This document summarizes business support infrastructure in Poland from 2013. It outlines the types of support organizations that exist, including technology parks, incubators, technology transfer offices, and funds. Statistics are provided on the numbers of these organizations from 1995 to 2012. The strengths and weaknesses of the business support system are described. Finally, the document discusses plans to improve the system from 2014 to 2020, with a focus on better integrating support at the regional and local levels and strengthening cooperation between different organizations.

1. 2013
Anna Brussa
Polish Agency for Enterprise Development (PARP)
Growth-oriented entrepreneurship
and innovation environment in Poland
The Hague, November 7, 2013

2. Types of activities of BSI in Poland (2012)
 40 technology parks
+ 14 parks initiatives;
35,2% (289) of all BSI activities
 29 technology incubators;
 69 technology transfer offices;
 73 preincubators and academic
business incubators;
 68 seed capital funds;
 10 business angels networks;
 58 business incubators;
 86 loan funds;
 55 guarantee funds;
 319 training and advisory
centres.
25% (206) are members of KSU

3. Technology parks
1995
1
2000
3
2014 - 2020
2004
12
2010 2012
24 (+21) 40 (+14)
Elements of the support infrastructure
in the parks (% parks equipped) - 2012

4. Technology incubators
2007
16
2010
20
2012
29
Consultancy and training offered at technology incubators
(implemented in % of TIs, 2011):
commercial law
47%
finance and taxes (accountancy)
53 (+60)%
business plan development
73%
market research and marketing
67%
implementation of new products and technologies
53%
protection of intellectual property
53%
business management
60%
international cooperation
40%
quality management
33%
technology audit
40%
human resources management
53%
2014 - 2020
1995
4

5. Technology transfer centres
1995
1
2000
20
2004
39
2010
90
2012
69
Technology transfer and commercialization
Promotion of scientific achievements
Protection of intellectual property
Consultancy and trainings for SMEs
Consultancy and trainings for large enterprises
Preparing a grant application
Information about EU programmes
Assistance in establishing an enterprise
Other
30%
13,40%
10,50%
10,30%
1,10%
9,60%
8,50%
6,20%
10,30%
2014 - 2020
Consultancy and training offered at TTCs (% of TTCs activity, 2011):

6. Weaknesses of BSI
Strengths of BSI
 Diversity: entrepreneurship
support infrastructure in Poland
consists of different types of
innovation and entrepreneurship
entities;

 Substantial contribution: an
increasing role of support
infrastructure in the process of
the Polish economy innovation
development;
 Independence of institutions in
their activities and the ability to
quickly respond to the
entrepreneurs needs.
 Disintegration of different levels
of support (not effective
cooperation central – region);
 Poor co-operation with other
entities of regional innovation
systems, including business
environment institutions;
 Large rotation of professional staff,
the centres need constant support in
raising qualifications. Weak
commercialization competencies;
 Financing instability.

7. BSI in Poland 2014 - 2020
• Enhance the
regional potential
with competencies
and infrastructure
• Regional smart
specialisations
support
• Key players of
regional
innovation system
Key BSI:
active partner or leader for R&I
projects, key cluster
coordinators, support for bus.
research with global impact
Regional BSI:
active support for
enterprises/research in order to
achieve innovation development
BSI for entrepreneurship:
training&advisory services, incubation, IP
support, technology transfer, etc.
• Global scale
competitiveness
• National smart
specialisations support
• Part of „national
research potential map”

8. Central level
- national smart specialisations
Regional level
- regional smart specialisations
Global Market
needs & trend
analyses
Standards for
common services
and organisation
management
Key BSI
Innovation
Pilot projects
Internationalisation
New competencies
&services
High-growth
and innovative
SMEs
EXPANSION
Monitoring of
regional/ local
demand
Regional BSI
Pre-/Incubation
Technology transfer
Information&Traning
&advisory services
Financial services
SMEs
ACCELERATION

9. 2014-2020: BSI for SME’s
BSI –
preincubation
stage
BSI –
acceleration
stage
BSI –
start up
stage
• Soft
landing
• IP strategy
Preincuba
• Proof of
tion
concept
• Business
model
• Seed funds
• Incubation
Start up • IP
manageme
nt
BSI –
expansion
stage
• Soft
landing
• Innovation
Accelerati
strategy
on
• IP
manageme
nt
• Soft
Expansion landing
• VC funds

10. Local innovation eco-systems
Gdańsk/Gdynia
Poznań
Wrocław
Kraków
maps.google.com

11. Gdańsk and Gdynia
Pomeranian Science and Technology Park
www.ppnt.gdynia.pl
Network between science and business in
areas such as ICT, life
science, design, robotics and engineering.
Gdansk Medical Univ. TTO
www.naukaibiznes.gumed.edu.pl
Gdansk Tech. Univ. TTO
www.ctwt.pg.gda.pl
„Starter” Incubator
www.inkubatorstarter.pl
We alter the future and way of thinking by
creating future winners – from preschoolers
to businessmen.
Gdansk Science and Technology Park
www.gpnt.pl
Park is a place where the idea turns into a
real cooperation between Voivodship, the
city and the Technical University.
Pomeranian Tech. Park
„Starter” Incubator
Gdansk Tech. Univ.
Gdansk Medical Univ.
Gdansk Tech. Park
maps.google.com

12. Poznań
Poznan Science and Tech. Park
www.ppnt.poznan.pl
First Technology Park in Poland
(since 1995), links to the Poznan
University and R&D institutes
„Inqbator”
www.inqbator.pl
Winner of the "Best Science Based
Incubator 2009"
Nickel Technology Park
Inqbator
Poznan Technology Park
Poznan Tech. Univ. TTO
www.ciritt.put.poznan.pl
Nickel Technology Park
www.ntpp.pl
Poland’s first non-public
technology park, successfully
operating.
Poznan University TTO
www.preinkubator.amu.edu.pl
Poznan University
Poznan Tech. University
maps.google.com

13. Wrocław
Wrocław Incubator
Wrocław Technology Park
Wrocław
Agriculture
Univ.
WCTT
Wrocław
Technology Univ.
maps.google.com
Wrocław Technology Park
www.technologpark.pl
The biggest technology
park in Poland create and
stimulate conditions for
the use of scientific
potential of Wrocław
Wrocław Technology Incubator
www.technologpark.pl/pl/daip
Wrocław Technology Univ.
Incubator
www.inkubator.pwr.wroc.pl
Wrocław Technology Transfer
Center
www.wctt.pl
First Technology Transfer
Center in Poland (since 1995)

14. Kraków
LifeScience Park
www.jci.pl
A complex designed
exclusively with the aim to
create the optimum
environment for the growth
of life sciences.
Krakow
Tech. Univ.:
Incubator
Krakow Tech. Univ.:
TTO
Krakow Technology Park
AGH Incubator
AGH TTO
„CITTRU”
Krakow Tech. Univ.
TTO www.transfer.edu.pl
Incubator www.aip.pk.edu.pl
Krakow Technology Park
www.kpt.krakow.pl
Manages a special economic zone
(628 ha), Małopolska Information
Technology Park, Incubator and
3 Clusters
Jagiellonian Univ. TTO „CITTRU”
www.cittru.uj.edu.pl
LifeScience Park
maps.google.com
AGH University of Science and Technology
TTO: www.ctt.agh.edu.pl
Incubator www.aip.agh.edu.pl

15. 2013
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