A model for the design and development of a Science and Technology Park in developing countries Online publication date: Wed, 02-Dec-2009
by Maruf Sanni, A.A. Egbetokun, W.O. Siyanbola
International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development (IJMED), Vol. 8, No. 1, 2010
Abstract: This paper presents an appropriate model for Science and Technology Parks (STPs) with a view to helping policy makers and STP managers implement and manage STPs. The authors reorganise and prioritise the Cabral-Dahab Science Park Management Paradigm. We identify three critical groups of actors (determinants, reactors and executors) and develop four sub-models from different trajectories of the groups of actors. We place more emphasis on the 'determinants' as the most important actors in the establishment and management of STP. A critical evaluation of the sub-models reveals that the sub-model in which government, industry and university/research institutes are all jointly involved in decisive policy direction is the most appropriate for the developing country. This paper concludes that economies in transition should see STPs as having a distinctive organisational structure as a result of its myriads of collaborations and partnerships.
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