Studies

Several studies on entrepreneurship development have been conducted by TSI consultants. For the national government a study was done on the policy of appr. 150 large industrial research laboratories, universities and governmental research laboratories about spin-off companies.Important aspects were the corporate policy as well as the individual spin-off entrepreneurs experience. An example is the international benchmark on spin-offs of research centres for the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs. English summary is available.

Important aspects of these studies are:

• Corporate policy;
• Tracing of spin-offs;
• Spin-off potential;
• Opportunities and threats;
• Impact on regional economy;
• How to support spin-offs.