Given the scale of resources and the number of projects involved, BICRO has so far nurtured a small sector, essentially hedging its bets on a few contenders, each of which has an uncertain probability of successful employment creation and long-term sustainability. This approach can be useful for capturing serendipitous and radical ideas and has a non-negligible probability of a reasonably strong economic impact if pursued vigorously over a sufficiently long period. However it cannot be the main basis of support for business-sector innovation as a whole.