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TECHNION – ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
THE SAMUEL NEAMAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

I.F.I.S.E. PROJECT

MAPPING THE ISRAELI TECHNOLOGICAL
 INCUBATOR PROGRAM
(QUESTIONNAIRE)

1.	Name of the incubator __________   		(serial number_________)
2.	Incubator manager___________
3.	Location___________
4.	Date of establishment __________
5.	Total annual budget __________
6.	Total number of employees in the incubator  __________________

Proposals
7.	How many projects are in the incubator? _______________
8.	How many proposals/ideas were submitted to the incubator since its establishment? 
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	
50-100	100-200	200-400	400-700	700-1000	1000-1500	More then 1500	
9.	Hoe many of them were tested by: 
1. Director _________  	2. Committee ___________
10.	How many proposals/ideas are being submitted to the incubator annually? _________(Number)
11.	In your opinion, how many worthy projects were denied because of budget constrains, or space limitation (in the last 3 years)? _________ (Number)
12.	How many projects / ideas are being accepted annually (average)?________ (Number)
Projects
13.	How many projects are currently operating in the incubator? _________
14.	Referring to the question above, please classify each project to the following categories given below:
1.	Communication		6.	Pharmaceutical		
2.	Components		7.	Mechanical engineering		
3.	Software		8.	Chemicals		
4.	Energy / Ecology		9.	Control and measurement Equip.		
5.	Medical equipment		10.	Other ___________		

15.	Major sources of complimentary funding:
Project No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	
1.	The incubator itself							
2.	Sponsor							
3.	Investors/companies from the same field							
4. 	External investors       (not from project field)							
5.	The entrepreneur          (or family sources)							
6.	Other ______							

Project No.	7	8	9	10	11	12	
1.	The incubator itself							
2.	Sponsor							
3.	Investors/companies from the same field							
4. 	External investors       (not from project field)							
5.	The entrepreneur          (or family sources)							
6.	Other ______							
16.	How many projects graduated from the incubator (annually)? ________ 
17.	
Referring to the question above, please classify the projects, that graduated last year, to the categories giving below:
1.	Communication		6.	Pharmaceutical		
2.	Components		7.	Mechanical engineering		
3.	Software		8.	Chemicals		
4.	Energy / Ecology		9.	Control and measurement Equip.		
5.	Medical equipment		10.	Other ___________		

18.	How many projects graduated last year from the incubator but were not able to secure financial support? __________

19.	Referring to the question above, please classify the projects to the categories giving below:
1.	Communication		6.	Pharmaceutical		
2.	Components		7.	Mechanical engineering		
3.	Software		8.	Chemicals		
4.	Energy / Ecology		9.	Control and measurement Equip.		
5.	Medical equipment		10.	Other ___________		

20.	How many projects dropped out from the program before graduation last year? __________
21.	Referring to the question above, please classify the projects to the categories giving below:
1.	Communication		6.	Pharmaceutical		
2.	Components		7.	Mechanical engineering		
3.	Software		8.	Chemicals		
4.	Energy / Ecology		9.	Control and measurement Equip.		
5.	Medical equipment		10.	Other ___________		

22.	How many projects were successful in obtaining funding in the first few months of operation? _____________________________

Education
23.	How many of the entrepreneurs arrived to Israel since 1989? ___________
24.	Formal level of education of the entrepreneurs in the incubator:
	1. Non 
  academic	2. Military
    program	3. B.Sc. 
    B.A	4. M.Sc. 
    M.A.	5. Ph.D.	
Number of people per category						

25.	The principal field of discipline of the entrepreneurs in the incubator:
	1. Eng.	2. Life Science.	3. Exact / Comp. Sci.	4. Management / Economic	5. Software technician	6. Other	
No. of people per category							

26.	How many of them have a MBA degree? ___________________

27.	Formal level of education of other employees in the incubator (in the projects):
	1. Non 
  academic	2. Military
    program	3. B.Sc. 
    B.A	4. M.Sc. 
    M.A.	5. Ph.D.	
Number of people per category						

28.	The principal field of discipline of the employees in the incubator (in the projects):
	1. Eng.	2. Life Science.	3. Exact / Comp. Sci.	4. Management / Economic	5. Software technician	6. Other	
No. of people per category							

29.	How many of them have a MBA degree? ___________________

Financial sources of graduating projects

30.	>From last years graduating projects that succeeded to secure additional financial support, what were the sources of support?
1.	Chief scientist		
2.	BIRD fund		
3.	Other government support _______		
4.	Israeli strategic partner		
5.	Non Israeli strategic partner		
6.	Israeli marketing partner 		
7.  	Non Israeli marketing partner		
8.	V.C.		
9.	Privet investors (not from the field)		
10.	Self financing from sales 		
11. 	Purchased by other company		
12.	Self		
13.	Other______		

31.	What was the average investment per graduating project? ___________
32.	Please indicate the importance of the following problems in operating the incubator. Give each factor the level of importance on the following scale:         1=insignificant, 2=slightly significant, 3=modorate significant, 4=very significant, 5=crucial.
							1	 2	 3        4          5 
32-1	Limited finding								
32-2	Insufficient space								
32-3	Low salary									
32-4	Bureaucratic management							
32-5	Lack of marketing knowledge						
32-6	Other ____________________						

33.	Please indicate your level of satisfaction with the support that the incubator management is providing the projects in each of the subjects on the following scale: 1= very unsatisfied, 2= unsatisfied, 3=so so, 4=satisfied, 5=very satisfied.

							1	 2	 3        4          5 
32-7	 Financial support								
32-8	Marketing									
32-9	To identify and facilitate financial						
sources (investment)
32-10	Physical space								
32-11	Transport accessibility to sources						
of inputs
32-12	Accessibility to labor pool							
32-13	Networking	of plants							
32-14	Networking	of professionals						
32-15	Networking	of strategic partners						
32-16	Advice on management matters						
32-17	Identification and facilitating						
international collaborators
32-18	Sources of technical information						
32-19	Protection of IPR								
32-20	Legal and strategic advise on						
	                business matters
32-21	Information on market trends						
and on technological developments
32-22	Other									

34.	Would you recommend that each incubator specialize in a specific area/field?
(1)	 Yes 
(2)	 No

35.	In view of the penetration of the private sector into the area of technological incubator, do you think that there is any further justification to continue the program of the public incubators? 

(1)	Yes
(2)	 No

36.	Do you justify the private incubators phenomenon?

(1)	Yes		(2) No

37.	Given a “yes” answer to question 36?

a.  (1) In any place (region) Yes	No 
     (2) Concentration in specific region(s), where?__________________________

b.  (1) In any field?  Yes	No
     (2) In specific field, which are?______________________________________

38.	Does your incubator enjoy comparative advantage in its present location? 

(1)	Yes	(2) No

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39.	In your opinion what is the optimal size of an incubator (in terms of number of projects in residence)?  ___________________
40.	What is the relationship between the incubators and VC? 

(1)	Complementary
(2)	 substitute

Location
41.	After graduating from the incubator where did the projects elected to locate? (Numbers)
 
1.	Within the incubator (renting)		
2.	Near the incubator (in the same city)		
3.	Near university / research institution 		
	In a major city:		
4.	Tel – Aviv		
5.	Jerusalem		
6.	Haifa		
7.	Other		
	In a small city:		
8.	Center		
9.	North		
10.	South