Background: World economy of the 21st century places high demands on national economic systems. Governments implement various initiatives to enable a more effective cooperation between universities and industries in order to increase competitiveness of their economies. Science Parks represent one type of such initiatives. It is assumed that they support regional economic growth by means of technology transfer from university to industry. Science Parks usually incorporate incubation programs, which enable creation of NTBFs by university staff and students. Science Parks have to ensure its organizational development by providing paid services, especially in form of incubator program. Therefore, Science Parks are regarded in our research as service companies. In order to enable creation of NTBFs Science Parks have to be able to attract talented researchers and students. In our research, we focus on students and consider them as potential customers for Science Parks. Previous research focusing on the problem of students’ attraction to these organizations is scarce. We implement marketing communication theory to address the problem of students’ attraction to Science Parks. Aim: Our research is set to identify content for a marketing communication strategy of a science park, which considers students as potential customers. Theoretical background/Methodology: In order to fulfill the aim of the research we implement case study strategy. We collected primary and secondary data. The case organization is presented by Dalarna Science Park (located in Borlänge, Sweden), where we collected secondary data. It was incorporated in our research as handout materials that enabled Focus Group discussions. Focus groups with students from Dalarna University presented the source of primary data. Question guideline for focus groups was based on principles of marketing communication theory, which we used as the primary theory of the research. Conclusions: Results indicate that students regard business incubator services of a Science Park as useful for those who have business ideas. It can be considered as positive prerequisite for a marketing communication strategy. In order to attract students with ideas of starting own ventures, a Science Park should engage students into various events, such as workshops, discussions and seminars. The organization should constantly inform students about its nature and activities and create an image of a young successful entrepreneur, which students are attracted to. For this purpose a Science Park can use Internet as means of both spreading its messages to students and enabling WOM recommendations among them.

O objetivo central deste trabalho é analisar as relações entre parques tecnológicos, cidade e região por meio do estudo de caso do parque tecnológico Tecnopuc, situado na Região Metropolitana de Porto Alegre. Busca-se demonstrar que a reestruturação pela qual o sistema econômico mundial vem passando desde as últimas décadas do século XX tem ocasionado a dispersão de filiais das grandes empresas transnacionais da nova economia para determinadas regiões urbanas do mundo, entre elas a cidade de Porto Alegre e sua região metropolitana. Muitas dessas filiais instalam-se em parques tecnológicos que contam com o apoio de políticas públicas. No caso de Porto Alegre, o Programa Porto Alegre Tecnópole promoveu a implantação do Tecnopuc e de outros parques tecnológicos, contribuindo para ampliar a relevância estratégica da cidade de Porto Alegre na rede mundial de cidades. A partir dos resultados da aplicação de questionário e de entrevista com líderes empresariais, pôde-se mostrar que o Tecnopuc abriga, além de filiais de empresas transnacionais, várias empresas locais da nova economia, gerando inúmeros fluxos globais que atribuem alta densidade informacional ao seu território. Também foi possível mostrar que o Tecnopuc possui funcionários majoritariamente jovens, do sexo masculino e com formação superior. O mapeamento dos locais de residência desses funcionários revela que o Tecnopuc reforça centralidades existentes na cidade e na metrópole através de dois eixos: um urbano, em Porto Alegre, ao longo das Avenidas Ipiranga e Bento Gonçalves, com características de cidade consolidada; e o outro metropolitano, ao longo da BR-116, com características de cidade difusa e fragmentada. Além disso, o mapeamento mostra que esses jovens profissionais, os principais insumos das empresas da nova economia, preferem morar em bairros centrais, consolidados, com vida noturna e urbanidade. / The main goal of this paper is to analyze the relationships between science parks, city and region through the case study of Tecnopuc, which is located in the metropolitan area of Porto Alegre. Sought to demonstrate that the restructuring by which the world economic system has been going through since the last decades of the 20th century has provoked the dispersion of big transnational corporation’s branches of the new economy in certain urban regions of the world, between them, the city of Porto Alegre and its metropolitan area. Many of these branches are located in science parks that are supported by public policies. It was verified that Porto Alegre and its metropolitan area, through the Porto Alegre Tecnopole Program, has promoted the installation of Tecnopuc and others science parks increasing the strategic relevance of the city of Porto Alegre, in the world network of cities. Based on the results of the questionnaire application and the interview with business leaders, It is shown that Tecnopuc shelters, besides branches of transnational companies, various local businesses of the new economy, generating innumerous global fluxes that attribute high informational density to their territory. It is also shown that Tecnopuc has mostly young male employees with high education. The mapping of the places of residence of these employees reveals that Tecnopuc reinforces existing centralities in the city and in the metropolis through two axes: one urban, in Porto Alegre, along the Ipiranga and Bento Gonçalves Avenues, with characteristics of a consolidated city; And the other metropolitan, along the BR-116, with characteristics of diffuse and fragmented city. In addition, the mapping shows that these young professionals, the main inputs of the new economy companies, prefer to live in centralized, consolidated neighborhoods with nightlife and urbanity.

Submitted by EKATERINA EMMANUIL INGLESIS BARCELLOS null (kettymoda@gmail.com) on 2016-04-09T04:40:17Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação_INOVAÇÃO EM DESIGN...PARQUE TECNOL...BAURU_Barcellos_2016_ RepositórioUNESPBiblioteca.pdf: 8624950 bytes, checksum: 3a2853292281254eb0ab7e34854973d1 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Ana Paula Grisoto (grisotoana@reitoria.unesp.br) on 2016-04-12T14:23:30Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 barcellos_eei_me_bauru.pdf: 8624950 bytes, checksum: 3a2853292281254eb0ab7e34854973d1 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-12T14:23:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 barcellos_eei_me_bauru.pdf: 8624950 bytes, checksum: 3a2853292281254eb0ab7e34854973d1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-02-15 / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) / A análise prática dos projetos de inovação concebidos em Parques Tecnológicos demonstra uma ação conjunta entre desenvolvimento científico e empreendedorismo criativo. Esta aproximação proporciona a troca de informações entre universidades e empresas de base tecnológica. A necessária interação entre centros científicos e a iniciativa privada promove a melhoria de produtos e sistemas, serviços e experiências, intermediando a aplicação prática com o conhecimento científico, garantindo resultados futuros e promovendo o desenvolvimento econômico. Este estudo certificou que o município de Bauru e região apresentam, como referência, um polo universitário com centros de estudo qualificados, conhecimento e competência nas áreas de Design, Engenharia e Comunicações, sinalizando a possibilidade de estender esta qualidade teórico-intelectual para a iniciativa empreendedora. A conjunção de fatores essenciais na região como: ambiente comercial e de serviços intenso, concentração de indústrias inovadoras, IDH favorável, estrutura local propícia, logística e geografia favoráveis, permitiram a iniciativa e o avanço da pesquisa. Tomando por base a experiência de Parques Científicos Tecnológicos que incluíram áreas de atuação similares em seu Portfolio, foi realizada a pesquisa in loco, nos principais Parques do Brasil e do Estado de São Paulo. Partindo de um contexto que une políticas públicas como fomento à relação universidade-empresa, este estudo identificou a importância, confirmou os indicadores adequados e elaborou uma proposta que viabilize a implantação de um Parque Tecnológico para Bauru e região, voltado à inovação criativa e ao Design. As informações das visitas, consolidadas por meio da submissão de formulários on-line a gestores e técnicos de Parques, confirmaram as diretrizes e a especificidade para a implantação do Parque local. A análise dos questionários em sobreposição aos dados obtidos nas visitas, possibilitou a definição das estratégias que potencializam o projeto proposto por esta Dissertação. A premissa deste estudo foi alcançada atestando a viabilidade de implantar um Parque de perfil inovador, referencial em Design, Indústria Criativa e Economia Criativa para Bauru e região. / A critical analysis of innovation projects designed in Science Parks enables joint action between scientific development and creative entrepreneurship. This approach provides an exchange of information between universities and technology companies. The necessary interaction between scientific centers and the private sector promote the improvement of products and systems, services and experiences, intermediating the practical application with scientific knowledge, ensuring future results and generating regional economic development. This study certified that the city of Bauru and its region have, as reference, a university center with qualified research centers, knowledge and expertise in the areas of Design, Engineering and Communications signaling the possibility of extending the theoretical and intellectual quality to entrepreneurial initiative. The combination of essential factors in the region such as: business environment and growing services, concentration of innovative industries, a good HDI index and favorable local structure, favorable logistics and geography, allowed the initiative and the advance of the research. Based on the Science Parks experience that included these areas of activity in its portfolio, the survey was carried out, on the spot, in main Brazilian and São Paulo State Science Parks. Starting from the contexto and performance of public policies that promote university-industry relationship in partnerships, this study identified the importance, confirmed appropriate indicators, and developed a proposal that enables the implementation of a Science Park in Bauru and its region, focused on creative innovation and Design. The information visits, consolidated by submitting online forms to managers and Parks technicians, confirmed the directives and specificity for the implanting of the local Science Park. The analysis of the overlaid data obtained from the questionnaires and visits enabled the definition of strategies that enhance the project proposed by this thesis. The premise of this study was achieved confirming the feasibility of implanting a referential innovative Park in Design, Creative Industry and Creative Economy for Bauru and its region. / FAPESP: 2014/22006-3 / FAPESP: 2014/19854-2

O objetivo central deste trabalho é analisar as relações entre parques tecnológicos, cidade e região por meio do estudo de caso do parque tecnológico Tecnopuc, situado na Região Metropolitana de Porto Alegre. Busca-se demonstrar que a reestruturação pela qual o sistema econômico mundial vem passando desde as últimas décadas do século XX tem ocasionado a dispersão de filiais das grandes empresas transnacionais da nova economia para determinadas regiões urbanas do mundo, entre elas a cidade de Porto Alegre e sua região metropolitana. Muitas dessas filiais instalam-se em parques tecnológicos que contam com o apoio de políticas públicas. No caso de Porto Alegre, o Programa Porto Alegre Tecnópole promoveu a implantação do Tecnopuc e de outros parques tecnológicos, contribuindo para ampliar a relevância estratégica da cidade de Porto Alegre na rede mundial de cidades. A partir dos resultados da aplicação de questionário e de entrevista com líderes empresariais, pôde-se mostrar que o Tecnopuc abriga, além de filiais de empresas transnacionais, várias empresas locais da nova economia, gerando inúmeros fluxos globais que atribuem alta densidade informacional ao seu território. Também foi possível mostrar que o Tecnopuc possui funcionários majoritariamente jovens, do sexo masculino e com formação superior. O mapeamento dos locais de residência desses funcionários revela que o Tecnopuc reforça centralidades existentes na cidade e na metrópole através de dois eixos: um urbano, em Porto Alegre, ao longo das Avenidas Ipiranga e Bento Gonçalves, com características de cidade consolidada; e o outro metropolitano, ao longo da BR-116, com características de cidade difusa e fragmentada. Além disso, o mapeamento mostra que esses jovens profissionais, os principais insumos das empresas da nova economia, preferem morar em bairros centrais, consolidados, com vida noturna e urbanidade. / The main goal of this paper is to analyze the relationships between science parks, city and region through the case study of Tecnopuc, which is located in the metropolitan area of Porto Alegre. Sought to demonstrate that the restructuring by which the world economic system has been going through since the last decades of the 20th century has provoked the dispersion of big transnational corporation’s branches of the new economy in certain urban regions of the world, between them, the city of Porto Alegre and its metropolitan area. Many of these branches are located in science parks that are supported by public policies. It was verified that Porto Alegre and its metropolitan area, through the Porto Alegre Tecnopole Program, has promoted the installation of Tecnopuc and others science parks increasing the strategic relevance of the city of Porto Alegre, in the world network of cities. Based on the results of the questionnaire application and the interview with business leaders, It is shown that Tecnopuc shelters, besides branches of transnational companies, various local businesses of the new economy, generating innumerous global fluxes that attribute high informational density to their territory. It is also shown that Tecnopuc has mostly young male employees with high education. The mapping of the places of residence of these employees reveals that Tecnopuc reinforces existing centralities in the city and in the metropolis through two axes: one urban, in Porto Alegre, along the Ipiranga and Bento Gonçalves Avenues, with characteristics of a consolidated city; And the other metropolitan, along the BR-116, with characteristics of diffuse and fragmented city. In addition, the mapping shows that these young professionals, the main inputs of the new economy companies, prefer to live in centralized, consolidated neighborhoods with nightlife and urbanity.

The fast growth of science parks around the world has inspired many researchers to investigate the function and performance of science parks (SPs). Interestingly, mixed findings are reported on science park performance in the literature: some researchers found that SPs have benefits for the firms located on site; whereas other researchers doubt the benefits that SPs are claimed to have. This thesis aims to explain these mixed findings and proposes a relational approach to study the general view of interorganisational knowledge flows. The main research question to be answered is: How can the mixed findings of previous research studies regarding innovative performances of science park firms be explained? A sample of 52 new technology-based firms (NTBFs) situated in Gauteng was interviewed by means of structured questionnaires. Despite the fact that this research did not empirically confirm the theoretical explanation of the mixed findings found in science park literature, some issues raised in the recommendation section of this thesis could account for the mixed findings, namely differences in the scanning processes of new entrant firms, the nature of networking activities, services provided by SP management teams, academic-industry links and configurations of knowledge flows. The findings and recommendations of this study may help policy makers to further improve the design and functioning of science parks in emerging economies. / Thesis (PhD(Technology Management))--University of Pretoria, 2010. / Graduate School of Technology Management (GSTM) / unrestricted

The thesis is concerned with the role of science and technology parks in the world economy. It explores the experience of Silicon Valley and Route 128 and tries to identify key factors that are important for development of a science and technology park (STP). There is a signifact part of the thesis concerned with the role of STPs in selected european and asian economies.

Background: There is a talent mismatch in Sweden. Companies are limited by a labour shortage, especially in the digital sector, and available talent has a low rate of hiring. Therefore, this study is focused on understanding the underlying reasons for this talent mismatch understanding it from an absorptive capacity process of knowledge and diversity in the digital sector. This research structure approaches this study by investigating the attraction, recruitment, development, and retention of talent in companies through an absorptive capacity lens. Aim: Broadening the understanding of why there is a mismatch between available talent and firms in Sweden. Methodology: A qualitative study method was done for the data collection and data analysis. Two clusters were created to explore the research process divided into companies and students. A proposed model was utilised to analyse the data and provide the results that confirmed different factors of the absorptive capacity process and the influence of diversity that serve to identify new findings. The thesis demonstrates that the absorptive capacity process can positively or negatively affect the influence of diversity in organisations. The factors that lead to these different outcomes are described in the various phases portrayed by the proposed model. However, the absorptive capacity process describes how people, in general, are retained in organisations and how the sense of belonging to the organisations is fundamental for a positive absorptive capacity process that leads to talent retention. Findings: Diversity related mechanisms that influence a match or mismatch between available talent and organisations. Keywords: Absorptive capacity process · Diversity · Employee life cycle · Knowledge integration· Science Parks

<p><strong>Titel:</strong> Internationella relationer i innovativa miljöer – en fallstudie av Mjärdevi Science Parks internationella arbete</p><p><strong>Författare:</strong> Sergio Quiñones</p><p><strong>Adress</strong>: Skrinnarvägen 7, 633 59 Eskilstuna | sergio.quinones@gmx.com<strong></strong></p><p><strong>Kurs: </strong>Kandidatuppsats i marknadsföring, EFO 225</p><p><strong>Handledare:</strong> Angelina Sundström</p><p><strong>Problem: </strong>Hur kan svenska Science Parks genom internationella relationer utveckla sina processer och tjänster för att bättre stödja kunskapsutbyte och kommersialisering av innovationer?</p><p><strong>Syfte: </strong>Syftet med denna studie är att <em>beskriva</em> Mjärdevi Science Parks internationella arbete ur ett marknadsföringsperspektiv.</p><p><strong>Metod: </strong>Kvalitativ fallstudie.</p><p><strong>Slutsatser: </strong>Mjärdevi Science Park arbetar internationellt för att främja regional tillväxt. Genom regional tillväxt bidrar man även till att öka Sveriges tillväxt och konkurrenskraft. Parkens motor och drivkraft är entreprenörerna och företagarna. Mjärdevi samarbetar och är engagerad i den globala organisationen IASP, Science Parks i andra länder, Exportrådet, företag och ambassader. Fallföretaget etablerar nya relationer främst genom sitt redan existerande internationella nätverk. Relationerna utvecklas genom att skapa aktiviteter som är ömsesidigt värdeskapande för parkerna, regionerna och företagen. Parkens styrelse har haft en uttalad nätverksbaserad strategi och handlingsplan som även inkluderat det globala perspektivet. Denna studie har visat att Mjärdevis strategiska och operativa arbete till stor del bygger på nätverksfilosofin. I sitt nätverk arbetar Mjärdevi både med att sprida operativ kunskap och att skapa erfarenhetsbaserad kunskap inom ramen för dessa aktiviteter.<strong></strong></p><p><strong>Nyckelord:</strong> science parks, innovationssystem, innovation, internationell, internationalisering, globalisering, samarbete, samverkan, relationer, relationsmarknadsföring, utbyte, företagsnätverk, affärsnätverk.</p> / <p><strong>Title</strong>: International Relations in Innovative Environments - a Case Study of Mjärdevi Science Park's international work</p><p><strong>Author:</strong> Sergio Quiñones</p><p><strong>Address:</strong> Skrinnarvägen 7, 633 59 Eskilstuna, Sweden | sergio.quinones@gmx.com</p><p><strong>Course:</strong> Bachelor Thesis in Marketing (EFO 225)</p><p><strong>Tutor:</strong> Angelina Sundström</p><p><strong>Problem:</strong> How can the Swedish Science Parks through international relations develop their processes and services to better support knowledge sharing and commercialization of innovations?</p><p><strong>Purpose:</strong> The purpose of this study is to describe Mjärdevi Science Park's international work from a marketing perspective.</p><p><strong>Method:</strong> Qualitative Case Study.</p><p><strong>Conclusions</strong>: Mjärdevi Science Park works internationally to promote regional growth. The regional growth also contributes to Sweden's growth and competitiveness. The Parks engine and driving force are its entrepreneurs and businesses. Mjärdevi cooperates with the global organization IASP, Science Parks in other countries, the Swedish Trade Council, businesses and embassies. The case company establishes new relationships primarily through its existing international network. Relationships are developed by creating activities that are of mutual value creation for parks, regions and companies. The board of Mjärdevi Science Park has had an explicit network-based strategy and action plan that also included the global perspective. This study has shown that Mjärdevis strategic and operational work is based mainly on the network philosophy. Mjärdevi uses its network both to disseminate operational knowledge and to create experience-based knowledge within the framework of these activities.</p><p><strong>Keywords: </strong>science parks, innovation systems, innovation, international, globalization, cooperation, collaboration, relations, relationship marketing, exchange, business networks.</p>

Titel: Internationella relationer i innovativa miljöer – en fallstudie av Mjärdevi Science Parks internationella arbete Författare: Sergio Quiñones Adress: Skrinnarvägen 7, 633 59 Eskilstuna | sergio.quinones@gmx.com Kurs: Kandidatuppsats i marknadsföring, EFO 225 Handledare: Angelina Sundström Problem: Hur kan svenska Science Parks genom internationella relationer utveckla sina processer och tjänster för att bättre stödja kunskapsutbyte och kommersialisering av innovationer? Syfte: Syftet med denna studie är att beskriva Mjärdevi Science Parks internationella arbete ur ett marknadsföringsperspektiv. Metod: Kvalitativ fallstudie. Slutsatser: Mjärdevi Science Park arbetar internationellt för att främja regional tillväxt. Genom regional tillväxt bidrar man även till att öka Sveriges tillväxt och konkurrenskraft. Parkens motor och drivkraft är entreprenörerna och företagarna. Mjärdevi samarbetar och är engagerad i den globala organisationen IASP, Science Parks i andra länder, Exportrådet, företag och ambassader. Fallföretaget etablerar nya relationer främst genom sitt redan existerande internationella nätverk. Relationerna utvecklas genom att skapa aktiviteter som är ömsesidigt värdeskapande för parkerna, regionerna och företagen. Parkens styrelse har haft en uttalad nätverksbaserad strategi och handlingsplan som även inkluderat det globala perspektivet. Denna studie har visat att Mjärdevis strategiska och operativa arbete till stor del bygger på nätverksfilosofin. I sitt nätverk arbetar Mjärdevi både med att sprida operativ kunskap och att skapa erfarenhetsbaserad kunskap inom ramen för dessa aktiviteter. Nyckelord: science parks, innovationssystem, innovation, internationell, internationalisering, globalisering, samarbete, samverkan, relationer, relationsmarknadsföring, utbyte, företagsnätverk, affärsnätverk. / Title: International Relations in Innovative Environments - a Case Study of Mjärdevi Science Park's international work Author: Sergio Quiñones Address: Skrinnarvägen 7, 633 59 Eskilstuna, Sweden | sergio.quinones@gmx.com Course: Bachelor Thesis in Marketing (EFO 225) Tutor: Angelina Sundström Problem: How can the Swedish Science Parks through international relations develop their processes and services to better support knowledge sharing and commercialization of innovations? Purpose: The purpose of this study is to describe Mjärdevi Science Park's international work from a marketing perspective. Method: Qualitative Case Study. Conclusions: Mjärdevi Science Park works internationally to promote regional growth. The regional growth also contributes to Sweden's growth and competitiveness. The Parks engine and driving force are its entrepreneurs and businesses. Mjärdevi cooperates with the global organization IASP, Science Parks in other countries, the Swedish Trade Council, businesses and embassies. The case company establishes new relationships primarily through its existing international network. Relationships are developed by creating activities that are of mutual value creation for parks, regions and companies. The board of Mjärdevi Science Park has had an explicit network-based strategy and action plan that also included the global perspective. This study has shown that Mjärdevis strategic and operational work is based mainly on the network philosophy. Mjärdevi uses its network both to disseminate operational knowledge and to create experience-based knowledge within the framework of these activities. Keywords: science parks, innovation systems, innovation, international, globalization, cooperation, collaboration, relations, relationship marketing, exchange, business networks.

Orientador: Prof. Dr. Anapatrícia Morales Vilha / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal do ABC, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Humanas e Sociais, 2014. / Com as economias globalizadas, a inovação ganha um papel fundamental para o desenvolvimento econômico e social dos países. É a partir desta perspectiva é que os parques tecnológicos são inseridos com o objetivo de articular os atores que compõem um sistema local de inovação de modo a fortalecer as competências inovativas de uma determinada região. É dentro deste contexto que a região do ABC paulista se coloca porque é uma região industrial que passou por transformações em seu setor produtivo na década de 1990 com reflexos significativos para a economia local. Outro ponto é a discussão, a partir da mesma década, da estruturação de um polo tecnológico regional com o intuito de reposicionar a região de modo que ela se alinhasse aos novos paradigmas produtivo, tecnológico e econômico que acabou não avançando neste sentido. Por outro lado, há iniciativas locais para a estruturação de parques tecnológicos na região, mais especificamente nas cidades de Santo André e São Bernardo do Campo. Portanto, o presente trabalho tem por objetivo analisar estas iniciativas e, ao mesmo tempo, mensurar o sistema local de inovação e seu grau de articulação, via entrevistas de campo qualitativa, semiestruturada e exploratória, além de investigar as implicações que a estruturação de parques tecnológicos pode oferecer ao sistema local de inovação da região do ponto de vista dos atores mais representativos do sistema local de inovação, bem como discutir desafios e potencialidades para alavancar competências tecnológicas e inovativas locais a partir da implantação destes empreendimentos. Como principais resultados da pesquisa, o sistema local de inovação apresenta-se fragmentado e desarticulado, pois as empresas pouco interagem com as instituições de ensino e mesmo entre si, visando melhorias e inovações tecnológicas. As empresas são favoráveis à implantação de parques tecnológicos na região, porém apresentam um comportamento reativo em relação a esta questão, entendendo que estas iniciativas devam ser deflagradas pelo poder público, desconhecendo os esboços destas iniciativas porque estão circunscritas à esfera pública e política. Outro ponto identificado é a carência de espaço físico disponível e de recursos financeiros próprios para a implantação destes empreendimentos; a ausência de um projeto estruturado; definição de competências tecnológicas; empresas âncoras e um corpo gestor já definido demonstram que os projetos ainda são embrionários. Em contrapartida, a região possui um tecido industrial diversificado, algumas instituições ensino superior no campo das engenharias e esforços para a constituição e fortalecimento de arranjos produtivos locais, além de uma regionalidade construída ao longo das últimas duas décadas que não podem ser negligenciadas, fazendo com que estas inciativas possam ser consolidadas de modo que seja um elemento capaz de contribuir com o fortalecimento e articulação do sistema local de inovação da região. / With globalized economies, innovation assumes a fundamental role to economic and social development of the countries. It is from this perspective that technology parks are inserted with the purpose of coordinating the actors that composes a local innovation system in order to strengthen the innovative competences of a particular region. It is within this context that the ABC Paulista arises because it is an industrial area that has suffered changes in its productive sector in the 1990s with significant consequences for the local economy. Another point is the discussion, from the same decade, the structuring of a regional science park in order to replace the region into a new production, technological and economic paradigms but without positive results in this direction. On the other hand, there are local initiatives for structuring science parks in the region, more specifically in the cities of Santo André and São Bernardo do Campo. Therefore, this study aims to examine these initiatives and at the same time, measure the local innovation system and its articulation applying qualitative interviews, semi-structured and exploratory interviews and investigate the implications of structuring science parks can offer to the local innovation system in the point of view of the stakeholders of the local innovation system region and discuss challenges and opportunities to leverage local technological and innovative competences from the implementation of these enterprises. The main results of the research, the local innovation system is fragmented and disarticulated because the interaction among companies and educational institutions is inexpressive and even among themselves, seeking improvements and technological innovations. The companies agree with the implementation science parks in the region, however with a reactive attitude towards this issue, understanding that these initiatives should be triggered by the government, ignoring the efforts of these initiatives because they are tied to public and political sphere. Another point identified is the lack of available physical space and own financial resources for the implementation of these projects; the absence of a structured design; definition of technological skills; anchor companies and a managing team already set demonstrate that the projects are still embryonic. In contrast, the region has a diversified industrial base, some higher education institutions in the field of engineering and efforts to build and strengthen local productive arrangements, plus a regionality built over the past two decades can¿t be neglected, causing that these initiatives can be consolidated so that it is an element that can contribute to the strengthening and coordination of the local innovation system in the region.