Services

Leveraging institutional and regional assets to envision and enact economic growth and prosperity

Knowledge-Based Economic Development

Within this category of services, EKA helps clients formulate university strategies for economic engagement, regional economic strategies, and collaborative strategies for technology parks, business incubators - or the newer concept of integrated knowledge communities. Much of EKA’s work in this realm has been for major universities, including those with health sciences centers. Projects have included niche strategies for biotech/life sciences, energy and environment, or IT and telecommunications.

• Regional economic strategies

• Alliance organization and governance models for regional development
• Strategic and business planning
• Technology development programs
• Policies on intellectual property, faculty entrepreneurship, and start-up companies
• Work force development and training programs
• Market and financial studies
• Planning, financing, and developing research parks, technology incubators, research centers, and institutes
• Strategic Business Plans for development