 | empirica Gesellschaft für Kommunikations- und Technologieforschung mbH (http://www.empirica.com) coordinates the framework contract about research and innovation policy analysis. empirica has 25 years of expertise in conducting international research and consultancy projects dealing with innovation issues. |
 | Dialogic (http://www.dialogic.nl) has 15 years of experience in conducting research on innovation, with a particular focus on high-tech firms and knowledge-intensive business services. |
 | The University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland(Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz – FHNW, (http://www.en.fhnw.ch), is a public higher education institution at ISCED level 5. It has realised numerous national and international research and consultancy projects in the areas of innovation and entrepreneurship. |
