One of the important arguments in favor of Science Parks is the claimed networking benefit. A total of 273 new technology-based firms (NTBFs) were surveyed. The assessing of academic knowledge and expertise by businesses located on site is a key principle of Science Parks. Science Park NTBFs...

This study distinguishes between new technology-based firms (NTBFs) on and off Science Parks in Sweden in an effort to identify any element of added value which the park provides for the NTBFs (273 firms). The paper reports the responses of NTBFs (on and off-Park) about the types of management...

This paper addresses the challenge of striking a balance between, on one hand, mitigating uncertainty through the existence of systematic processes and structures and, on the other, stimulating creativity through allowable variation in work processes and structures. Both objectives are...

Purpose – What effect do different business environments, caused primarily by changes in GDP, have on property management of growth firms? Design/methodology/approach – This paper investigates the dynamic effects of two successive periods on property management variables with data from 387...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate effects of platforms on new product development (NPD) projects. Emphasis has been put on the following effect categories: project performance, process changes, and the use of performance measurements. Design/methodology/approach – The...

One of the main problems, when choosing between preventive or corrective maintenance for the production and maintenance departments in the eight firms studied, is to attempt to establish the state of a particular production system or individual production line. In order to carry out a cost...

Purpose This study aims to analyse organisational capabilities among new technology-based firms (NTBFs) and examine how these capabilities are linked to the firms’ long-term survival. Design/methodology/approach The study leverages a data set of 131 NTBFs located at 16 incubators in Sweden....