Science and Technology Parks: Missions, Functions and Roles in high-tech Firms operating in emerging countries
Given the vital role of Science and Technology (S&T) Parks in SME development, this article aims to study function, missions and roles of these parks in developing Iranian SMEs. For those entrepreneurs and SMEs focused on commercializing science, these parks provide essential information and adv...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | Colombia |
| Recursos: | Universidad EAFIT |
| Repositorio: | Repositorio EAFIT |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repository.eafit.edu.co:10784/30978 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://hdl.handle.net/10784/30978 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | S&T Parks Commercialization Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Delphi Survey Parques C&T Comercialización Pequeñas y Medianas Empresas Encuesta Delphi |
| Resumo: | Given the vital role of Science and Technology (S&T) Parks in SME development, this article aims to study function, missions and roles of these parks in developing Iranian SMEs. For those entrepreneurs and SMEs focused on commercializing science, these parks provide essential information and advice, as well as proper equipment and services to set the ground for growth and development and an effective and independent presence in today’s competitive market. In the first phase, literature reviewed and the functions of S&T Parks in previous research extracted. Then, the extracted missions were distributed among the experts in the form of Delphi questionnaire. Finally, after three rounds of Delphi questionnaire, the missions were finalized and the functions of each mission were operationally described based on the opinions of experts. |
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