Innovation Centers in Poland - Portal Innowacji
Innovation Centers in Poland - Portal Innowacji
Innovation Centers in Poland - Portal Innowacji
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Technology parks<br />
Technology Parks are organized <strong>in</strong>dustrial<br />
complexes, whose primary function is to support<br />
bus<strong>in</strong>esses that operate <strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>novative sectors<br />
and offer hi-tech products and services.<br />
The idea of creat<strong>in</strong>g strong bonds between all entities<br />
that support <strong>in</strong>novative enterprises is best put <strong>in</strong>to<br />
practice <strong>in</strong> Technology Parks. They all have cooperation<br />
agreements with universities <strong>in</strong> place and most of them<br />
work with municipal <strong>in</strong>stitutions, other technology parks<br />
and R&D units, while some also cooperate with sister parks<br />
and venture capital <strong>in</strong>stitutions. The vast majority of Polish<br />
technology parks has decided to specialize with<strong>in</strong> one or<br />
a few sectors.<br />
For bus<strong>in</strong>esses, knowledge access and practical commercialization<br />
possibilities that parks provide are the most<br />
important benefits result<strong>in</strong>g from operat<strong>in</strong>g with<strong>in</strong> parks.<br />
Entrepreneurship and technology <strong>in</strong>cubators <strong>in</strong> the parks<br />
enable <strong>in</strong>dividuals with good ideas to start their own<br />
bus<strong>in</strong>esses on preferential terms. Such companies benefit<br />
from numerous tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g courses, consultancy, the park’s<br />
<strong>in</strong>frastructure and technical facilities, all of which <strong>in</strong>crease<br />
their chances of succeed<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the market.<br />
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