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Paper info: The Role of Science Parks in Developing Company Networks

Title


The Role of Science Parks in Developing Company Networks

Authors


Anne-Mari Järvelin and Hanna Koskela

Place of Publication


The paper was published at the 20th IMP-conference in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2004.

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Abstract


The aim of this paper is to describe the role of the science parks in developing the networks ofcompanies that belong to the science park. As a phenomenon science parks have been researchedfor almost 20 years from various viewpoints. In this paper the science parks are approached asintermediators of relationships and networks of start-up companies located in science parks. This isdone through theoretical discussion related to horizontal networks, intermediators and science parkstogether with interviews.