Science-Technology Parks (STP) as instruments to promote academy- productive sector linkages and foster local development: The case of the STP of Pando, Uruguay.
Science-Technology Parks promote and manage technology and knowledge transfer processes between universities or R&D centers, companies and markets. Its main purpose is the promotion of innovation and competitiveness of the companies and institutions that are associated with it or created in...
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Núcleo de Estudios e Investigaciones en Educación Superior del MERCOSUR
2023
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/integracionyconocimiento/article/view/40077 |
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| Sumario: | Science-Technology Parks promote and manage technology and knowledge transfer processes between universities or R&D centers, companies and markets. Its main purpose is the promotion of innovation and competitiveness of the companies and institutions that are associated with it or created in its environment. The academy is a strategic actor in these infrastructures, where it develops its third mission articulating with business and government representatives in their governance. This paper analyzes the case of the Pando Science and Technology Park (PCTP) promoted by the Faculty of Chemistry of the University of the Republic of Uruguay (UDELAR). The results show that only the impact of the income generated by 10 of the R&D projects carried out between academia and industry, compensated in one year the investment made by the University since the creation of its technological pole 20 years ago and doubled the investments made by the Executive Branch in subsidies for the consolidation of this ecosystem for a decade (2012-2021). Likewise, the incubation process for new technology-based companies developed by Khem, the first university incubator for scientific-technological ventures in Uruguay, which integrates the PCTP ecosystem, is evaluated as highly successful. Many of the companies graduated from Khem stood out in the development of new technologies, products and services for the health, food and agro-industrial sectors, which obtained important awards and recognition at a national and international level. |
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