Economisti Research srl (EResearch) is a Research, Development and Advisory Company for Sustainability and Innovation in the field of Biotechnology, Alternative Energy and Convergent Technologies, with operative offices in Sicily and Piedmont. Founded in 2002 by experienced Academic and Professional Business people, its work is supported by a Board of Associated Scientists and Professionals. EResearch is associated to Confindustria - Catania, and to Assobiotec – the Italian Associaton for Biotechnology and is member of both the Etna Valley District and the Technological District for Energy and Sustainable Construction (Sicily- I). Thanks to its wide network, established between Institutions, Local Authorities, Companies, National and International Research Centres, both public and private, EResearch is able to offer market, context, and business analysis to Companies and Institutions interested on developing innovative, sustainable, and informed solutions in their decision making process by providing them with specific tools designed to solve strategic, business development, economic, and social problems, and by acting as a reliable engine for local development. The main areas are: CONSULTANCY ACTIVITIES: • Strategies of Local Development. • Fund Raising, Project Animation Activities e Project Management: consultancy, support and training. • Cost-benefit analysis and feasibility studies • Financial analysis and marketing • Internationalisation: China, USA, Canada, Russia and India. • Business plan, company’s conversion and restructuring. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES: • Biotechnologies, Hi-Tech and Convergent Technologies • Economy and Sustainability of Innovation • Environmental Sustainability (encl LCA and LCC), Alternative and Renewable Energies, • Infrastructures and Impact on the Territory • Project/Product Scouting, Intellectual Property e Technology Transfer. • Design/Project CrowdFunding and CrowdSourcing platforms