Pardis Technology Park and its Effects on Sustainability in the Development of Science and Technology Parks (STPs) in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Abstract

Pardis Technology Park (PTP) is a place for companies with highly skilled, professionally advanced and comprehensive technologies that qualify support from the government. The proximity of these knowledge-based- companies concentrated in pockets of scientific parks creates convergence in technology and skills leading to the opening of new avenues of cooperation. Consequently, the interaction among these companies leads to advanced commercialization. Pardis Technology Park is Iran's Silicon Valley. It is an organization that aims to transfer experiences and expertise of top and successful entrepreneurs to the incoming generation of scientists and technocrats, thus creating successful business models. The goal of this paper is to introduce Pardis Technology Park throughout the Islamic Republic of Iran to provide business opportunities among companies via technological interactions among them.