With the new Upfield construction rear between Unilever and Friesland Campina , there are now three middle - catch buildings on Wageningen Campus ’ business strip . These large R&D center indicate that they dominate the foundation on the campus , but this is incorrect . Most of the origination happens in diminished offset - ups .
The small businesses in the corporate business buildings PlusUltra I and II may not be quite as detectable , but their data speaks volumes . In 2021 , there were 201 businesses on Wageningen Campus ; 14 corporates ( multinationals ) and 187 small and intermediate - sized enterprise ( SMEs ) , among which 78 jump - ups . The SMEs now father more jobs on Wageningen Campus than the great businesses , says Sebastiaan Berendse , director of Value Creation at WUR .
Berendse estimates that over one thousand people work at the corporates on campus . This is the sum of employees of Friesland Campina , Unilever , Upfield , and DSM , as well as those working at the humble hubs of multinationals such as Agrifirm , KWS , and Witteveen & Bos . harmonise to Berendsen ’s estimate , the SMEs and public cognition partners have some two thousand employee . This approximation includes the knowledge business sector on the neighboring Business & Science Park ( also known as ‘ campus west ’ ) and those working at the ecological institute NIOO and university college Aeres . Plus Ultra I and II on the business strip , where most of the start - ups and One Planet are housed , have some 800 employees .
The large heart - catchers on the campus are exponent of the erstwhile design model . Businesses such as Friesland Campina and Unilever chiefly fund cardinal research at some of Wageningen ’s strong university groups or groups elsewhere . That cognition is then economically valorized into a new procedure or mathematical product in their own R&D nub .
The start - ups are proponent of the newfangled innovation model . That model is found on the speculation that innovation is so rapid that no single business can keep up with the developments . Hence , patronage cooperate and exchange knowledge within so - called ecosystems . These ecosystem are made up of a few large and many modest business organisation , as well as startle - ups . The jump - ups attend to as the motor and executor of newfangled concepts and product . With the help of investor , they can take risks and quick switch , develop and grow ( or flunk ) . This innovation model has train on the campus in the past seven age .
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