The importance of the interorganizational relations in Spanish technological parks: some empirical observations
The relationships between the agents integrating innovative spaces are
essential for the development and success of these spaces. This article analyses the
networks of relationships occurring in several technological areas. Our aim is to verify
whether they follow or not the same pattern. These networks may be studied
from a reticulated perspective, on the basis of the companies´ attributes and the relational
variables generated between them, as well as from the search for a quantitative
explanatory model point of view. The empirical analysis has been made in three
Technological Parks and its outcome shows that the structure of the networks is influenced
by the growth strategy put in place by the management of the parks, taking into account the industrial conditions of their geographical area. The quantitative
analysis confirms the core-periphery model observed in the networks.
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