A Model for the Design and Development of a Science and Technology Park in Developing Countries
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A Model for the Design and Development of a Science and Technology Park in Developing Countries
Sanni, M; Egbetokun, A and Siyanbola, W National Centre for Technology Management, Inderscience Publishers
2009
Online at http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/25342/ MPRA Paper No. 25342, posted 25. September 2010 / 13:00
A Model for the Design and Development of a Science and Technology Park in Developing Countries
M. Sanni*a and A. A. Egbetokuna a National Centre for Technology Management (Federal Ministry of Science and Technology), PMB 012, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
E-mail: marufsanni@yahoo.com aaegbetokun@gmail.com Tel: +2348057070192 +2348034312233
*Corresponding author
Abstract This paper presents an appropriate model for Science and Technology Parks (STPs) with a view to helping policy makers and STP managers implement and manage STPs. The authors reorganize and prioritize the Cabral-Dahab Science Park Management Paradigm. We identify three critical groups of actors (determinants, reactors and executors) and develop four sub-models from different trajectories of the groups of actors. We place more emphasis on the ―determinants‖ as the most important actors in the establishment and management of STP. A critical evaluation of the sub-models reveals that the sub-model in which government, industry and university/research institutes are all jointly involved in decisive policy direction is the most appropriate for the developing country. The paper concludes that economies in
transition should see STPs as having a distinctive organizational structure as a result of its myriads of collaborations and partnerships.
KEYWORDS: Enterprise Development, Science and Technology Park, Model, Developing countries, Cabral-Dahab Paradigm, Determinants, Management
Biographical Notes Maruf Sanni is presently a Research Officer in the Training and Research Department at NACETEM. He attended
Munich Personal RePEc Archive
A Model for the Design and Development of a Science and Technology Park in Developing Countries
Sanni, M; Egbetokun, A and Siyanbola, W National Centre for Technology Management, Inderscience Publishers
2009
Online at http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/25342/ MPRA Paper No. 25342, posted 25. September 2010 / 13:00
A Model for the Design and Development of a Science and Technology Park in Developing Countries
M. Sanni*a and A. A. Egbetokuna a National Centre for Technology Management (Federal Ministry of Science and Technology), PMB 012, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
E-mail: marufsanni@yahoo.com aaegbetokun@gmail.com Tel: +2348057070192 +2348034312233
*Corresponding author
Abstract This paper presents an appropriate model for Science and Technology Parks (STPs) with a view to helping policy makers and STP managers implement and manage STPs. The authors reorganize and prioritize the Cabral-Dahab Science Park Management Paradigm. We identify three critical groups of actors (determinants, reactors and executors) and develop four sub-models from different trajectories of the groups of actors. We place more emphasis on the ―determinants‖ as the most important actors in the establishment and management of STP. A critical evaluation of the sub-models reveals that the sub-model in which government, industry and university/research institutes are all jointly involved in decisive policy direction is the most appropriate for the developing country. The paper concludes that economies in
transition should see STPs as having a distinctive organizational structure as a result of its myriads of collaborations and partnerships.
KEYWORDS: Enterprise Development, Science and Technology Park, Model, Developing countries, Cabral-Dahab Paradigm, Determinants, Management
Biographical Notes Maruf Sanni is presently a Research Officer in the Training and Research Department at NACETEM. He attended
References: Cabral, R. (2004). ‗The Cabral-Dahab Science Park Management Paradigm applied to the Case of Kista, Sweden ', International Journal of Technology Management, 28 419-443. Source: Cabral R., 1998 General Model of STP