THE CABRAL-DAHAB SCIENCE PARK MANAGEMENT PARADIGM - AN INTRODUCTION

The Cabral-Dahab Science Park Management Paradigm has posed an importa nt challenge to researchers, managers and policy-makers. Eight papers which validate and apply the paradigm are presented in this Special Is sue. The papers cover a sufficient variety of countries to reinforce t he importance of the paradigm from a global perspective: Brazil, Swede n, USA, China and Kuwait. While traditional organizational forms and s ystems encounter difficulties in the global economy, the science park, when properly managed, offers a potentially successful university-ind ustry interface. The ten points of the Cabral-Dahab Paradigm provide g uidance for success. The papers also provide a new definition of innov ation and, as a consequence, of science park.