The influence of innovation environments in R&D results

Abstract In Brazil, as well as worldwide, incubators and science and technology parks (ISTPs) are continually used to foster regional development. However, the incongruence between the growing number of ISTPs and the inconclusiveness of their results raised preoccupations regarding their effectiveness and doubts on how they promote innovation. In spite of the growing possibility and need for quantitative research, few studies have adopted this methodological perspective. The objective of this study is to analyze the influence of resources promoted by ISTPs on the results of their tenant's R&D projects. A quantitative cross-sectional design was used in this study. A higher specificity in the observation and analysis of ISTPs contributed to the advance of literature, so that a taxonomy of resources promoted by ISTPs was proposed and the key resources associated to R&D results could be identified.

摘要 在巴西乃至全球范围内，企业孵化器与科技园区（Incubators and Science and Technology Parks，ISTPs）始终被用作推动区域发展的重要载体。然而，ISTPs数量持续增长与其建设成效缺乏定论之间的矛盾，引发了学界对其实际效能的担忧，以及对其推动创新路径的质疑。尽管定量研究的应用需求与可行性日益提升，但采用该方法论视角的相关研究仍寥寥无几。本研究旨在分析ISTPs所提供的各类资源对入驻企业研发（Research and Development，R&D）项目成果的影响。研究采用定量横断面研究设计方案。通过对ISTPs开展更具针对性的观察与分析，本研究推动了相关学术研究的进展：提出了ISTPs所提供资源的分类框架，并识别出与研发项目成果紧密相关的核心资源。