Networking internationally: the way of the future

Like numerous high tech parks around the globe, we, at the Quebec Metro High Tech Park (QMHTP), were conscious of the importance of opening up to world in order to keep up with the latest trends and to create opportunities for our companies. In recent years, the QMHTP management has decided to take action: we hired an international marketing specialist, we organized last years IASP World Conference and we developed formal ties with foreign parks. This paper aims at sharing the Parks initiatives towards internationalization. Prior to discussing these initiatives, it presents the context in which the Park was created. Subsequently, the bilateral and multilateral approaches used toward reaching internationalization are discussed and, lastly, we introduce the concept of innovation process and its relation to the Parks international cooperation.