In addition to this, it stimulates university-industry collaborations by implementing business incubators and university-industry liaison facilities. 35 Venture capital:
while the Innovation Park acts as an industrial incubator to stimulate business creation within the cluster
but also on commercialisation (through incubators and liaison activities), private funding and financial/tax incentives for start-ups and (re) location to create greater cluster density and hence critical mass.
incubators, and liaison Private funding strong point: 2/3 of funding from private sources. Chapter 3 Nanotechnology EN 91error!
EN access to UK's most successful bio-incubator, which is located on the Babraham Research Campus. The Cambridge biotechnology cluster has a good balance between academic institutions (e g.
which were and still are supported by number of incubators and Science Parks. Chapter 5 Industrial Biotechnology EN 181error!
it combines top ranked research institutes, world class universities, intense commercial activity with small start-ups as well as multinational companies, incubators, company creators, science parks,
annual exports are $2 billion Classification (Post-)mature (Post-)mature Infrastructure Cluster developed around world leading universities Availability of public and private research facilities Strong incubator:
There is also a network of business incubators or shared infrastructures located in Universities and/or Science Parks to facilitate start-up companies.
The number of professional technology intermediary agents has increased as well as the number of science and technology business incubators (Liu, 2007.
Changsha universities also promote entrepreneurship and new business development (through incubators), assist in technology transfer,
with more than 100 SMES created by around 250 young talents), the Hunan Xinjinrong Technical Incubator and the Oak Garden Enterprise Business Incubation Service.
and resources needed for supporting innovation and business development (e g. science parks, industrial parks, and incubators).
Both clusters do facilitate the development of start-up companies though through a network of business incubators and shared infrastructures.
and start-up support through incubators and shared infrastructure (e g. labs) ) Active regional development agencies Finance Financial support from European
and entrepreneurship in general can be stimulated with incubator firms, business angels, seed-and venture capital. Some clusters also provide business parks
and incubator centres to support these activities. An entrepreneurial spirit in the area is also important
though they also provide supportive infrastructures such as incubators and joint research facilities. Almost all EU countries have at least one cluster programme in place (Furre, 2008.
Next to technology stimulation, government funding was observed to be used to stimulate entrepreneurship through good funding infrastructures and availability of incubators and business parks.
types of incubators and other informal co--working spaces from cafes to maker--spaces. We want to understand how clustering manifests itself in cities and towns across the UK.
and is our third case history at Appendix‘A'.University--Based Technology Enterprise Centres/Parks/Incubators Centres of academic excellence usually universities
incubators (infrastructure for start-ups), technological parks (experimental facilities), technical transfer centers and the system of intellectual property.
which is destined to co-finance centers of technological transfer, office for connection with industry, technological parks and technological incubators.
They estimate that around 50 business incubators have been created but there are no monitoring mechanisms and no efficiency criteria or targets for them.
services and a social enterprise incubator to support new approaches to healthcare. NESTA's research work supports these practical interventions and builds on the research,
For instance one can think of clusters dedicated to social entrepreneurship (as it is being initiated for instance in the South of France) or social enterprise incubator.
Research project, Advocating and campaigning, Maker and hacker spaces, Investing and Funding, Event, Incubators and Accelerators, Advisory or expert body, Education And Training. 3 Technology Trends:
including a focus on incubators with a specific focus on supporting digital social innovators. Incubators typically support innovators in exchange for equity, at pre-seed or seed stage.
There are nearly 100 incubators/accelerators in Europe. Large foundations and charities often play an active role in hosting
and running makerspaces and incubators focusing on supporting DSI. The work by Nesta in the UK, on the tech for good incubator Bethnal Green Ventures,
and the Waag society in Amsterdam, working on setting up and hosting one of Europe's first Fab Labs,
are two examples of this in Europe. In the United states, Code for America provides seed funding, office space,
FUNDING, ACCELLERATION, INCUBATION A range of incubators, accelerators, impact incvestment schemes have been set up by public and private funders to support digital innovation projects.
Although incubators and accelerators have been always around, their presence in aiming to address social challenges has been limited rather to date.
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the call for the creation of an open data incubator within Horizon 2020 aims to help SMES set up supply chains,
open infrastructures Innovation Labs Incubators & accelerators Knowledge sharing & networking Training Standards of evidence framework Impact assessment tools for aocial innovation There is a common sentiment
INCUBATORS & ACCELERATORS Mechanisms that foster social entrepreneurship such as incubators, accelerators or other intermediary platforms are necessary to provide resources in different phases of the development of DSI.
TRANSITION project A good example to foster a European networks of incubators is funded the European commission TRANSITION project.
and is a 30-month project that supports the scaling-up of social innovations across Europe by developing a network of incubators,
The incubator programme run by the UK's Open Data Institute and the DSI accelerator programme run by Bethnal Green Ventures have demonstrated potential in how models developed to support early-stage businesses can be adapted to support
talent attraction schemes Innovation awards Incubators Start-ups support innovation services (business support and coaching) Training
matchmakers Innovation vouchers Support for regional networking of firms Schemes acting on the culture of innovation Individual firms Incubators with'hard'support Traditional'reactive'technology centres Seed
and venture capital funds R&d subsidies or tax incentives Management advice Incubators with'soft'support'Proactive'technology centres Audits,
incubators Global talent attraction in targeted new sectors Strategic intelligence exercises (regional foresight) Complement national investments in research infrastructure Participation in national competitiveness poles/centres
incubators Entrepreneurship stimulation packages Global talent attraction in targeted new sectors Promotion of participation of public and private actors in international technology networks Lobby national government
labour force) S&t parks and incubators Promoting national talent attraction schemes Knowledge vouchers Platforms to define development visions for high tech niches Strategy:
Infrastructure for business creation (incubators) and S&t parks Support for firms to hire qualified graduates Support to regional actors in international public-private knowledge partnerships Support to internationalisation
of business clusters Promotion of innovation in services Technology parks and incubators Innovation vouchers in selected specialisations Place-branding activities Source:
educational and skills development issues, cooperation with local incubators and efficient cluster management, which, all together, will allow clusters fully exploit their potential in the context of smart specialisation.
in particular by making use of the European Cluster Collaboration Platform. 43 41 The Smart Guide to Innovation-Based Incubators,
Research Infrastructures are integrated often in a wider ecosystem encompassing science parks, incubators, sectoral excellence centres, living labs, prototyping centres, intellectual property right (IPR) centres, technology
(or the members of a to-be ERIC) based on regular peer review. 62 The Smart Guide to Innovation-Based Incubators (IBI).
They can also host incubators for spin-offs in science and technology parks and provide valuable input to innovative clusters and networks.
''Developing new business models for SMES','Improving the urban environment','Developing Business incubators,'Supporting the physical and economic regeneration of urban and rural areas and communities,
creative hubs and clusters, networks, incubators and connected infrastructures) and soft (human capital addressing skills and training issues) investment should equally be encouraged. 94 Internationalisation Why should internationalisation be part of smart specialisation?
exploit the development of incubators for social enterprises, and organise a conference on workplace innovation in cooperation with the Flemish government.
and of design-led innovation incubators. Making such support services available more widely will improve business'ability to use design as a driver for innovation.
This calls for improvement in the design innovation competencies of business-development organisations, incubators and other intermediaries in all EU Member States and Associated Countries.
and other actions to improve the capabilities for design-driven innovation among business development organisations, incubators and other intermediaries.
and individuals working in corporate VC, family offices, accelerators and incubators. They will be selected on the basis of objective criteria.
The centres confine themselves, intentionally or actually, to the function of incubators (see also O sterreichisches Institut fu r Raumplanung, 1998.
The milieu is seen as an incubator for innovations and the creativity needed to renew and develop regions.
6 incubator and technology parks (the flagships are‘Cap Alpha'for biotechnology, ‘Cap Omega'for ICT and‘Cap Gamma'for pharmacy) and the start-up-centre CEEI (centre européen d'entreprises et d'innovation) also support the economic development.
For example, the Trust has an innovation centre with incubator units and runs business seminars (Lawton Smith et al. 1998.
IPF's approach has been that of a policy incubator in the implementation of the European Innovation Plan both in terms of challenges addressed
incubators), and amongst industrial liaison offices in public research organisations to strengthen public-private links. The network of Business Innovation Centres (BIC's) throughout Europe specifically supports SME's in the development of innovative technologies
and of design-led innovation incubators. Making such support services available more widely will improve business'ability to use design as a driver for innovation.
This calls for improvement in the design innovation competencies of business-development organisations, incubators and other intermediaries in all EU Member States and Associated Countries.
and other actions to improve the capabilities for design-driven innovation among business development organisations, incubators and other intermediaries.
and individuals working in corporate VC, family offices, accelerators and incubators. They will be selected on the basis of objective criteria.
The desirability of close contacts between suppliers of funds and those requiring finance also points to the importance of regional and local initiatives, support of business angel networks and business incubators. and not to a lack of funds.
Such equity programmes should be created in parallel with the development and support of regional and local business angel networks as well as business incubators.
In their model to evaluate incubators, Bergek and Norrman (2008) discussed various approaches through which incubators choose their candidate-firms.
Klofsten (1992b) looked at the way in which technology-based enterprises progress in their development.
Incubator best practice: A framework. Technovation 28,20 28. Bhide, A. 2000. The origin of evolution of new businesses.
either require space in an incubator or in managed workspace depending on the technical complexity of the business
creating incubators and business networks. Another example is the‘4d Cities'project64, aimed at promoting innovation as well as the knowledge economy in the field of health.
when dealing with incubators and real estate offers, with links between existing companies and start-ups, but at regional level when dealing with financing (seed capital,
iv) hosting incubators for spin-offs in science and technology parks and; v) providing input to innovative clusters and networks.
including incubators, Engineering centre, Suppliers Village among other services. The knowledge base stems from the School of Aeronautic Engineers and the rest of applied studies from the Universities of Seville, Pablo de Olavide, Cádiz and Córdoba.
Both generations of RIS were focused primarily on supporting start-ups (incubators financial services, consulting and the establishment of a centre for technology transfer.
i) incubation programme-three business incubators with more than 7000 m2 office and laboratory space, micro-loan fund.
Future development for smart specialisation The first two generations of RIS were mainly about the development of incubators and services for innovative start-ups.
and business incubators, offering support for start-up companies through offices at favourable prices, know-how transfer, etc.
the development of ICT Technology Incubator (established in 2008) and the Malopolska IT Park (the project will be finished in 2012
All of these tasks lay the foundation for the funding programmes (e g. technological incubator programme) in support of the dynamic growth of SMES with fast growth potential and technology-intensive young companies.
The completion of the technological incubator programme ensures the environmental conditions-the so-called ecosystem-required for the permanent growth of young innovative micro-and small enterprises (gazelles.
incubator programme; mentoring; intellectual property protection advices ERDF, KTIA Pre-commercial procurement--Legislative relaxations Seed capital in relation to market entry of a product Central and decentralized innovation services;
and small enterprises that can improve their chances of success. The business incubator (house) means such joint industrial
business culture, qualification of the labour force, education and training institutions, services supporting innovation, technology transfer mechanisms, R&d and ICT infrastructure, mobility of researchers, business incubators
Thus SMES benefit from special conditions, such as clusters, incubators and early support from venture capitalists. In consequence SMES deserve particular attention
Eighty percent of the business ideas that reach our incubator or the general community of start-up companies are from Skype,
Thus it is a successful incubator organization, not just nurturing robotics start-ups but introducing robots into the sector of the economy that uses them least today, SMES.
with a remit to integrate resources for knowledge, skills, infrastructure and innovation expertise, among universities, science parks, incubators,
The incubator provides innovation support to disseminate its techniques and competence across the region. Robotdalen builds up flexible teams for each innovation or integration problem,
the Hartnett Enterprise and Acceleration Centre (HEAC) an on-campus incubator for innovation and growth driven business start-ups in the Midwest Region;
Incubator space is also important but must be complemented by business support services to ensure that use of the space is proactively assisting business development
business incubators, new financing sources and local creative potential. Good governing is also essential. The performance in the field of innovation varies widely inside the UE,
of the sectors with competitive regional advantages such as the ITC sector The development of the industry driven research The development of the business incubators
tech-shops) and the spreading of incubator services. Closer cooperation develops between the academic and the corporate sectors.
universities, research institutes, platforms, clusters, technology transfer organisations and incubators civil organisations and chambers entrepreneurs:
SMES, large companies, spin-off companies, start-ups, incubators, investors, clusters, RIA's, technology transfer organizations, industrial and science parks, etc.
, by means of the accessible services of business incubators funded by the state in a structure compliant with the market, supported venture capital constructions and guarantee funds,
/files/meeting-procurementfeb2012/summary-eu-supportpublic-procurement-innovative-solutions en. pdf 81 Incubator programme The technology incubators have become an integral part of the economic policy toolkit of the developed
Corporate incubators represent a complex service system or a kind of protected business environment provided to the technology start-ups on a temporary basis. It aims to provide resources,
Hungary has started a shared understanding between the government and the business operators on the promotion of the domestic business incubators and the opportunities for the development of the so-called start-up culture.
The full operation of the incubator programme is aligned to the business model and operation of start-ups, incubators and accelerators.
forms of funding to be provided to the incubators, method of accountability, ensuring the rapid response of the framework to the corporate and market developments,
The incubator programme induces the following positive changes: much more ideas and developments reach the end-product stage, Hungary hosts technological innovations,
x x to be elaborated Pilot incubator programme x x x x 1 Elaboration of further pilot projects x x to be elaborated 1-professional supervisor and controller;
Research project, Advocating and campaigning, Maker and hacker spaces, Investing and Funding, Event, Incubators and Accelerators, Advisory or expert body, Education And Training. 3 Technology Trends:
including a focus on incubators with a specific focus on supporting digital social innovators. Incubators typically support innovators in exchange for equity, at pre-seed or seed stage.
There are nearly 100 incubators/accelerators in Europe. Large foundations and charities often play an active role in hosting
and running makerspaces and incubators focusing on supporting DSI. The work by Nesta in the UK, on the tech for good incubator Bethnal Green Ventures,
and the Waag society in Amsterdam, working on setting up and hosting one of Europe's first Fab Labs,
are two examples of this in Europe. In the United states, Code for America provides seed funding, office space,
FUNDING, ACCELLERATION, INCUBATION A range of incubators, accelerators, impact incvestment schemes have been set up by public and private funders to support digital innovation projects.
Although incubators and accelerators have been always around, their presence in aiming to address social challenges has been limited rather to date.
AND CAMPAIGNING EVENT INCUBATORS AND ACCELERATORS MAKER AND HACKER SPACES ADVISORY OR EXPERT BODY INVESTMENT AND FUNDING 152 26 13 74 76 70 30 30 31 32 0 Project
the call for the creation of an open data incubator within Horizon 2020 aims to help SMES set up supply chains,
open infrastructures Innovation Labs Incubators & accelerators Knowledge sharing & networking Training Standards of evidence framework Impact assessment tools for aocial innovation There is a common sentiment
INCUBATORS & ACCELERATORS Mechanisms that foster social entrepreneurship such as incubators, accelerators or other intermediary platforms are necessary to provide resources in different phases of the development of DSI.
TRANSITION project A good example to foster a European networks of incubators is funded the European commission TRANSITION project.
and is a 30-month project that supports the scaling-up of social innovations across Europe by developing a network of incubators,
The incubator programme run by the UK's Open Data Institute and the DSI accelerator programme run by Bethnal Green Ventures have demonstrated potential in how models developed to support early-stage businesses can be adapted to support
which recently named the top university business incubator in Europe. CETSQUARED is the enterprise collaboration between University of Bath, University of Bristol, University of Exeter, University of Southampton and University of Surrey 25.
This position would also mean greater independency and responsibility for the university as rights holder, rights owner, licensor and start-up/incubator.
as well as incubators and accelerators driven by investors). Table 1: Types of innovation labs and their main features 13 Lab features Cop constellation Objectives Role of government Time horizon Policy labs Civil servants and external experts
Technology Incubator (IL), EIT ICT Labs (EU) In the next two sections we will discuss each type of lab,
Investors either provide an incubator, act as business developers or accelerators or they organise education programmes for entrepreneurship.
Found Fair Ventures Found Fair Ventures is an incubator and company builder founded by the investor Burckhardt Bonello in 2010 in Berlin-Mitte.
Living Lab Incubator The incubator is a workshop and office environment where any kind of equipment,
Philips Design and ABN AMRO Dialogues Incubator launched a first financial wearable concept car. The tool, Rationalizer was used to enhance the psychological knowledge of a customer.
while he was working at ABN AMRO Dialogues Incubator. In 2010, Dialogues Incubator halted the further development of this accessory.
Philips still uses this prototype for further studies. For more information, check out: www. mirrorofemotions. com. Market Success Factors The new paradigm of Open Innovation 2. 0 will certainly enter the scene in the creation of this market space.
business support institutions (science parks, business/technology incubators; financial support institutions for new technology-based firms (public and private venture capital firms, angel networks, seed capital funds, etc..
Knowledge & Innovation Mkt Business Incubator Network SW for idea management Observatory Expert entrepreneurs Lead customers Expert professors Mixed team (technicians+MBA
Furthermore, the KIC's incubator is hosted by‘Creapolis',the ESADE Business school innovation centre in Sant Cugat.
participation in an incubation programme hosted by one of a European network of business incubators and their ecosystems,
A European network of business incubators and their ecosystems qualified to host early-stage, pre-seed start-ups, offering a choice of geographic location and specialisation.
incubation of selected grantees in a public-private funded nonprofit business incubator network across Europe as well as virtual incubation and embedding in the innovation ecosystems these incubators are a part of provision of training,
The Openeyif implementation project website and websites of the incubators and their ecosystem actors, social media networks, blogs, specialised discussion forums, technology news sites and through targeted advertising (e g.
Promotional events & activities (hosted locally by participating incubators and ecosystems as well as road shows and external events:
Open EYIF foresees a three-month residency programme in a network of fully-equipped business incubators, with technical training and support
The Incubator network's dual missions will be: To facilitate and accelerate the development of the early-stage pre-seed ventures,
and inducing policy-makers and business leaders to share the risk by actively supporting youth innovation The network of business incubators across Europe will provide the grantees their choice of geographic location and specialisation.
The programme offered by the incubators will consist of several topics like Needs Filtering and Business plans, Brainstorming and Prototyping, Business models and Finance, Concept Development & Implementation,
As regards real estate, innovative start-ups may benefit from business incubators as well as science and technology centres.
, Finnish Growth Company Service, Vigo) and Norway (Incubator Grant, Seed capital scheme, Nyvekst. Further European countries with such policies include Estonia (Estonian Development Fund), France (Gazelles Programme, France Gazelles fund), Ireland (High tech Startup programme), Netherlands (Growth Accelerator Groeiversneller),
VIGO is a type of incubator that focuses on young enterprises with high growth potential.
office and workshop space in incubators and technology parks, support for intellectual property protection, tax exemptions, export support,
Business incubators The SMBA supports business incubators which are operated usually by universities and public research institutes.
Technological Incubators Programme("Hamamot":"Incubators have been a major tool in the Israeli policy for support of R&d in SMES over the last two decades.
The Hamamot programme has been underway since 1991. The programme supplies entrepreneurs with physical premises, financial resources, professional guidance and administrative assistance,
An incubator company receives a development grant of up to 500,000 US dollar for a period of two years.
Over the last decade, the Technological Incubators Programme has gone through a process of privatisation during
which the ownership of the different incubators passed to private hands, while the OCS is still maintaining an administrative and supervising role.
Today, 21 incubators are active. Over the 19 years of the programme's existence, 1, 209 companies"graduated"from the incubators,
and about 37%of them have survived and are still independently active. An evaluation of the programme in 2009 pointed out that the programme played a crucial role in building the entrepreneurial spirit that exists in Israel today,
Kaufman Dan, Gore oz,(2009) Preliminary Evaluation of the Israeli Technological Incubators Programme, Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies.
An Evaluation of the Israeli Technological Incubators Programme and its Projects, The Samuel Neeman Institute of advanced Studies in Science and Technology.
and Innovation Centre Network Develop growth-oriented science parks and incubators Incentives (motivation) Income Direct National regulation no specific role for EU except opinion leadership Design
http://city. chinaassisto r. com/Beijing/2007/12 12/1197441533 2939. html***Gazelle Valley by High-tech Incubator in Xi'an The High-tech Incubator in Xi'an set up a Gazelle Valley
As regards real estate, innovative start-ups may benefit from business incubators as well as science and technology centres.
, Finnish Growth Company Service, Vigo) and Norway (Incubator Grant, Seed capital scheme, Nyvekst. Further European countries with such policies include Estonia (Estonian Development Fund), France (Gazelles Programme, France Gazelles fund), Ireland (High tech Startup programme), Netherlands (Growth Accelerator Groeiversneller),
VIGO is a type of incubator that focuses on young enterprises with high growth potential.
office and workshop space in incubators and technology parks, support for intellectual property protection, tax exemptions, export support,
Business incubators The SMBA supports business incubators which are operated usually by universities and public research institutes.
Technological Incubators Programme("Hamamot":"Incubators have been a major tool in the Israeli policy for support of R&d in SMES over the last two decades.
The Hamamot programme has been underway since 1991. The programme supplies entrepreneurs with physical premises, financial resources, professional guidance and administrative assistance,
An incubator company receives a development grant of up to 500,000 US dollar for a period of two years.
Over the last decade, the Technological Incubators Programme has gone through a process of privatisation during
which the ownership of the different incubators passed to private hands, while the OCS is still maintaining an administrative and supervising role.
Today, 21 incubators are active. Over the 19 years of the programme's existence, 1, 209 companies"graduated"from the incubators,
and about 37%of them have survived and are still independently active. An evaluation of the programme in 2009 pointed out that the programme played a crucial role in building the entrepreneurial spirit that exists in Israel today,
Kaufman Dan, Gore oz,(2009) Preliminary Evaluation of the Israeli Technological Incubators Programme, Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies.
An Evaluation of the Israeli Technological Incubators Programme and its Projects, The Samuel Neeman Institute of advanced Studies in Science and Technology.
and Innovation Centre Network Develop growth-oriented science parks and incubators Incentives (motivation) Income Direct National regulation no specific role for EU except opinion leadership Design
http://city. chinaassisto r. com/Beijing/2007/12 12/1197441533 2939. html***Gazelle Valley by High-tech Incubator in Xi'an The High-tech Incubator in Xi'an set up a Gazelle Valley
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