Capability Assessment toward Sustainable Development of Business Incubators: Framework and Experience Sharing

Business incubators have been widely developed to advise, support, promote, and provide a nurturing environment for new business start-ups and entrepreneurs. The development of a framework for capability assessment allows the management of each incubator to understand its strengths and room for further improvement. Moreover, assessment results across a community, such as a nation or state, can provide insights into resource allocation and various management policies so that policymakers can support the development of business incubators under their supervision. This article describes the development of a capability assessment framework for business incubators (BIs) in Thailand. A case study demonstrating how the capability assessment is analyzed is also presented in the article.

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A Synopsis of Incubators in Non-hub Cities in the Southeast United States

The Journal of Entrepreneurship ◽

10.1177/0971355720930574 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 29 (2) ◽

pp. 428-444

Author(s):

Eleonora Brivio ◽

Erica Negro Cousa ◽

Vahé Heboyan ◽

Francesco Beltrame ◽

Gianluca De Leo

Keyword(s):

South Carolina ◽

Mesh Network ◽

Small Companies ◽

Business Incubators ◽

Southeast United States ◽

The People ◽

New Business ◽

Start Ups ◽

Hub Cities

Business incubators are organisations that support the growth of small companies, including start-ups, by providing various resources and services. The aims of this article were to assess the characteristics of business incubators in non-hub cities located in Georgia and South Carolina and to describe the major differences between incubators located in non-hub and hub cities. We surveyed 5 non-hub incubators and visited and analysed qualitatively 10 incubators, 5 in hub cities and 5 in non-hub cities. Results showed that incubators in non-hub cities have less focus and less access to funding capital compared with incubators in hub cities. The implementation of a mesh network among incubators in non-hub cities may help sharing resources, know-how, talents and investments with the goal of being able to compete with incubators in hub cities. While currently incubators in non-hub cities cannot offer the same services to their members, they can still play an important role in giving the people in their communities an opportunity to start a new business, find jobs and increase their income. Business incubators in non-hub cities can ultimately positively impact the overall quality of life of the population they serve. Finally, we proposed that a focus on public health innovation may help incubators in non-hub cities to be successful.

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Energy Resource Allocation for Sustainable Development: A Case Study

Iranica Journal of Energy & Environment ◽

10.5829/idosi.ijee.2011.02.04.2044 ◽

2011 ◽

Author(s):

H.B. Suresh

Keyword(s):

Resource Allocation ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Energy Resource

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The role of business incubator on cultivating innovation on start-ups: The case study of Bandung techno park (BTP) Indonesia

International Journal of Engineering & Technology ◽

10.14419/ijet.v7i2.29.13322 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 7 (2.29) ◽

pp. 226 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Dodie Tricahyono ◽

Dini Turipanam Alamanda ◽

Grisna Anggadwita ◽

Fajar S.A Prabowo ◽

Lia Yuldinawati

Keyword(s):

Learning Process ◽

Primary Method ◽

Business Incubators ◽

Business Incubator ◽

Stakeholder Groups ◽

Minimum Requirements ◽

Almost All ◽

Start Ups

The importance of business incubators to support the growth of start-ups cannot be overemphasized especially in developing country such as Indonesia. This study aims to determine the most appropriate model that competent to provide an accurate depiction of the role of a business incubator on cultivating innovation of startups during the incubation process. It is conducted by using a case of Bandung Techno Park (BTP) as one of the first business incubators in Indonesia that positioned itself as an incubator for technology-based start-ups. The data were collected by ensuring the credibility, transferability, dependability, and conformability by adopting triangulation as the primary method. Informants were recruited from different stakeholder groups and provided with the opportunity to verify the result of the interviews. The findings show that there are none of the existing models that are able to provide a complete yet accurate depiction of BTP functioning. Almost all of the models suffer from lack of means to accommodate the learning process that must be undergone by start-ups during the incubation process. In order to respond to this gap, this study offered minimum requirements that must be satisfied by any incubator models.

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NEW VENTURES AS SUPPLIERS: THE BUILDING OF TRUST WITH INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS

Journal of Enterprising Culture ◽

10.1142/s0218495898000217 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 06 (04) ◽

pp. 369-390 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

LEIF SANNER

Keyword(s):

New Ventures ◽

Frame Of Reference ◽

New Venture ◽

New Business ◽

External Actors ◽

Start Ups

The new venture starts in an equivocal situation. To use and build trusted relationships with external actors, notably customers in spe, is an important way for the entrepreneur to establish business. In an inductive in-depth case study between entrepreneurs and customers, trust was studied. For two business start-ups the entrepreneurs' building and use of trust in action processes between the new ventures and some of their customers was investigated covering 5 years. Using a frame of reference concerning new business trust, trustbuilding in action processes is identified in interviews. Patterns of trustbuilding are summarised, conclusions concerning trustbuilding in the cases are presented and discussed. Some possible contributions for practice and theory are outlined.

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START - UP COMPANY AND BUSINESS INCUBATORS. WHAT ECONOMIC VALUE?

Revue Européenne du Droit Social ◽

10.53373/reds.2021.53.4.039 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 53 (4) ◽

pp. 38-48

Author(s):

Irayen Nawel ◽

◽

Latroche Amina ◽

Keyword(s):

National Economy ◽

Economic Model ◽

Economic Value ◽

Business Incubators ◽

Start Up ◽

New Business ◽

Start Ups

This article addresses the issue of start-ups representing a new economic model through their business role, as well as business incubators that combine the entrepreneurship of start-ups with the resources that are usually available for new business activities, which calls for research into the concept of start-ups and business incubators and their importance in the national economy of any country.

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Incubator efficiency vs survival of start-ups

RAUSP Management Journal ◽

10.1108/rausp-04-2019-0063 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 55 (4) ◽

pp. 511-530

Author(s):

Francisco Tomás Zapata-Guerrero ◽

Jannett Ayup ◽

Elizabeth L. Mayer-Granados ◽

Jorge Charles-Coll

Keyword(s):

Best Practice ◽

Management Practices ◽

Business Incubators ◽

Content Type ◽

Efficient Management ◽

Special Support ◽

Intermediate Technology ◽

Dual Management ◽

New Business ◽

Start Ups

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the knowledge on the efficiency of the incubators in Mexico, from a double-managerial approach (incubator and start-ups) measuring the efficiency oriented to the survival growth in the employment. Design/methodology/approach The efficiency of 25 business incubators of a university in a Mexico was analyzed from 2012 to 2014. Through the envelope data analysis (DEA) technique, composed of five inputs and three outputs, which help to determine the decision-making units (DMUs) that are in the best practice border, being able to know the factors relevant and how they have been managed in the different incubators. Findings One of the three years observed was identified as the most efficient, with 13 start-ups at the most efficient border. The projection shows some entries that must be modified to maximize the creation of new incubated business with a focus on survival and growth. The authors propose the resources that must be modified to adopt efficient management practices for incubators and start-ups small size. Research limitations/implications This analysis recognizes the size and restriction of resources as a determinant in the efficiency of intermediate technology business incubators. However, an obvious limitation is the non-standardized sample of 25 incubators does not allow generalizing the results. Practical implications The special support received by start-ups linked to a university with strong financial and non-financial support. Originality/value Dual management (incubator and incubated start-ups) approach to efficiency analysis and the use of the DEA for the incubation topic and to fill a gap persists in the understanding of creation of new business in intermediate technology.

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The use of fuzzy sets for resource allocation in an advance request vehicle brokerage system—a case study

Journal of the Operational Research Society ◽

10.1038/sj.jors.2600339 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 48 (2) ◽

pp. 117-0123

Author(s):

R I John ◽

S C Bennett

Keyword(s):

Resource Allocation ◽

Fuzzy Sets ◽

System A

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Social Design for Services Framework

Conference Proceedings of the Academy for Design Innovation Management ◽

10.33114/adim.2017.89 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Melanie SARANTOU ◽

Satu MIETTINEN

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Research Group ◽

Design Research ◽

Service Design ◽

Social Design ◽

Practical Action ◽

The Social ◽

The World

This paper addresses the fields of social and service design in development contexts, practice-based and constructive design research. A framework for social design for services will be explored through the survey of existing literature, specifically by drawing on eight doctoral theses that were produced by the World Design research group. The work of World Design researcher-designers was guided by a strong ethos of social and service design for development in marginalised communities. The paper also draws on a case study in Namibia and South Africa titled ‘My Dream World’. This case study presents a good example of how the social design for services framework functions in practice during experimentation and research in the field. The social design for services framework transfers the World Design group’s research results into practical action, providing a tool for the facilitation of design and research processes for sustainable development in marginal contexts.

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