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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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