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Keywords: technology parks; authorities and administrations, sustainable development, innovative development, efficiency of activities
Abstract: The article is devoted to the analysis of the issues technoparks development in Russia and the EU countries. Method of system analysis; formal-logical method; method of comparative analysis; method of structural analysis is applied in the research. The study found that technology parks should maintain close ties with state agencies of all levels to achieve high efficiency. In turn, state structures can support the science park in many ways, as a founding partner, sponsor, service provider or client. The roles and responsibilities assumed by public authorities and administrations at various levels depend on their interest in the economic development of their territories, on the functional features and the management of technology parks. All these points must be taken into account by investors when they make a decision to participate in the technology park in a particular area.
1 Introduction
Technology parks all over the world act as specific instruments for solving both national and local / regional problems. These issues are actualized significantly at such stages of social development as economic stagnation, crisis, post-crisis recovery of economy, which fully applies to the current situation in the global economy in general, and in Russia in particular [1,2].
It should be noted that, despite attempts to scale down public funding of research section and various supporting institutions recently undertaken abroad, high importance of public assistance in addressing issues of innovation development, business start-ups, technological upgrading, sustainable development of the economy, maximizing the scientific and educational potential of countries and regions to ensure economic growth and innovation development remains and has increased recently [3-6].
2 Theory and methodology of the study
The theoretical basis of the research is domestic and foreign approaches to the analysis of the efficiency of technology and science parks in different countries. Public support of technology business incubators in technology and science parks [7-9], networking of technology parks and business incubators [10,11], changing of approach to generating demand and supply for business incubators of different generations [12-14] have been actively discussed in recent decades. Several issues related to the organization of the efficient functioning of technology parks and business incubators, including in developing countries [15,16] were raised in foreign...