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The Inextricable Linkage Between Migration & Innovation
Vibrancy of innovation-centric ecosystems, and conditions that lead to their success, are areas frequently encountered by The Evidence...
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The Evidence Network
- Mar 12, 2020
Bridging the Evaluation Gap for Business Support Programs
In her paper entitled, 'Using Survey Respondent Judgment of Impact to Evaluate Business Support Programs', TEN's VP Research Dr. Margaret...
The Evidence Network
- Dec 11, 2019
Internal & External Drivers of High Growth Firms
The importance of scale-up of firms in entrepreneurial ecosystems has led to increased focus on scalers’ characteristics and antecedents....
The Evidence Network
- Nov 27, 2019
Impacts in Indigenous Communities
In a series of bold moves, Cando (Council for the Advancement of Native Development Officers) has undertaken to determine its ‘value for...
The Evidence Network
- Sep 12, 2019
Assessment of Business Support Programs in Finland
Since 2010 The Evidence Network has been conducting evaluations of business support programs for Tekes (now Business Finland), the most...
The Evidence Network
- Feb 6, 2018
Why are there (almost) no randomised controlled trial-based evaluations of business support programs
Based on the achievements of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in medicine, and the need for effective government interventions in...
The Evidence Network
- Jan 31, 2018
Cautious optimism for government’s new R&D procurement program (Excerpt)
A new government program that aims to boost R&D support for small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) is being welcomed by players in the...
The Evidence Network
- Jan 30, 2018
How to Benchmark Accelerators
This report is a guide for assessing the impact of and benchmarking accelerators and other business support programs. It discusses...
The Evidence Network
- Jul 30, 2017
Innovacorp Demonstrates its Value
Making a Difference for Technology Start-ups in Nova Scotia Established in 1995, Innovacorp is Nova Scotia’s early stage venture capital...
The Evidence Network
- Jun 1, 2017
How OBI Impacts Industry, Researchers and Clinicians, and Patient Advocacy Groups
Founded in 2010, the Ontario Brain Institute (OBI) is a provincially‐funded, not‐for‐profit research centre based in Toronto dedicated to...
The Evidence Network
- Mar 15, 2017
Measure for Measure
The article Measure for Measure: The Unique Challenge of Assessing Innovation Programs’ Impact first appeared in the March 15, 2017 issue...
The Evidence Network
- Jan 21, 2017
Canadian Superclusters: Will They Work and How Will We Know?
Will the Innovation Supercluster Initiative (ISI) accomplish its intended goals of strengthening Canada’s most promising clusters and...
The Evidence Network
- Jan 14, 2017
Importance of Ranking Business Accelerators
If you're leading an accelerator, wanting to learn how to benchmark your performance, and understand your impact on startups and...
The Evidence Network
- Nov 23, 2016
Measuring Innovation: Metric Selection and Unintended Consequences
The Evidence Network’s VP of Research Dr. Margaret Dalziel provided comments to the Financial Post regarding the World Intellectual...
The Evidence Network
- Oct 31, 2016
Evaluation of Business Support Programs in Vietnam and Cambodia
This report, commissioned by the Asian Development Bank, provides a description of young companies and their founding entrepreneurs in Ho...
The Evidence Network
- Aug 30, 2016
How do Genomic Technologies Really Help Companies?
TEN’s Impact Assessment Helped Genome Atlantic to Capture their Impact Founded in 2000, Genome Atlantic is a non-profit organization...
The Evidence Network
- May 6, 2015
Government Support of Business Emergence: Research, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship
On May 6, 2015 The Evidence Network’s Dr. Margaret Dalziel delivered a presentation and conducted a Q&A session on government support of...
The Evidence Network
- Sep 29, 2014
TEN CEO Dr. Brian Barge Explains the Ins and Outs of Innovation Impact Assessment
On September 29, 2014 Bill Kenney from Test My Pitch interviewed The Evidence Network’s Dr. Brian Barge on the topic of Measuring Impact....
The Evidence Network
- Aug 1, 2014
Dr. Margaret Dalziel Comments on Expert Panel Examining Ontario’s Business Support Programs
A 2014 expert panel examining Ontario’s business support programs, chaired by The Evidence Network’s VP Research Dr. Margaret Dalziel,...
The Evidence Network
- Jul 31, 2014
VentureStart Validates Impact on Clients
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada – February 28, 2014 – VentureStart, a Southern Ontario-based program helping entrepreneurs in the Science,...