Our focus
The research group focuses on connecting regional policy to strengthen international entrepreneurship and cross-border ecosystems, and in so doing creating more opportunities for entrepreneurs in the region.
Innovative entrepreneurship
This line of research focuses on supporting start-ups, scale-ups and SMEs. From developing an entrepreneurial mindset and recognising opportunities, to providing coaching on business models. In the current context, this often also has a societal and socially innovative character, with attention to themes such as retail in city centres, sustainability and the self-employed in healthcare. In addition, a key component of this line of research is research into the optimisation of entrepreneurship education at universities of applied sciences and ROCs. These research projects are often carried out in collaboration with the Saxion Centre for Entrepreneurship.
Entrepreneurial ecosystems
In this line of research the emphasis is on understanding and supporting business and organisation ecosystems, often focusing on societal issues such as circularity. It is specifically these ecosystems and the entrepreneurs within these networks that determine the dynamics and specialisation of the region. This line of research aims to gain a better understanding of the functioning of these ecosystems, their relationship with regional policy, and required entrepreneurial skills.
Regional policy and broad prosperity
The research focuses on understanding the relationship between emerging regional policy as a core aspect of economic policy and the broad prosperity of the region. This line of research aims to gain more insight into broad prosperity and investigates how businesses and ecosystems can create multiple value propositions.