01586nas a2200157   4500008004100000245009400041210006900135260001800204300000900222520096800231100002101199700002201220700002401242700001901266856014301285       2014                        eng d00aRevisiting the role of Incubators during Fiscal Austerity Times: The Case of PSP, Greece.0 aRevisiting the role of Incubators during Fiscal Austerity Times   c18 - 20 June   a1-443 a<p class="rtejustify">European financial crisis has raised questions about the sustainability and the contribution of Innovation anchors especially in Southern European countries such as Greece. Based on the concept of Regional Innovation Systems we introduce a methodological approach which allows for the evaluation of the performance of Science and Technology Parks performance under different intensity levels of Government Expenditures on R&amp;D which is considered as the dominant a policy instrument. Our framework relies on the estimation of efficiency indices which come out of a multi input - multi output knowledge production function approach. The region under scrutiny is Western Greece and its corresponding Science Park for the period from 2000-2009. The main empirical finding suggests that, due to institutional and other factors, the contribution of PSP, as it has been formed in last decade, is negative in fostering innovation activitie</p>
1 aBouras, Christos1 aTsekouras, Kostas1 aKokkinos, Vasileios1 aGkypali, Areti  uhttps://telematics.upatras.gr/telematics/publications/revisiting-role-incubators-during-fiscal-austerity-times-case-psp-greece?language=el