An industrial panel during the closing plenary discussed ways in which public funding could contribute to the whole innovation pipeline, from research through demonstration to commercialisation and deployment.
The main source of income is the asparagus culture and its commercialisation under the Geographical Indication Esparragos de Huétor-Tájar.
Research on entrepreneurship, technology venturing and commercialisation is led jointly by Professor Erkko Autio who holds the QinetiQ Chair, and Professor Bart Clarysse.
In early 1986, this prototype was taken over by The Gunakara Sun Systems (later renamed to TGS Systems) for commercialisation, TGS formerly being a consulting firm formed by Pietrzykowski at Acadia University.