CIE (Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship) provides an unique environment for catalysing both quality entrepreneurship research and new business growth development. We offer programs and activities designed to stimulate the successful creation, development and growth of technology and knowledge intensive firms. We carefully integrate these programs with its research and teaching to provide the best platform for theory and business practice.

Performance data up to 2004 The ENP-programme: 450 (firms /projects /business units) The Development programme: 130 firms Management Groups: 195 firms Networking activities: participants SMILES:200 students/year Articles in journals and books: 36 Books: 7 Conference papers and working papers: 95

CIE and SMIL – Entrepreneurship support and training YearOrganisationActivity 1984SMIL Seminars 1986Development Programme 1988Management Groups 1993CIECourses in Entrepreneurship 1994ENP Programme 1996KINInternationalisation (EU programmes) 1998MOVAK († 2003)SMILES 1999External ENP Programmes 2000Extended Networking Activities 2002Chair in Entrepreneurship The PIE Programmes at EKI 2003International ENP Programme Entrepreneurial thesis

How we work Traditional business support CIE and SMIL

CIE´s position in Linköping University Linköping University Department of Management and Economics CIE

Success factors use an entrepreneurial (proactive) approach satisfy real needs create a core group have a clear focus build credibility combine structural knowledge and experience based knowledge

Networking activities Seminars Meeting SMIL Focus groups Social events SMIL Management leaders school

Development programme Group linking firms with general problems

Management Groups Specific issue linking firms with a common problem

SMIL Management Leaders School Participants Senior entrepreneurs in the network who have an interest in encouraging younger colleagues' development and their own development

SMIL Management Leaders School Purpose Get access to and commitment from a network of senior entrepreneurs to support knowledge intensive businesses

SMIL Management Leaders School Management Lunch to lunch seminars with selected persons ("world class") Plenary sessions and group projects Participants are not paid for taking part in the School but the organiser pays for food and lodging at particular events

Research areas Early growth and Development processes of businesses Support of new ideas and firms Early stage financing Successful growth environments University – Industry Links

SMILES (SMIL Entrepreneurship School ) Entrepreneurship and the Creation of New Business (4 Courses) Entrepreneurial Business Development Financing of Entrepreneurial Business Entrepreneurial thesis

Entrepreneurship and New Business Development Programme (ENP) Business plan Workshops Supervision Mentoring Business Incubator Networks

Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurship Schumpeter (1934): An entrepreneur has the ability to organise resources and create something new McClelland (1961):Entrepreneurs are active and achievement oriented Pinchot (1985):Intrapreneur is an entrepreneur within an already established organisation Stevenson (1997):An entrepreneur has the ability to develop business opportunities

1. Entrepreneurship and New Business Development Programme (ENP) Programmes and activities Later developmentEarly developmentStart Growth and development Time 2. Development Programme 3. Management Groups 4. Networking Activities

CIE Business support TeachingResearch Business network Support organisations Mjärdevi Sc.P., Pronova Sc. P., Univ. Holding, TBS, ALMI and other Growlink actors NUTEK, Vinnova Swed. Saving Bank, EU,...

The ENP Process Supervision Application Interview Acceptance Kick-off The business platform Business plan 1 Practical Economy/ Financing Marketing & Sales Growth Process Board etc Final Presen- tation Supervision Leader ship Business plan 2 First Presen- tation Marketing months Mentoring

A growth and development model

The ENP-programme and its dissemination in Sweden