioned terms in paper titles, abstracts or along the text were selected from relevant academic databases including EBSCOhost and ProQuest.…”

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“…Academic research on SPs has increased notably during the last years, with a growing number of contributions, which include review articles published in high-impact factor journals, describing the research field, its evolution and future research lines (Mian et al , 2016; Diez-Vial and Montoro-Sanchez, 2017; Mora-Valentín et al , 2018).…”

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“…From the academic research point of view, SPs are also gaining increasing attention (Mora-Valentin et al , 2018; Diez-Vial and Montoro-Sanchez, 2017). A simple search of the term “science park” in economics and business research databases, yields hundreds of relevant results in management, business agglomeration, entrepreneurship, economic policy or urban planning.…”

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The instrumentation of science parks: an integrative framework of enabling factors

Meseguer-Martínez

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Soto‐Acosta

2020

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PurposeResearch on Science parks (SPs) has attracted a growing interest in the last decades. This widespread innovation policy initiative pursues technology-based industrial and entrepreneurial growth through business development and technology transfer across new and mature firms. Despite the common agreement on SPs' potential benefits, literature have showed mixed results regarding the performance of SPs. To explain this findings, current research pointed out at the lack of a common guiding framework. To cover this knowledge gap, this manuscript proposes an integrative definition and research model together with a multidimensional measurement instrument suitable to encompass the diverse reality of this global phenomenon.Design/methodology/approachBased on a systematic literature review of 281 indexed journal articles published between 1990 and 2018, the paper provides an integrative framework of enabling factors of SPs' performance.FindingsThe results illustrate an integrative conceptual framework of SPs that allows further comparison and generalization of research. At the same time, this manuscript provides valuable insights for managers and entrepreneurs as it conveys a standardized view of SPs' internal context useful for benchmarking.Originality/valueGrounded in the resource-based view (RBV), the paper conducts a thorough literature review to develop an integrative research model featuring three value streams: physical infrastructures, formal links and support services. In addition, a multidimensional measurement tool to operationalize these three dimensions is proposed.

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“…Therefore, U-I researchers run the risk of duplicating empirical findings while leaving knowledge gaps in other areas (Delgado García et al 2015;Gerbin and Drnovsek 2016). Consequently, a coherent analysis of the evolution of the U-I collaboration research and a reflection against current thematic areas and emerging patterns are needed (Diez-Vial and Montoro-Sanchez 2017;Minguillo et al 2015;Teixeira and Mota 2012).…”

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Towards an integrated understanding of university research commercialisation: a university spin-off perspective

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To study the impact of the early-stage USO characteristics on the likelihood to acquire funding and survive on the market (Chapter 4), and delineate different USO types based on self-perceived first-and second-order competences using unsupervised text mining techniques (Chapter 5), this dissertation uses a unique dataset from a Valorisation Grant (VG) programme managed by the Dutch Research Council (NWO; Dutch: Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek) and previously Technology Foundation STW. NWO "ensures quality and innovation in science and facilitates its impact on society. Its main task is to fund scientific research at public research institutions in the Netherlands, especially universities. NWO focuses on all scientific disciplines and fields of research. The funds are allocated by means of a national competition on the basis of quality and independent assessment and selection procedures. NWO plays several roles as a broad, national research organisation that actively contributes to various elements of national science and innovation policy" (NWO 2020). Considering that NWO' funding instruments are primarily sponsored by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, and to some degree by other government ministries (e.g. Ministry of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment), NWO aims to provide funding to the best scientific talents and the best research proposals through competition (NWO 2020). In line with the recent literature arguing about the increasing importance of university spin-offs as technology and knowledge transfer mechanisms with a potential to create new economic and societal impact (see, e.g. Bock et al. 2017; François and Philippart 2019; Muscio et al. 2016), NWO recognises the need to provide financial support to leverage the initial venturing stages of academic entrepreneurs. Through the VG programme, NWO seeks to minimise the gap between pre-organisation phase of USOs and the credibility threshold that enables USOs to signal external investors and venture capitalists about their readiness to CHAPTER 2: Mapping the field: A bibliometric analysis of the literature on university-industry collaborations This chapter is published as Skute, I., Zalewska-Kurek, K., Hatak, I., & de Weerd-Nederhof, P. (2019). Mapping the field: a bibliometric analysis of the literature on university-industry collaborations.

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Research evolution in science parks and incubators: foundations and new trends

Cited by 41 publications

References 173 publications

Internal and external networks, and incubatees’ performance in dynamic environments: entrepreneurial learning’s mediating effect

Internal and external networks, and incubatees’ performance in dynamic environments: entrepreneurial learning’s mediating effect

The instrumentation of science parks: an integrative framework of enabling factors

Towards an integrated understanding of university research commercialisation: a university spin-off perspective

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