WHY BUSINESS ANALYSIS AND PLANNING?

Bridging the gap between research outputs and the access to the market is a key issue for competitiveness and innovation worldwide. But how can this issue be tackled successfully and how can organisations become and/or remain competitive? CINEA provides a set of ctions and tools that allow organisations to become and remain competitive in today’s economic environment.

BUSINESS PLANNING AND ANALYSIS

When writing your business plan, the following key questions should be answered first

- What are you trying to sell?
- What kind of value are you providing to your clients?
- Who are they?
- What do they want?
- Why would they buy your product/service? Why would they buy it to YOU?

To get an overview of the structure and contents of a business plan, please click here. Moreover, direct support for writing a business plan is available through

• The Business Model Canvas (Alexander Ostelwalder & Yves Pigneur): www.businessmodelgeneration.com and http://youtu.be/5qiVgGA9kwo

• The Business Model & Customer Development (Steve Blank):
  http://youtu.be/k1gjI4Vj7l0, the first video of a series where Steve Blank explains the concept of Customer Discovery & Development.

• Basic contents of RUTAN Business Plans: Please check here.

Last but not least, in order to create your own Technology Offer Map Portfolio, please use the basic guide available here.

SUPPORT FOR START-UPS AND SPIN-OFFS

Starting up your own business is the most direct way of knowledge transfer. To get an overview on the process and support available for start-ups and spin-offs please click here

For further information on the Business Support Services in Algeria, please click here.

For further information on the Business Support Services in Morocco, please click here.

Regarding the process for starting up a company in Tunisia and for corresponding support services, please check out the following guide: La création d'entreprises en Tunisi

To obtain further information on the political Background underpinning the support for SME's in Algeria, please click here.