Regionalization of Planned S&T Parks: The Case of Daedeok S&T Park in Daejeon, South Korea

Hyungjoo Kim, Yong-Sook Lee and Hye-Ran Hwang
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Hyungjoo Kim: Science and Technology Policy Institute, Special Construction Center, Boramae-Ro 5 Gil 15, Dongjak-Gu, Seoul 156-714, South Korea
Yong-Sook Lee: Department of Public Administration, Korea University, Anam-Ro 145, Seongbuk-Gu, Seoul 136-701, South Korea
Hye-Ran Hwang: Daejeon Development Institute, Jungang-Ro 101, Jung-Gu, Daejeon 301-763, South Korea

Environment and Planning C, 2014, vol. 32, issue 5, 843-862

Abstract: This study examines how the Daedeok Science and Technology (S&T) Park, built as a national R&D center, has evolved over time from the perspective of a complex adaptive system. We argue that the Daedeok S&T Park—a planned park exhibiting path-dependent, self-reinforcing trajectories led by the government—has gradually evolved over time, undergoing some tension between nationalizing and regionalizing forces instead of encountering an imminent and radical transformation through the replication of a new model each time. The state's role is highlighted as a creator that ironically leads to the process of the planned park's evolution toward a more cluster-based park by strengthening regional actors' capabilities and changing the structure of governance. The study contributes to the literature on S&T parks by providing an in-depth analysis of an S&T park from an evolutionary perspective, and not from a typical static evaluation, and is based on archival analyses and case studies of ten firms as well as on in-depth interviews with key actors.

Keywords: science and technology parks; region; evolutionary perspective; Daedeok S&T Park (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1068/c1269r

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