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Regionalization of Planned S&T Parks: The Case of Daedeok S&T Park in Daejeon, South Korea

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  • Hyungjoo Kim

    (Science and Technology Policy Institute, Special Construction Center, Boramae-Ro 5 Gil 15, Dongjak-Gu, Seoul 156-714, South Korea)

  • Yong-Sook Lee

    (Department of Public Administration, Korea University, Anam-Ro 145, Seongbuk-Gu, Seoul 136-701, South Korea)

  • Hye-Ran Hwang

    (Daejeon Development Institute, Jungang-Ro 101, Jung-Gu, Daejeon 301-763, South Korea)

Abstract

This study examines how the Daedeok Science and Technology (S&T) Park, built as a national R&D center, has evolved over time from the perspective of a complex adaptive system. We argue that the Daedeok S&T Park—a planned park exhibiting path-dependent, self-reinforcing trajectories led by the government—has gradually evolved over time, undergoing some tension between nationalizing and regionalizing forces instead of encountering an imminent and radical transformation through the replication of a new model each time. The state's role is highlighted as a creator that ironically leads to the process of the planned park's evolution toward a more cluster-based park by strengthening regional actors' capabilities and changing the structure of governance. The study contributes to the literature on S&T parks by providing an in-depth analysis of an S&T park from an evolutionary perspective, and not from a typical static evaluation, and is based on archival analyses and case studies of ten firms as well as on in-depth interviews with key actors.

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  • Hyungjoo Kim & Yong-Sook Lee & Hye-Ran Hwang, 2014. "Regionalization of Planned S&T Parks: The Case of Daedeok S&T Park in Daejeon, South Korea," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 32(5), pages 843-862, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envirc:v:32:y:2014:i:5:p:843-862
    DOI: 10.1068/c1269r
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