Cooperation or Competition?

Abstract

The Arnhem/Nijmegen/Wageningen region is a region in which a lot of innovation takes place, a lot of knowledge is gained and a lot of entrepreneurs are located. Governments try to boost these economic developments. A solution is to create economical interesting locations like Science Parks, Campuses or accelerator programs. Do these programs and locations cooperate? Do they compete? What can they do together and where are interesting changes. This thesis elaborates on this topic and with over a year of infield research this thesis gives insight on the possibilities in the region