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http://dx.doi.org/10.7545/ajip.2016.5.3.225

A Comparative Study on Tenant Firms in Beijing Tsinghua University Science Park and Shenzhen Research Institute of Tsinghua University  

Mao, Haiyu (Department of Technology Management for Innovation, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo)
Motohashi, Kazuyuki (Department of Technology Management for Innovation, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo)
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Asian Journal of Innovation and Policy / v.5, no.3, 2016 , pp. 225-250 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper aims to explore the institutional difference between Tsinghua University Science Park (TusPark) in Beijing, and business incubator of Research Institute of Tsinghua University in Shenzhen (RITS), and to examine how the difference leads to different new product performance for tenants. In doing so, we use survey methodology to investigate the innovation sources, university linkages, and innovation outputs of tenants in TusPark and RITS. We found that tenants in RITS reply more on "market-driven" knowledge sources for innovation: including knowledge from customers, suppliers, and competitors. The empirical findings suggest that the technology support provided by RITS and the high dependency on "market-driven" knowledge sources jointly contribute to the better new product performance for tenants in RITS.
Keywords
University science park; business incubator; regional innovation system; innovative cluster; startup;
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