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The main purpose of this research work is to conduct an in-depth analysis of the existing relations between organizations located in Science and Technology Parks (STPs). The aim is to analyze the extent to which the entities located at Walqa Technology Park (Spanish acronym PTW), situated in Huesca, interrelate, and which factors have an influence in these relations. To this end, a total of 56 organizations located at PTW were encouraged to participate, via personal interview or e-mail. Later on, the network of relations formed by the different agents of the park were analyzed, verifying the hypothesis that states that the relations between them depend on the characteristics of the entities; in this case, on the type of entity, size and activity sector. A study of different properties of the network and of the nodes were studied, such as the density of the network and of the agents per se, the degree of centrality of an entity, the centralization rate as well as the degree of intermediation. With a response rate of 96 %, the main results show that, as a result of the relations established, the companies set up at PTW obtain: opening up of new markets and business credibility. Based on an overall perspective, the appearance of marked centrality patterns that group together entities such as technology centres and universities in the centre of the network, can clearly be observed, the reason being that they combine the largest number of technology collaborations and staff collaboration. From the viewpoint of size, small companies appear in the central network with a very high number of collaborations. Finally, depending on the sector, it can be seen that the most interrelated are those that belong to the ICT sector followed by those from the engineering and energy sector. |
