Incubators are going to organize and boost company start-ups based on research results. It provides its support to regional incubators to take advantage of the skills gathered around the Institute. The economic impact of research can be measured by the amount of technology transfers leading to the foundation of technology companies.
Incubators are new tools for the economic development of research.
They essentially consist in networking skills on management, financial, marketing and legal aspects. Incubators complement the technological side of a project by bringing it to a stage where the risks associated with company start-up become acceptable. The final document must constitute the sales talk intended to convince the investors, associates and future collaborators to seriously consider their participation in the new company. Regional initiatives resulted in the creation of regional incubators with the support of the Ministry of Research. Thus an increased support to the economic development of research was set up in Rennes and Nancy at the end of 1999.