A hypothetical model for the design and development of a science and technology park in the developing countries

This study develops an appropriate model for Science and Technology Park (STP) with a view to helping policy makers and STP managers implement and manage STP. The authors reorganize and prioritize the Cabral-Dahab Science Park Management Paradigm. The study identifies three critical groups of actors: determinants, reactors and executors and four sub-models were developed from the trajectories of the groups of actors: SmA, SmB, SmC and SmD. The authors place more emphasis on the determinants as the most important actors in the establishment and management of STP. A critical evaluation of the models reveals that the last sub-model was found to be the most appropriate for most of the developing countries. The paper concludes that determinants and policy makers should see STPs as a long term investment.