Strategies of the Development of Entrepreneurship and SME

Incubators host on average 11 SME, which is lower than the EU BIC average of 34enterprises hosted. Most of SMEs hosted belong to the service and industry sector, and there isnot a clear sector targeting of potential tenants.All incubators provide business consulting services, such as advise for company set upand business planning, and they contribute thus to enlarge the offer of advisory services. Threeincubators do not provide office space 5, although they have conference and training facilitiesand they offer office and secretarial services. Ten incubators provide ICT services, and only twoincubators have laboratory facilities. These figures will probably change as soon as moretechnology-specific incubators are established to promote innovative enterprises working inhigh value added sectors.A second survey was carried out by ANIMMC to analyze the management of businessincubator. The survey’s findings show that only 16% of the incubators’ managers haveattended a specific training course. Incubators’ managers think that their success relies onrenting appropriate and well-equipped office space, and they do not consider the supply ofadvisory services as their core business.Incubators’ managers declared that their priorities for the next future focus on betterpromoting their image among potential clients, and on diversifying the type of services offered.They also expect to receive more support from public authorities, since they deem there ismuch scope for improvement. Interviewed persons see Romania’s accession to EU as a catalystfor new investments in the SME sector, and they also think that this will lead to a morecompetitive business environment.According to the OECD recommendations, “2004 Enterprise Policy PerformanceAssessment Romania” and to the Governmental Strategy for developing the SME, and, basedon the findings of “Study regarding the situation of Business Incubators in Romania”, NASMECmade important progresses in elaborating the “Strategy for developing the incubators networkin Romania”. This strategy aims at making more dynamic the business environment andsupporting start-ups through specific financial instruments directed to local level, andsupported stained by local and governmental authorities. The strategic objectives are:• Collaboration in Innovation and technology with research centers and universities, tolaunch innovative products and services;50