Abstract

This article sums up the results of a research oriented to analyse dynamics and outputs related to the development of two technological parks: the Area Science Park of Trieste and the VeGa of Venezia. The research has tried to find an answer to the following question: what is the regulation model more efficient to implement efficient innovation policies? In the Area Science Park, good innovation performance appears strictly connected to strong regulation of the technological transfer process. In the VeGa, differently, low innovation performances are combined with a weak regulation. The article concludes that institutional settings at the local level can be powered by a model of governance innovation able to combine autonomous interactions among main actors involved in technological innovation with a strong regulation of the process by the innovation broker.