Technological innovation territories and networks: experiences in Buenos Aires and Seville

Abstract

The article analyzes policies for the formation of technology districts and parks, understood as innovation means or networks. It compares two cases located in disparate geographical contexts and temporalities, but with complementary purposes: on the one hand, the Cartuja Science and Technology Park in Seville, Spain; on the other, the Technology District in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The methodological proposal includes a systematization of regulations and official documents, along with visits to the territory, photographic records, and interviews with key informants from each district. The results subsidize an analysis of territorial registration and effective conformation of these means of innovation, their articulation with the social and economic needs of the immediate environment, and the purposes of internationalization.

means of innovation; technology districts; public policies; production networks; urban renewal