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== Definitions == The Association of University Research Parks (AURP), is a non-profit association consisting of university-affiliated science parks, almost entirely based in North America. It defines "university research and science parks" as "property-based ventures with certain characteristics, including master planned property and buildings designed primarily for private/public research and development facilities, high technology and science based companies and support services; contractual, formal or operational relationships with one or more science or research institutions of higher education; roles in promoting the university's research and development through industry partnerships, assisting in the growth of new ventures and promoting economic development; roles in aiding the transfer of technology and business skills between university and industry teams and roles in promoting technology-led economic development for the community or region." The International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation (IASP), the worldwide network of science parks and areas of innovation, defines a science park as "an organisation managed by specialised professionals, whose main aim is to increase the wealth of its community by promoting the culture of innovation and the competitiveness of its associated businesses and knowledge-based institutions. To enable these goals to be met, a Science Park stimulates and manages the flow of knowledge and technology amongst universities, R&D institutions, companies and markets; it facilitates the creation and growth of innovation-based companies through incubation and spin-off processes; and provides other value-added services together with high quality space and facilities.". The Cabral-Dahab Science Park Management Paradigm, was first presented by Regis Cabral in ten points in 1990. According to this management paradigm, a science park must: "have access to qualified research and development personnel in the areas of knowledge in which the park has its identity; be able to market its high valued products and services; have the capability to provide marketing expertise and managerial skills to firms, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises, lacking such a resource; be inserted in a society that allows for the protection of product or process secrets, via patents, security or any other means; be able to select or reject which firms enter the park". A science park should: "have a clear identity, quite often expressed symbolically, as the park's name choice, its logo or the management discourse; have a management with established or recognized expertise in financial matters, and which has presented long-term economic development plans; have the backing of powerful, dynamic and stable economic actors, such as a funding agency, political institution or local university; include in its management an active person of vision, with the power of decision and with the high and visible profile, who is perceived by relevant actors in society as embodying the interface between academia and industry, long-term plans and good management; and include a prominent percentage of consultancy firms, as well as technical service firms, including laboratories and quality control firms". The World Intellectual Property Organization defines Science technology parks as territories usually affiliated with a university or a research institution, which accommodate and foster the growth of companies based therein through technology transfer and open innovation.
== List of science parks ==
Some science parks include:
== See also == Business cluster Business incubator Cluster development Megasite
== References ==
== Further reading == Battelle Technology Partnership Practice and Association of University Research Parks (2007) Characteristics and Trends in North American Research Parks. 21st Century Directions [1]. Cabral R. and Dahab S. S. (1993) "Science parks in developing countries: the case of BIORIO in Brazil" in Biotechnology Review, vol 1, p 165 - 178. Cabral R. (1998) "Refining the Cabral-Dahab Science Park Management Paradigm" in Int. J. Technology Management vol 16 p 813 - 818. Cabral R. (ed.) (2003) The Cabral-Dahab Science Park Management Paradigm in Asia-Pacific, Europe and the Americas Uminova Centre, Umeå, Sweden. Echols A. E. and Meredith J. W. (1998) "A case study of the Virginia Tech Corporation Research Centre in the context of the Cabral-Dahab Paradigm, with comparison to other US research parks" in Int. J. Technology Management vol 16 p 761 - 777. Flaghouse (2018) https://estateintel.com/development-flaghouse-abuja-technology-village-abuja/ retrieved 20/6/19. Gregory, C. and Zoneveld, J. (2015) ULI Netherlands: Greg Clark discusses technology, real estate and the innovation economy [2]. Heilbron J. (ed.) and Cabral R. (2003) "Development, Science" in The Oxford Companion to The History of Modern Science Oxford University Press, New York, p 205 - 207. National Research Council. (2009) Understanding Research, Science and Technology Parks: Global Best Practices: Report of a Symposium Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. [3]. Morisson A. (August 2005) Economic zones in the ASEAN. Industrial Parks, Special Economic Zones, Eco-Industrial Parks, Innovation Districts as Strategies for Industrial Competitiveness [4], UNIDO Country Office in Vietnam. University Economic Development Association. (2019) Higher Education Engagement in Economic Development: Foundations for Strategy and Practice [5]
== External links == Ankidyne Science Park International Association of Science Parks Association of University Research Parks UK Science Park Association Cabral Dahab Science Park Management Paradigm