Handbook of Research on Business and Technology Incubation and Acceleration: A Global Perspective(Research Handbooks in Business and Management series)

This pioneering work explores both the theory and practice of business and technology incubation and acceleration over the past six decades as an approach to new venture creation and development. With a global scope, the Handbook examines incubation concepts, models, and mechanisms, providing a research-based analytical foundation from which to understand the emerging role of modern incubators, accelerators, science parks, and related support tools in building modern entrepreneurship ecosystems for promoting targeted economic development. Featuring contributions from internationally renowned scholars and practitioners, the Handbook covers four major themes: understanding incubation and acceleration; incubation mechanisms and entrepreneurship ecosystem development; national and regional incubation policy studies; and incubation practice and assessment. Chapters investigate the expanding importance of newer models and novel modes of new venture support such as smart launching through focused training, mentoring, and financing. This Handbook will help to equip policy makers, facility and program managers, investors, and entrepreneurs with the knowledge to handle support for future business and technology ventures more confidently and effectively. It also provides a deeper understanding of the incubation approach for researchers and scholars of entrepreneurship, innovation, and economic development.

Table of Contents:
Contents: List of contributors ix Foreword by David B. Audretsch xvi Introduction to the Handbook of Research on Business and Technology Incubation and Acceleration 1 Sarfraz A. Mian, Magnus Klofsten and Wadid Lamine PART I UNDERSTANDING INCUBATION AND ACCELERATION 1 Whither modern business incubation? Definitions, evolution, theory, and evaluation 17 Sarfraz A. Mian 2 Business incubators and accelerators: a co-citation analysis-based, systematic literature review 39 J. Piet Hausberg and Sabrina Korreck 3 The movement from incubator to incubation in the entrepreneurial university: past, present and future 64 Henry Etzkowitz 4 Fiddling around with the startup engine: exploring acceleration patterns in technology ventures 79 Jonas Van hove, Jana Thiel and Bart Clarysse 5 The logic behind science and technology parks 97 Alberto Albahari PART II INCUBATION MECHANISMS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP ECOSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT 6 Incubators as catalysts in entrepreneurship ecosystems 111 Mark P. Rice and Erik Noyes 7 Business incubators within entrepreneurial ecosystems: sustainability aspects of new venture support and development 124 Magnus Klofsten and Dzamila Bienkowska 8 The role of modern urban science parks in developing entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems 140 Josep Miquel Pique, Aline Figlioli, Francesc Miralles and Jasmina Berbegal-Mirabent 9 Incubation with space – space for incubation: the European Space Agency’s network of business incubation centers 160 Cornelis Eldering and Willem Hulsink 10 Incubating high-growth technology firms through venture development organizations: an overview of the US and the case study of Launch NY 176 Marnie LaVigne 11 Incubators as centers of collaboration and alignment in resource constrained regions 198 Nasir Ali and Michael D’Eredita PART III NATIONAL/REGIONAL INCUBATION POLICY STUDIES 12 Science parks in Europe: a comparison of science park characteristics and activities in Belgium, Spain and Denmark 212 Laura Lecluyse and Mirjam Knockaert 13 Emergence and development of entrepreneurship and innovation intermediaries: the case of business incubators in Japan 230 Nobuya Fukugawa 14 The role of technology business incubation in supporting innovative start-ups in China 246 Li Xiao , Cunjun Wang and Zhi Xu 15 Indian business incubation ecosystem: a multilevel analysis 260 Supriya Sharma and Neharika Vohra 16 Business incubation and acceleration in Pakistan: an entrepreneurship ecosystem development approach 280 Shahid Qureshi, Syed Zahoor Hassan and Sarfraz A. Mian 17 New forms of entrepreneurship support in a growing entrepreneurial ecosystem: the case of business incubation in Greece 299 Tiago Ratinho and Michael Mitsopoulos 18 The development and practice of incubation mechanisms in Brazil 316 Guilherme Ary Plonski, Claudia Pavani and Sheila Oliveira Pires 19 The role of incubators and accelerators in the Latin American entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems 335 Maribel Guerrero 20 Mapping incubation mechanisms in Saudi Arabia: the state of the art and challenges for the future 351 Wassim J. Aloulou 21 Do government incubation efforts pay off ? The development of a quantitative efficiency assessment model 367 Jasmine Meysman, Sven H. De Cleyn and Johan Braet 22 Business incubation in New York State: last decade of changes, emerging models, and future directions 386 David Hochman PART IV INCUBATION PRACTICE AND ASSESSMENT 23 Tenant recruitment at university incubators: a selection conundrum 402 Ali J. Ahmad 24 The selection strategy or the incubation process: what matters most? 414 Chaffik Bakkali, Karim Messeghem, Sylvie Sammut and Abdelaziz Swalhi 25 Do networked incubators matter? The impact of entrepreneurial networks on firms’ performance 426 Danny Soetanto and Magnus Klofsten 26 The importance of time in a university student venture incubator 446 Lise Aaboen, Kari Djupdal, Dag Håkon Haneberg, Vetle Slagsvold Øien, Torgeir Aadland and Roger Sørheim 27 The value of mentors in incubation and acceleration: a managerial perspective 464 Martin Bliemel, Steven D’Alessandro, Saskia de Klerk, Ricardo Flores, Geoff Harrison and Morgan P. Miles 28 Sustainability-oriented business incubation: framing and supporting sustainable entrepreneurship 478 Klaus Fichter and Karsten Hurrelmann 29 Firm characteristics and internal and external dimensions: differences between incubatees and non-incubator firms in Sweden 496 Hans Löfsten Index 513

About the Author :
Edited by Sarfraz A. Mian, SUNY Distinguished Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship, State University of New York, Oswego, US, Magnus Klofsten, Professor, Department of Management and Engineering, Linköping University, Sweden and Wadid Lamine, Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship, Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, Canada

Review :
‘The Handbook provides a good and accessible overview on how to deliver better incubation and acceleration services, whilst debunking some myths along the way.’ ‘Exceptionally well organized and presented, the Handbook of Research on Business and Technology Incubation and Acceleration is deftly organized into four major sections. Ideal as a curriculum textbook on the subject, the book is especially and unreservedly recommended for personal, professional, corporate, college and university library collections.’ 'A comprehensive, comparative and illuminating Handbook of incubation and related entrepreneurial enhancement support structures edited and written by the leading international authorities on innovation.' 'This is a timely and important Handbook of the best research on property-based institutions engaged in promoting innovation and entrepreneurship. The editors, who have written seminal papers on these issues, have produced a lucid and insightful book. A ''must-read'' for academics and policymakers who study and manage these institutions.'