University-Science Park links, a double perspective: Ideon Science Park and Lund University

Abstract: Universities, the main providers of “local knowledge conduits, state-of-the-art science and technology”, and the Science Park, the main entity that stands behind the commercialization of knowledge and technology, are seen as central players that should be highly interconnected in order to determine the targeted economic growth of a region. Developing links between university and industry is seen as one of the Science Park’s missions and researchers argued along the time that usually Science Parks fail to achieve this mission. By analysing the opinions of the university and of the Science Park’s management, different explanations could be found in order to clarify the issue of university-Science Park links.