Definitions and Key Terms

Andrés Rodríguez-Pose and Daniel Hardy ()
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Daniel Hardy: London School of Economics

Chapter Chapter 3 in Technology and Industrial Parks in Emerging Countries, 2014, pp 15-22 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Parks of all types, shapes, and sizes are implemented to provide an optimal environment for their tenant firms to grow, exchange knowledge, and innovate. Although, on paper, this mission statement appears relatively simple, numerous variations on this theme exist to cater to different firms, industries and levels of technological intensity. Academics, politicians, and practitioners utilise numerous terms to refer to a variety of park models. Although science park and technology park are the most commonly used, other terms such as research park, innovation centre, and technopole, among others, are also common. Somewhat confusingly, many of the terms are used interchangeably, but also sometimes ascribed to emphasise differences in objectives, design, and geography. By combining commonly used definitions by key institutional bodies and a stylised classification scheme of models delineated in two dimensions—level of technological intensity and level of management support—this chapter aims to provide a firmer and more structured grasp of the diversity of park models currently in operation.

Keywords: Science and technology parks; Innovation; Research centres; Universities; Critical mass; Park management; Incubation; Incubators; Industrial parks; Enterprise zones (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-07992-9_3

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