Planning for Higher Education Journal

Toward Commercializing University Research in the Caribbean

Creating a Science and Technology Park Model

From Volume 47 Number 4 | July–September 2019

By Indrani Bachan-Persad

Challenges: Funding Uncertainty

Planning Types: Resource Planning

Tags: External Collaboration / Partnerships, Public-Private Partnerships (P3), Science / Engineering Facility, Technology Transfer

Institution(s) referenced in this resource:
The University of the West Indies, The University of the West Indies-St Augustine Campus, The University of the West Indies-Mona Campus, The University of the West Indies-Cave Hill Campus

This article explores whether the development of science and technology parks by The University of the West Indies (UWI) is the best solution for commercializing university research through academic spin-off businesses and as a means to supporting dwindling regional economies.

The article discusses two international best-practice technology parks in the United Kingdom and a study of the only technology park in the Caribbean. Further, a gap analysis was conducted of all existing functions/institutes/centers across three main campuses in the countries of Jamaica, Barbados, and Trinidad and Tobago, which perform similar types of functions as technology parks.

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Toward Commercializing University Research in the Caribbean