Your report should have sections that cover the following content:
• Explain the needs that the policy addresses e.g. new firm creation,
commercialising and advancing new technologies, connecting entrepreneurs
to resources etc. A strong report will also identify the policy’s rationale and
underlying philosophy e.g. is it trying to correct market failures, or improve
flows of information and knowledge, or make competition more fair etc.?
(25%)
• Evaluate critically the success or failure of the policy in achieving its aims,
or if data is not available, outline how level of success could be
evaluated e.g. what data would be needed? (50%)
• Propose corrections to the policy or alternative approaches to what it is
trying to do. (25%)