Swissparks.ch has initiated an impact analysis on the role of business and technology parks. The four participating centers Bio-Technopark Schlieren-Zurich, Business Parc Reinach, EPFL Innovation Park and Startfeld are characterized by resilient and dynamic companies.
Swissparks.ch has commissioned an impact analysis on the role of business and technology parks in Switzerland's innovation ecosystem, the association of Swiss technology parks and incubators informs in a statement. The centers Bio-Technopark Schlieren-Zurich, Business Parc Reinach, EPFL Innovation Park and Startfeld participated in the benchmarking conducted by BAK Economics and EvalueScience.
The results show that the centers are characterized by resilient and dynamic companies. Overall, only 5 percent of the companies located in the centers in 2015 were no longer active five years later. In this context, the development of the companies still located in the centers in 2020 is comparable to that of the companies that have since left, writes Swissparks.ch.
All centers show a very high percentage of private funding for operating costs, ranging from 67 to 99 percent. According to the release, this indicates "a sustainable business model for the centers and the important role of the private sector." Swisspark.ch also emphasizes the role of the centers as an interface between business and science.
"The results demonstrate the unique role that technology parks and business parks play in the innovation ecosystem," association president René Hausammann is quoted as saying in the release. "A key value is the unprecedented networking that hosted companies experience, both internally and with external sector players such as investors, business development, universities and other technology transfer partners, coaching and support organizations." hs/Cafe Europe