The organization of innovation services in science and technology parks: Evidence from a multi-case study analysis in Europe

Laspia, Alessandro; Sansone, Giuliano; Landoni, Paolo; Racanelli, Domenico; Bartezzaghi, Emilio

doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2021.121095

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“…Other authors identify more directly the critical success factors for STPs (Berbegal-Mirabent et al, 2020;Cabral, 1998;5 Etzkowitz & Zhou, 2018;Khanmirzaee et al, 2021;Koh et al, 2005;Xie et al, 2018;Yang, 2018) or focus on STP business model and strategy (Bozzo, 1998;Durão et al, 2005;Hansson et al, 2005). Some recent papers emphasise best management practices (Al-Kfairy & Mellor, 2020;Durak et al, 2021;Laspia et al, 2021;Magalhães Correia et al, 2021) and the role played by tenant expectations and how STPs can modulate them (Lecluyse & Knockaert, 2020;Ng et al, 2021).…”

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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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“…In this way, innovation environments have become an important element of China's entrepreneurial ecosystem to support startup customers as a key component of social and economic development [60,65]. The United States, in turn, pioneered the creation of a science and technology park, the Cummings Research Park, whose main objective is to be a collaborative and connected environment [66]. Being pioneers, the United States has incentive policies to promote innovation and support new technology-based companies through a portfolio of innovation services [67,68].…”

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Worldwide Innovation and Technology Environments: Research and Future Trends Involving Open Innovation

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Siluk

Gerhardt

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Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity

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Innovation environments are places where open innovation and technology are boosted. The purpose of this paper is to present the evolution of innovation and technology environments through the most covered topics in the scientific literature. In this sense, technology transfer has been the subject of research since 1975; however, in the period from 2006–2021, the focus shifted to innovation. It was possible to observe an exponential growth of the term, “innovation”, but it is no longer the central theme and is linked to different terms related to different ways of innovating, characterizing open innovation variables. In this article, 4650 academic studies involving innovation environments were reviewed. The analysis identified the nomenclatures that characterized innovation environments and the particularities of these environments. The contributions, such as which countries developed more research in this area, and the analysis of which environments were more common in these countries were also presented. Additionally, some methodological and theoretical gaps in the current research were identified, providing pathways to support future research and practices seeking a better understanding and development of innovation environments. This article can also serve as a basis for a consultation for members of the quadruple helix, who wish to install or create environments for innovation and attract companies or investments to develop any open innovation activity.

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“…In this context, on top of measures related to provision of adequate telecommunications infrastructure, special curacies for companies in digital-related industries and support for companies undertaking digitalisation processes, it is important to strengthen the international presence of STP tenant firms. However, the role of STPs in the internationalisation of tenants remains a relatively new and not fully recognised issue, with support for internationalisation not a common feature of technology parks (Laspia et al , 2021). Even so, a limited number of scholarly works in this field do exist (Sobol, 2018; Kemal et al , 2021).…”

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Internationalisation of firms in the digital economy. Analysis of tenants of Polish technology parks

Błaszczyk

Olszewska

Wróblewski

2023

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Purpose This paper aims to discuss the relationship between the digital economy and the model of internationalisation followed by companies resident in technology parks – institutions designed within the framework of regional and national innovation systems – to promote the country’s digital development. The authors selected Poland as the case study. It is one of the biggest European Union members that joined the EU after 2004. In the second decade of the 21st century, the Polish Government has oriented its economic strategy towards building a competitive digital economy. One of its fundamentals is to support the internationalisation of innovative firms. Design/methodology/approach The analysis interrogates the forms and determinants of internationalisation undertaken by tenants of technology parks. The study sample consisted of 300 of the total 1,584 enterprises resident at the 36 technology parks in Poland and was a stratified random sample, with particular strata classified by location at a specific park. The research applied an interview questionnaire designed to cover such issues as innovativeness, research and development, public aid and the support offered by technology parks. Findings The results show that around half of the investigated enterprises undertake international activities. The key factors determining the chances of a firm’s internationalisation in the digital economy are whether it conducts research and development projects and receives public aid support. Many tenants of technology parks in Poland enter foreign markets at an early stage of their development, using diverse forms of foreign expansion. The findings also show that the internationalisation of tenants of Polish technology parks usually occurs in six relatively independent modes (types). Originality/value This study contributes to a better understanding of the internationalisation patterns of firms facing digital development challenges. Technology parks have a crucial role in building a digital economy, facilitating a technological “leapfrog”. The final recommendations can guide the technology parks’ managers to adopt more relevant support services for the internationalisation of their tenants. It is a critical point for small- and mid-size young innovative enterprises.

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The organization of innovation services in science and technology parks: Evidence from a multi-case study analysis in Europe

Cited by 18 publications

References 88 publications

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

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

Worldwide Innovation and Technology Environments: Research and Future Trends Involving Open Innovation

Internationalisation of firms in the digital economy. Analysis of tenants of Polish technology parks

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