30	Do these function optimally? Why or why not?	To assess what factors or mechanisms facilitate TT	The key facilitators for TT according to our respondent	Ecosystem characteristics literature	Iansiti, M., & Levien, R. (2004) . The keystone advantage: what the new dynamics of business ecosystems mean for strategy, innovation, and sustainability. Harvard Business Press.
31	Is mutually advantageous coexistence between the communities the ultimate objective for technology transfer and the people involved? Or is everything purely based on particular self-interest?	To assess the extent to which the system shows signs of ecosystem behavior	The respondent’s perspective on the mode of interaction within the system	Ecosystem genesis literature	Dedehayir, O., Mäkinen, S. J., & Ortt, J. R. (2018) . Roles during innovation ecosystem genesis: A literature review. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 136, 18-29.
32	Is there according to you a way that organizations and or people might be able to take advantage of the technology transfer efforts that are being taken	To assess the vulnerabilities of the current TT system	If the system shows vulnerabilities	Ecosystem genesis literature	Dedehayir, O., Mäkinen, S. J., & Ortt, J. R. (2018) . Roles during innovation ecosystem genesis: A literature review. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 136, 18-29.
33	If you compare the current scale at which technology transfer is being performed in Brussels with the scale it had in the beginning, would you say that it has grown?	To assess the density of the network	If the network’s density changed over the years	Complex systems literature	Dedehayir, O., Mäkinen, S. J., & Ortt, J. R. (2018) . Roles during innovation ecosystem genesis: A literature review. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 136, 18-29.
34	Would you say that the people involved in technology transfer in Brussels have particular profiles and or skillsets that allow them to work according to specific norms, values and rules?	To assess the institutional character of TT in BXL and its idiosyncrasy	To know how idiosyncratic the process of TT in BXL is	Institutional theory literature - Neo-institutional literature	Suddaby, R., Seidl, D., & Lê, J. (2013) . Strategy-as-practice meets neo-institutional theory.
35	Do you feel that these norms, values and or rules have changed over the years?	To assess institutional change in the system over time	The overall perception of institutional change	Institutional theory literature - Neo-institutional literature	Suddaby, R., Seidl, D., & Lê, J. (2013) . Strategy-as-practice meets neo-institutional theory.
36	Do you feel that the people and organizations involved in TT in BXL have become more alike and functioning according to a more similar logic?	To assess the extent of the isomorphism going on within the system	To explain isomorphisms that might occur in the system	Institutional theory literature - Neo-institutional literature	Suddaby, R., Seidl, D., & Lê, J. (2013) . Strategy-as-practice meets neo-institutional theory.