Internationalization of the Zenit Science Parks

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● Translates technology 
● Drives technology-led economic development.
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UKSPA 
(The United Kingdom Science 
Park Association) 
A science park is a business support and technology transfer initiative 
that: 
● Encourages and supports the start-up and incubation of 
innovation-led, high-growth, knowledge-based businesses. 
● Provides an environment where larger and international 
businesses can develop specific and close interactions with a 
particular centre of knowledge creation for their mutual 
benefit. 
● Has formal and operational links with centres of knowledge 
creation such as universities, higher education institutes and 
research organisations.
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Table 1: definitions of Science Park 
 
Therefore, a Science Park is a promoter of the culture of innovation, with the goal of 
increasing the wealth of its community, through the flow of knowledge and technologies 
between universities and the market. 
 
 
Science Park models 
 
Science Parks has been following a geographical and historical development and evolution. 
An interesting approach to categorize the various Science Parks model and mapping their 
evolution is referred to the recognized “Generations framework”. It shows the different 
innovation systems of the Science Parks and the contextual development step by step toward 
increasingly higher levels of integration in the knowledge economy. 
In the table below, we analyze the three generation models. 
Park Generation Characteristics 
 
 
 
A First Generation Science Park is an extension of a university into a dedicated 
neighboring area that includes incubating facilities for start-up firms, related business 
                                                
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6 http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/science-technology/university-industry-partnerships/science-
and-technology-park-governance/concept-and-definition/