Exploring the influence factors for creation one Knowledge hub of Science Park: Comparison between Silicon Valley and Hsinchu Science Park

Abstract

The industrial economy has been changed due to the globalization that the science park become a key factor to a national economic competitiveness. The science park plays an important role at new technological innovation development and high-tech industries development. It relates the whole national economic growth and industry's innovative capabilities. This study through literature review, AHP and expert method draw out these influence factors and conceptual framework. These main influence domain factors include “Technology Knowledge (TK), Knowledge Spillover (KS), Learning Environment (LE), Innovation Performance (IP), Absorptive Capacity (AC), and Regional Development (RD).” This research through expert's questionnaire and AHP method outcome which factors have direct impact and which factors have indirect effects to the knowledge hub of Science Park. The results states “Innovation Performance (IP)” is the most important factor in main-factor domain, which is very important factor for creating knowledge hub of Science Park. Under “Technology Knowledge (TK)” domain the respondents of Silicon Valley and Hsinchu Science Park have consensus selection “Organization trust” the most important sub-factor for this domain. The “Market orientation” also was evaluated the most important sub-factor in “Innovation Performance (IP)” main factor domain. In “Regional Development” main factor shows out “Localized competition” was the most important sub-factor for building up knowledge hub of Science Park. The experts of Silicon Valley and Hsinchu Science Park are more consensus viewpoint on creating one high-tech knowledge hub of Science Park.