Critical role and screening practices of European business incubators

被引：293

作者：

Aerts, Kris

Matthyssens, Paul

Vandenbempt, Koen

机构：

[1] Katholieke Univ Leuven, Steunpunt O&O Stat, BE-3000 Louvain, Belgium

[2] Katholieke Univ Leuven, Dept Managerial Econ Strategy & Innovat, BE-3000 Louvain, Belgium

[3] Univ Antwerp, Dept Appl Econ, B-2020 Antwerp, Belgium

[4] Erasmus Univ, Dept Mkt Management, Rotterdam, Netherlands

来源：

TECHNOVATION | 2007年 / 27卷 / 05期

关键词：

business incubator; tenant screening; performance; tenant failure;

D O I：

10.1016/j.technovation.2006.12.002

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

08 ;

摘要：

Business incubators guide starting enterprises through their growth process and as such constitute a strong instrument to promote innovation and entrepreneurship. In this article we sketch the European business incubator landscape. Then we describe screening practices by European business incubators in 2003 and compare these results with the American incubators in the 1980s. In the last phase an exploratory link between screening practices and performance, measured in terms of tenant failure, is established. Most incubators do not screen potential tenants on a balanced set of factors, but concentrate either on the characteristics of the tenant's market or on the characteristics of the tenant's management team. However, we found that the tenant survival rate is positively related to a more balanced screening profile. Based on our study results, we propose some recommendations for the main stakeholders in the field: authorities, incubators and innovative entrepreneurs. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：254 / 267

页数：14

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