Leiden BioScience Park

On the Start and Growth of

Science Parks

Science Parks, and especially University Research Parks, can be seen as focal points of science- and research-based business. They are generally believed to have an important role in providing the social environment, technological and organizational resources, and managerial expertise for the transformation of a technology-based business idea into an efficient organization. However, There is no particular formula or a system to understand the nature or the performance of a science park.

University research parks provide a good and interesting opportunity for research by students. The research requires a variety of theoretical perspectives -such as the theory of the firm, institutional theory, resource dependence theory, agency theory, social capital theory, and organizational learning- at multiple level of analysis. A central question to ask might be: “what does it take a university research park, as a system, to evolve and grow”? 

 

 

 

 

 

About this site

On this website you can find detailed information about the framework of the growth of university research parks applied to the Bioscience Park Leiden, the Netherlands.