Establishing Virtual Enterprises in Science and Technology Parks: The Analysis of Trends in Czech Science and Technology Parks

The purpose of the contribution is to present the virtual enterprise and its positive influence on the companys competitiveness. The first part of the contribution is focused on the virtual enterprise. The virtual enterprise is new and dynamic way for enhancing the competitiveness of the company. However small and medium enterprises are limited by their resources and capabilities to effectively implement modern types of corporate structure such as virtual enterprise. Therefore science and technology parks should be prepared to provide a sufficient support in enhancing tenants competitiveness. However the support should be focused only on particular part of the virtual enterprise lifecycle dynamic phase. Dynamic phase is consisted of partner identification and enterprise configuration. The second part of the contribution is focused on the survey amongst science and technology park tenants. The results are that tenants already have experience with similar cooperation to the virtual enterprise and therefore the implementation would not be that hostile. Secondly, the tenants would welcome a support from the science and technology parks in terms of virtual enterprise implementation.