Abstract

GUEDES LAIMER, Claudionor. Governance of interorganizational relationships: The case of science and technology parks. cuad.adm. [online]. 2016, vol.32, n.56, pp.20-35. ISSN 0120-4645.

This article aims to identify the forms of governance that are present in interorganizational relationships in the context of science and technology parks. Therefore, this study presents a comparative analysis of the governance of science and technology parks. Thus, multiple case studies were used as a research strategy, including a park in Brazil and another one in Portugal. One of the parks was created by the private sector because of the companies’ need to share resources and search for growth alternatives. The other one was created by the government as a result of public policies for economic development, employment generation and profit. The results show that the studied cases are characterized by the administrative organization as the form of governance in interorganizational relationships. However, the form of governance and the formal and informal mechanisms of governance are the main conclusions. There are other elements (e.g., people’s behavior) that may influence interorganizational relationships in the context of science and technology parks. Finally, this article offers a discussion on the theoretical and practical implications of this research.

Keywords : Forms of governance; Mechanisms of governance; Administrative organization; Science and technology park; Interorganizational relationships.

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