Development of science and technology parks in Poland : opportunities for new modes of cooperation in the biopharmaceutical industry

The aim of the article is to verify the development of science and technology parks in Poland as well as the opportunities of development of new forms of cooperation with the use of science and technology parks in the biopharmaceutical industry in Poland. The first section reviews the origins and definitions of science and technology parks in order to clarify and systematize the concepts used in existing research and practice. Subsequently, the ensuing sections discuss the evolution of science and technology parks and different organizational models of stps. Further, the analysis centres on science and technology parks in Poland. Then the importance of science and technology parks for the development of newmodes of cooperation in the biopharmaceutical industry is elaborated upon. The paper ends with a set of implications and conclusions.