Science parks in Sweden : industrial renewal and development?

• Science parks provide an important resource network for new technology-based firms (NTBFs). To ascertain the 'added value' of a science park location the innovativeness of independent technology-based science park firms are compared with the levels recorded by a comparable group of firms not located on a park. The hypotheses are empirically tested on the basis of 263 new technology-based firms in Sweden located both on and off-park. The survey endeavoured to cover joint-stock firms located on the nine target science parks (163 firms). The remainder of the NTBFs were drawn from off-park locations (100 firms). The findings on science parks performance suggest that the parks milieu appear to have a positive impact on their firms growth as measured in terms of sales and jobs. However, there was no evidence of a direct relationship between science park location and profitability. While this research provided several new insights into science parks in Sweden, numerous questions remain.

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SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Företagsekonomi (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Economics and Business -- Business Administration (hsv//eng)

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