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Exploration and Exploitation of Good Practices by Technology Parks: Empirical Findings from Poland

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  • Anna Wojcik-Karpacz

    (Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Poland)

  • Jaroslaw Karpacz

    (Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Poland)

  • Joanna Rudawska

    (Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Poland)

Abstract

In the context of current economic climate in which enterprises revise business models as well as seek new opportunities and their significance for economic growth policies in a situation where the government recognises the need to support micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises, analysing paths for learning good practices by the technology parks (TPS) is a valuable scientific venture. The aim of this article is to identify ways of learning good practices by technology parks operating in Poland. Data collection techniques engaged standardised and unstructured interviews conducted with 14 managers of the technology parks operating in Poland. In the research, the ambidexterity approach was adopted as one that fits into the current trend of strategic management based on paradoxes, assuming the simultaneity of exploratory and exploitative learning. Results showed that in those TPS which were analysed, maintaining attractive offers of support for current and potential beneficiaries is based on the systematic adaptation of already-recognised good practices and experimentation with new good practices. Research findings indicated ambidexterity as a condition which is not alternative, but necessary for the development of TPS.

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  • Anna Wojcik-Karpacz & Jaroslaw Karpacz & Joanna Rudawska, 2019. "Exploration and Exploitation of Good Practices by Technology Parks: Empirical Findings from Poland," Managing Global Transitions, University of Primorska, Faculty of Management Koper, vol. 17(4 (Winter), pages 317-334.
    • Handle: RePEc:mgt:youmgt:v:17:y:2019:i:4:p:317-334
    DOI: 10.26493/1854-6935.17.317-334
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    Keywords

    technology parks; best practices; exploration-exploitation; organisational learning; ambidextrous approach;
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    JEL classification:

    • L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
    • M1 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration

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