Testimonials
Royal Bank of Canada Financial Group; Professorship in the
Commercialization of Innovation; former President of the Natural
Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
"The Evidence Network's assessment of
the impact of innovation intermediaries on firms is the best work
I've seen done in this area. They are succeeding in doing what
others have only talked about."
Former Senior Vice President, Ontario Centres of
Excellence
"The Centre of Excellence for
Commercialization of Research is pleased with the impact assessment
provided by The Evidence Network, and the positive impact that
we are having on companies. We are very impressed by the
clarity of results and the way TEN's methodology naturally
leads to meaningful conclusions."
Director, Zhejiang University Science Park
"TEN's assessment was comprehensive and well executed.
The President of the Science Park took great interest in the
report as it helped us to focus on improvements to the services we
offer."
Director, Strategic Intelligence, Tekes
"TEN's approach to impact assessment is a significant
advance on past approaches employed here at Tekes and
elsewhere."
Senior Technology Advisor, Tekes
"As Tekes tries to renew itself
and change its focus it's good to have someone from outside to
evaluate the program and present factual evidence."
Director, Global Access Program, Adjunct Professor,
Technology Management, UCLA Anderson School of Management
"The impact assessment performed by The Evidence Network
(TEN) was complete, analytically solid and
statistically-supported. Using a rigorous methodology and
highly effective approach, TEN provided key insights that will
enable us to build on program elements that have the greatest
impact on corporate performance. This information will be
particularly useful when we introduce the program to firms in other
countries."
Director, Technology Transfer and Business Enterprise,
University of Ottawa
"TTBE at uOttawa have been impressed by the tools that The
Evidence Network (TEN) has developed to assess an
organization's impact on innovation. Our pilot study provided
an analysis that was very beneficial and insightful...TTBE will
continue to work with TEN to further assess the efficacy of
our services on our company clients."
President and CEO, Wavefront Wireless Commercialization Centre
Society
"The Evidence Network (TEN)
established a credible baseline for Wavefront's future program
evaluations, and helped us to gain new insights about how we impact
companies during different stages of development. This will
enable us to better evolve our service offering as we expand our
business to serve wireless firms across Canada.
As we aim to stimulate $400 million in economic activity by
2015, we will rely on annual assessments by TEN to help track our
progress towards this objective."
President and CEO, Communitech
"The Evidence Network (TEN) plays a pivotal role
in identifying Communitech's impact on
companies. Their comprehensive analysis keeps us
a step ahead in terms of improving services to clients, and
increasing our impact on the Waterloo region tech
ecosystem."
Director, CITRIS, University of California
"CITRIS works closely
with industry and government agencies to turn technology into
solutions for societal challenges. Drawing on its sound methodology
and knowledge of research and innovation processes, and working
collaboratively with our team, TEN assessed CITRIS' impact on
companies. Results confirm that we are fulfilling a critical part
of our mission, catalyzing the development of groundbreaking new
technologies, companies and industries."
