Visual analytics (VA) system development started in academic research institutions where novel visualization techniques and open source toolkits were developed. Simultaneously, small software companies, sometimes spin-offs from academic research institutions, built solutions for specific application domains. In recent years we observed the following trend: some small VA companies grew exponenti...

After a decade of widespread attention for the entrepreneurial efforts of individuals, the focus seems to partly shift to companies and their contribution to new firm formation. Splitting new firm formation in a birth rate for spin-offs and one for start-ups, allows a structural and comparative analysis of regions and their spin-off activities. In the Netherlands, the Chamber of Commerce has de...