The Role of Science Parks: A Puzzle of Growth, Innovation and R&D Investments

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Lamperti ◽  
Roberto Mavilia ◽  
Simona Castellini
Keyword(s):  
Science Parks

Science Parks from a University Perspective

2001 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 211-218
Author(s):  
Malcolm Parry
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Social Business ◽  
Science Parks ◽  
Science Park ◽  
The Social ◽  
Learning Region ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Changing Role

In the context of the changing role of universities and the increasing emphasis on their function in the regional economy, the author assesses the establishment and development of the UK's science parks from the universities' perspective. Identifying the science park as a key instrument for the successful engagement of a university with its local community, he looks at the impact of parks on the processes of invention, innovation, technology transfer, commercialization and enterprise. He then outlines the three strategies available to a university for involvement in science park development – from high to low cost and high to low control. Finally, the author considers the influences on successful park development of the social, business and technological environments. He concludes that the mission of universities, together with their changing role, requires them to be the cohesive force in the learning region. The science park is a means of turning this concept into reality.

Open innovation in science parks: The role of public policies

2020 ◽  
Vol 151 ◽  
pp. 119844
Author(s):  
Sergio Evangelista Silva ◽  
Ana Venâncio ◽  
Joaquim Ramos Silva ◽  
Carlos Alberto Gonçalves
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Science Parks

THE ROLE OF INNOVATION METRICS IN INNOVATION SYSTEMS

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (03) ◽  
pp. 2050025
Author(s):  
CHRISTINA ÖBERG
Keyword(s):  
Performance Metrics ◽  
Innovation System ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Innovation Systems ◽  
Science Parks ◽  
Strongly Connected ◽  
Venture Firms ◽  
Innovation Processes ◽  
Innovation Metrics

In innovation systems, venture firms, incubators and science parks may interact with universities to achieve commercialisable output. These various parties are connected to different guiding performance metrics — measures on each party’s performance — that influence their behaviours. This paper illustrates and discusses the role of performance metrics among various parties in innovation systems connected with early research ideas from universities. The empirical part of the paper is based on interviews with 20 researchers and 10 representatives of various innovation system organisations in an EU-based research project. The paper points out how parties in the innovation process saw different reasons to participate which were strongly connected with how each party was evaluated and which caused sub-optimisation in behaviours. Previous research on innovation systems has not focused on the rationales and behaviours of parties. The focus on metrics targets an important point for understanding innovation processes involving several parties and specifically doing so for support organisations that cannot be measured on revenues or profits.

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