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bureaucratic. First-tier funding for research will as of 2010 be allocated
according to new performance indicators, including bibliometric research
indicators aiming at measuring the quality of research.
Conclusion
The focus of policy in innovation has been on the commercialisation of
research, primarily through university patenting and science parks. Given
that the effectiveness of both these instruments is in question, some
reconsideration is warranted. The Øresund Science Region could benefit
from further rationalisation of the commercialisation of research. Incentives
for quality of public research and development appear to be linked to the
funding mechanisms for public research.
2.5 Entrepreneurship policies
Entrepreneurship plays an important role in generating economic growth
in cities. This section describes the main actors in entrepreneurship policies
in Copenhagen and their vision and policies; it also assesses their policies
and the critical issues in the regional governance of entrepreneurship. 8
Responsibilities of the main actors
The Regional Centre of Growth in the Capital Region or Business Link
Greater Copenhagen Area is an important actor in business services,
employing around 25 people on a budget of DKK 20 million in 2008,
primarily via a state grant. The main tasks of the centre in the Capital
Region are to provide information, advice and mediation, as well as the
administration of projects financed by the EU Structural Funds, the Capital
Region and others. Information is provided via a website, a hotline and
meetings organised by the centre, and advice through guidance, mentoring,
coaching and networks. Mediation is conducted through private advisers,
public organisations and banks. Important projects initiated by Business
Link Greater Copenhagen Area are the Copenhagen Innovation Centre and
the Fashion Accelerator.
The Capital Region mainly provides visions and funding. Regional
visions for the business area are formulated in the Regional Business
Development Strategies and are drafted by regional growth forums in which
representatives of business, education and government participate. In line
with that vision, regions fund different business development projects. The
Capital Region, for example, supports the Copenhagen Innovation Centre
and the Fashion Accelerator, a project of the Business Link Greater