Corporate portal as a core of the innovation ecosystem of a technopark
This article is the first to consider the possibility of using corporate portals as one of the tools for creating an innovation ecosystem in technoparks. Application of modern “ecosystem approach” is substantiated by the author. The given approach allows considering technopark as an innovation ecosystem, in which close integration ties and cooperation between science, education institutions and business are being developed and which forms a favorable environment for creation, transfer and commercialization of knowledge. The author of the article proposes to establish a corporate portal for technoparks which will become a core of such an ecosystem. For this purpose, tasks to be accomplished by means of the technopark corporate portal were outlined. Further, methodological recommendations for the formation of the basic structure of technopark corporate portal were developed in accordance with the outlined tasks and based on technical capacities of modern portals. The basic structural components, according to the author, should become the social network, “news feed”, web-forum and calendar of events of the technopark. In the author’s opinion, the social network should become а key component of the technopark corporate portal, which will contribute to closer cooperation of people who work in various organizations within a technopark and the knowledge transfer between them. It was concluded that creation of technopark corporate portal will not only enable establishing and strengthening collaboration ties between science, education institutions and business, but will also enhance informal communications between those working in technopark including staff members of various organizations and entrepreneurs who are working on their own startup projects.