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Technopark is an institution aiming at the commercialization of the information produced under the leadership of a university or research institution. Technoparks provide financial and technical support to entrepreneurs. It is also named as the innovation center, the science park. The world’s first technopark is the Stanford Research Park (Silicon Valley), founded in 1952 in the United States under Stanford University. Establishment of technoparks to encourage innovation in local development is called “Technopark Model” in the literature. The aim of the study is to analyze the technopark model in local development in Emilia-Romagna (E-R) of Italy and the Shannon region of Ireland. In this context, technoparks established to accelerate the economic development of the development agency ERVET of Emilia-Romagna region and the development agency SD of the Shannon region have been revealed through establishment and development processes. The subject was examined by qualitative research methods using document analysis technique. The analysis yielded the following results: a)Technoparks contributed to local development through aspects such as production, employment, R&D, innovation. b)Sectoral Innovation System and Regional Innovation System have been established by connecting technoparks via network.

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