Science Parks as Central Agents for Regional Development Strategies Based on the Promotion of Cluster Capacity for Disruptive Innovation

This articles aims at discussing the role of Science Parks as central agents for regional development\nstrategies based on the promotion of cluster capacity to compete on a disruptive innovation basis. This article\nspecifically inter-relates the clusters and the Science Parks as strategies for regional development,\nemphasizing the disruptive innovation as a requirement for the competitiveness of a region, a limitation for\nthe clusters and a potential as well as a challenge to Science Parks.