Challenges and opportunities in science parks' management: design of a tool based on the analysis of resident companies
The correct management of science parks is strategic for universities, as well as a synergistic effect for companies therein installed. Park managers have to decide, among other things, whether they create new academic spin-offs, invest in technology-based companies, or consolidate start-ups already...
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Jiménez-Zarco, Ana Isabel Cerdan-Chiscano, Monica Torrent-Sellens, Joan |
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Jiménez-Zarco, Ana Isabel |
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Jiménez-Zarco, Ana Isabel Cerdan-Chiscano, Monica Torrent-Sellens, Joan |
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Cerdan-Chiscano, Monica Torrent-Sellens, Joan |
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Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3) Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) |
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The correct management of science parks is strategic for universities, as well as a synergistic effect for companies therein installed. Park managers have to decide, among other things, whether they create new academic spin-offs, invest in technology-based companies, or consolidate start-ups already installed in the park once incubation period is complete. These decisions have a direct impact on the university's financial capacity. The quality of decisions taken, as well as their associated risk, will depend on the tools available to park managers. Nevertheless, each park has specific characteristics and situations. Hence, managers need to have tools that adapt to the reality of the park, and which, therefore, contemplate: (1) entrepreneurs' profiles; (2) the nature and behavior of the companies installed in the park; as well as (3), the interrelationships which take place between the different players that make up the park. To have information about the current situation of companies in the park will make the decision-making processes easier for managers. Based on these ideas, this paper seeks to design and test a management tool for science parks. In its design, the tool will consider the previously mentioned criteria. Thus, from the observation and analysis of the companies installed in the park, we seek to identify the factors that affect their growth. Meanwhile, the suitability of the tool was tested at the Autonomous University of Barcelona's Research Park. The analysis of a sample of companies in the park revealed the influence that age, size and type of company financing and the profile of entrepreneurs and their propensity to grow have on the business growth of the companies at the AUB Park. Likewise, we also highlight the usefulness that the tool offers to park managers, as well as its simplicity, flexibility and adaptability for use within the framework of any Science Park model. |
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Challenges and opportunities in science parks' management: design of a tool based on the analysis of resident companiesJiménez-Zarco, Ana IsabelCerdan-Chiscano, MonicaTorrent-Sellens, Joanacademic spin-offsuniversity-company transferEBCEBTstart-up science parkspin-offs académicastransferencia universidad-empresaEBCEBTstart-up parque científicospin-offs acadèmiquestransferència universitat-empresaEBCEBTstart-up parc científicCareer developmentDesenvolupament professionalDesarrollo profesionalThe correct management of science parks is strategic for universities, as well as a synergistic effect for companies therein installed. Park managers have to decide, among other things, whether they create new academic spin-offs, invest in technology-based companies, or consolidate start-ups already installed in the park once incubation period is complete. These decisions have a direct impact on the university's financial capacity. The quality of decisions taken, as well as their associated risk, will depend on the tools available to park managers. Nevertheless, each park has specific characteristics and situations. Hence, managers need to have tools that adapt to the reality of the park, and which, therefore, contemplate: (1) entrepreneurs' profiles; (2) the nature and behavior of the companies installed in the park; as well as (3), the interrelationships which take place between the different players that make up the park. To have information about the current situation of companies in the park will make the decision-making processes easier for managers. Based on these ideas, this paper seeks to design and test a management tool for science parks. In its design, the tool will consider the previously mentioned criteria. Thus, from the observation and analysis of the companies installed in the park, we seek to identify the factors that affect their growth. Meanwhile, the suitability of the tool was tested at the Autonomous University of Barcelona's Research Park. The analysis of a sample of companies in the park revealed the influence that age, size and type of company financing and the profile of entrepreneurs and their propensity to grow have on the business growth of the companies at the AUB Park. Likewise, we also highlight the usefulness that the tool offers to park managers, as well as its simplicity, flexibility and adaptability for use within the framework of any Science Park model.La gestión de los parques científicos tiene un carácter estratégico para las universidades y un efecto sinérgico para las empresas en ellos instaladas. Los gestores del parque han de decidir, entre otras cosas, si crean nuevas spin-offs académicas, invierten en empresas de base tecnológicas o consolidan las start-ups ya instaladas en el parque, una vez acabado su periodo de incubación. Estas decisiones tienen un impacto directo sobre la capacidad de financiación de la universidad. La calidad de las decisiones tomadas y el riesgo asociado a ellas dependerán de los instrumentos que estén al alcance de los gestores del parque. No obstante, cada parque presenta unas características y situación particular. De ahí que los gestores necesitan disponer de instrumentos que se adecuen a la realidad del parque, y que por tanto contemplen: (1) el perfil de los emprendedores, (2) la naturaleza y comportamiento de las empresas instaladas en el parque, así como (3) las interrelaciones que se producen entre los diferentes actores que forman parte del parque. Disponer de información sobre la situación actual de las empresas del parque facilitará a los gestores los procesos de toma de decisión. Partiendo de lo anterior, el presente trabajo diseña y testa una herramienta de gestión para los parques científicos. En su diseño, la herramienta contemplará los criterios anteriormente citados. Así, a partir de la observación y análisis de las empresas instaladas en el parque, se pretende identificar los factores que inciden sobre su crecimiento. La idoneidad de la herramienta se testó en el Parque de Recerca de la UAB. El análisis de una muestra de empresas del parque evidenció la influencia que los factores edad, dimensión y forma de financiación de la empresa, y por el perfil del emprendedor y su propensión al crecimiento, ejercen sobre el crecimiento de las empresas del parque UAB. Asimismo, también se pone de manifiesto la utilidad que la herramienta ofrece a los gestores del parque, así como su simplicidad, flexibilidad y adaptabilidad para ser usada ante cualquier modelo de parque científico. En un momento caracterizado por la falta de recursos y por la búsqueda de fórmulas de autofinanciación institucional, el uso de esta herramienta de gestión podría influir positivamente en la toma de decisiones, haciendo posible descubrir oportunidades de inversión a los gestores de los parques científicos y las universidades.Review of Business ManagementUniversitat Oberta de Catalunya. Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3)Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)201920192013info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10609/92473reponame:O2, repositorio institucional de la UOCinstname:Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)InglésReview of Business Management, 15(48)https://rbgn.fecap.br/RBGN/article/view/1503CC BY-NC-SAhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:openaccess.uoc.edu:10609/924732026-05-28T12:42:01Z |
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