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Science and technology parks: an annotated and analytical literature review

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  • Kelsi G. Hobbs

    (University of North Carolina at Greensboro)

  • Albert N. Link

    (University of North Carolina at Greensboro)

  • John T. Scott

    (Dartmouth College)

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This paper summarizes the extant literature on science and technology parks in an effort to provide a foundation to stimulate additional research in this globally important topic. We find from our review of published scholarship over the past 30 years that attention to science and technology parks has indeed increased, but it has not yet exploded. We also find that the current distribution of the country focus of this research is skewed toward China, the United Kingdom, Spain, and the United States. Emphasis on studies related to UK and US parks has been primarily due to data availability; in China and Spain the emphasis has been primarily on case studies.

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  • Kelsi G. Hobbs & Albert N. Link & John T. Scott, 2017. "Science and technology parks: an annotated and analytical literature review," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 42(4), pages 957-976, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:jtecht:v:42:y:2017:i:4:d:10.1007_s10961-016-9522-3
    DOI: 10.1007/s10961-016-9522-3
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    Keywords

    Science park; Technology park; Clusters;
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    JEL classification:

    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
    • O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D

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