The Role of Science Parks in Developing Company Networks

Authors: Anne-Mari Järvelin; Hanna Koskela

The aim of this paper is to describe the role of the science parks in developing the networks ofcompanies that belong to the science park. As a phenomenon science parks have been researchedfor almost 20 years from various viewpoints. In this paper the science parks are approached asintermediators of relationships and networks of start-up companies located in science parks. This isdone through theoretical discussion related to horizontal networks, intermediators and science parkstogether with interviews.

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Publish Year: 2004

Conference: Copenhagen, Denmark (2004)