Abstract
Business incubators (BI) have been established worldwide as tools for company creation and small businesses support. BIs claim to help their tenants by providing them with the optimal conditions for increasing early stage survival. Practitioners and researchers agree that business support is a crucial dimension of BI. Yet this feature is seldom researched. In this study we investigate to what extent business incubators support their tenants overcome their developmental problems. Results show that tenants do not experience many problems and when they do business support is not necessarily sought. Furthermore, our data suggests that business support is not preferentially sought within incubator environment. When this happens, support provided by the BI does not contribute to problem solving. Finally, we discuss the impact of the type of BI in helping their tenants.
| Original language | Undefined |
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| Title of host publication | 16th International Product Development Management Conference " Managing Dualities in the Innovation Journey" |
| Place of Publication | Twente |
| Publisher | European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management |
| Pages | 166-167 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| ISBN (Print) | issn 1998-7374 |
| Publication status | Published - 8 Jun 2009 |
| Event | 16th International Product Development Management Conference, IPDMC 2009: Managing Dualities in the Innovation Journey - University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands Duration: 8 Jun 2009 → 9 Jun 2009 Conference number: 16 |
Publication series
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| Publisher | European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management |
| ISSN (Print) | 1998-7374 |
Conference
| Conference | 16th International Product Development Management Conference, IPDMC 2009 |
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| Abbreviated title | IPDMC |
| Country | Netherlands |
| City | Enschede |
| Period | 8/06/09 → 9/06/09 |
Keywords
- METIS-257781
- IR-73692
- Problem Solving
- Business Support
- Business Incubation
- Business Incubators