Renaissance Computing Institute

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Biosciences & Medicine

Disaster & Environmental Research

Economic Development

Precision Agriculture

RTP Start-up Studies

Education & Outreach

Faculty Fellows

High Performance Computing

Humanities, Arts & Social Science

Visualization & Collaborative Environments

Completed Projects

Factors in RTP Start-up Formation

Overview
RENCI, in collaboration with Ted Zoller, assistant professor, at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at UNC, will develop a more sophisticated understanding of the underlying economic activities that lead to the development of technopoles – a term used to describe regions and economic development activities in those regions that favor the development of entrepreneurial firms based on advanced technology research and development. The Research Triangle Park (RTP) is a technopole, and this project, proposed by Zoller, will identify the factors that explain firm formation and development in the RTP.

RENCI Contribution
RENCI experts will analyze data using capabilities in advance visualization techniques, social networking analysis and computational modeling.

Funding
State of North Carolina

Collaborators
Ted Zoller, assistant professor, Kenan-Flagler Business School, UNC

RENCI Team
David Knowles (project leader)
Ray Idaszak
Sarat Kocherlakota
Dan Evans

Presentations
Factors Influencing Start-up and Spinoff Formation in Technopoles: Identifying the Catalysts to Encourage Technology-based Entrepreneurship