Title: Technological parks in the state of Paraná, Brazil: evaluation based on economic and environmental sustainability

Authors: Paulo Tetuo Yamamoto; Aparecido Dos Reis Coutinho

Addresses: Federal Institute of Paraná – IFPR, Campus Curitiba, Rua João Negrão, 1285, Rebouças, CEP: 80230-150, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil ' Methodist University of Piracicaba – UNIMEP Rodovia SP306, Km 01, CEP: 13450-971, Santa Barbara D'Oeste, São Paulo, Brazil

Abstract: In the Brazilian case, innovation, entrepreneurship and technological development are relevant and should be balanced through social effort and mobilisation. Governments, universities and businesses have made many efforts to encourage innovation in Brazil. The number of incubators and technology parks has experienced significant growth, more than doubling in the first decade of the millennium. The State of Paraná, the same phenomenon has occurred with the creation of the Network of Technological Innovation Centres, the Paraná Network of Incubators and Science Parks and Virtual Technology Park. This study aims to diagnose technology parks in the State of Paraná by addressing economic, environmental and social sustainability. The managers' first mission was to seek the economic sustainability and survival of micro and small companies that were located in parks and incubators. However, the results show that a new stage in parks has begun to focus on economic and environmental sustainability.

Keywords: technology parks; sustainability; innovation; development; Paraná state; Brazil.

DOI: 10.1504/IJISD.2019.098982

International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, 2019 Vol.13 No.2, pp.117 - 135

Received: 06 Apr 2016
Accepted: 19 Sep 2016
Published online: 12 Apr 2019 *

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