Public policies for regional development - the case of the Technology Park of Sao Paulo

Abstract

This paper presents the development of an institutional structure to optimize university/research centers - industry - government relations. The urban technology park model aims to propose public policies to face the impacts and challenges of the new social and economic conditions due to the globalization of markets, in developing countries. The model is being developed taking advantage of the University of Sao Paulo laboratories and the Research Institutes surrounding the campus, in Sao Paulo City. The Park links the following players: the Incubator for Technological Enterprises (CIETEC); maturing companies from Incubator Centers, technology-based SMEs and some corporate and institutional S&T&I activities.