Dr.sc.admin. Iveta Cirule has conducted the Doctoral thesis in 2017/2018 about the mediating role of University business incubators’ between the young entrepreneurs Open Innovation competencies, strategies and performance. Entrepreneurship nowadays is a process of open innovation and start-up companies are “powerful engine of open innovation processes” . Open innovation is the new model of doing innovation and it includes specific strategies (such as inside-out and outside-in activities). In order to use these strategies, nascent entrepreneur needs specific competencies, named open innovation competencies, motivation and partners.
Business incubation is having 3 building blocks - Infrastructure, Business Consultancy, Networking. Now-a-days NETWORKING is the most important. Many incubators, policy makers and Universities are thinking of opening incubator but do not dare due to limited resources. Iveta has some important findings and know-how gained during last 6 years as Head of RISEBA Universiy Creative Business Incubator.
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