Handbook of Research on Business and Technology Incubation and Acceleration

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

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• Contents:List of contributors ixForeword by David B. Audretsch xviIntroduction to the Handbook of Research on Business and Technology Incubationand Acceleration 1Sarfraz A. Mian, Magnus Klofsten and Wadid LaminePART I UNDERSTANDING INCUBATION AND ACCELERATION1 Whither modern business incubation? Definitions, evolution, theory, andevaluation 17Sarfraz A. Mian2 Business incubators and accelerators: a co-citation analysis-based,systematic literature review 39J. Piet Hausberg and Sabrina Korreck3 The movement from incubator to incubation in the entrepreneurialuniversity: past, present and future 64Henry Etzkowitz4 Fiddling around with the startup engine: exploring acceleration patterns intechnologyventures 79Jonas Van hove, Jana Thiel and Bart Clarysse5 The logic behind science and technology parks 97Alberto AlbahariPART II INCUBATION MECHANISMS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIPECOSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT6 Incubators as catalysts in entrepreneurship ecosystems 111Mark P. Rice and Erik Noyes7 Business incubators within entrepreneurial ecosystems: sustainabilityaspects of new venture support and development 124Magnus Klofsten and Dzamila Bienkowska8 The role of modern urban science parks in developing entrepreneurship andinnovation ecosystems 140Josep Miquel Pique, Aline Figlioli, Francesc Miralles andJasmina Berbegal-Mirabent9 Incubation with space – space for incubation: the European Space Agency’snetwork of business incubation centers 160Cornelis Eldering and Willem Hulsink10 Incubating high-growth technology firms through venture developmentorganizations:an overview of the US and the case study of Launch NY 176Marnie LaVigne11 Incubators as centers of collaboration and alignment in resourceconstrained regions 198Nasir Ali and Michael D’EreditaPART III NATIONAL/REGIONAL INCUBATION POLICY STUDIES12 Science parks in Europe: a comparison of science park characteristicsand activities in Belgium, Spain and Denmark 212Laura Lecluyse and Mirjam Knockaert13 Emergence and development of entrepreneurship and innovationintermediaries: the case of business incubators in Japan 230Nobuya Fukugawa14 The role of technology business incubation in supporting innovativestart-ups in China 246Li Xiao , Cunjun Wang and Zhi Xu15 Indian business incubation ecosystem: a multilevel analysis 260Supriya Sharma and Neharika Vohra16 Business incubation and acceleration in Pakistan: an entrepreneurshipecosystem development approach 280Shahid Qureshi, Syed Zahoor Hassan and Sarfraz A. Mian17 New forms of entrepreneurship support in a growing entrepreneurialecosystem: the case of business incubation in Greece 299Tiago Ratinho and Michael Mitsopoulos18 The development and practice of incubation mechanisms in Brazil 316Guilherme Ary Plonski, Claudia Pavani and Sheila Oliveira Pires19 The role of incubators and accelerators in the Latin Americanentrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems 335Maribel Guerrero20 Mapping incubation mechanisms in Saudi Arabia: the state of theart and challenges for the future 351Wassim J. Aloulou21 Do government incubation efforts pay off ? The development of aquantitative efficiency assessment model 367Jasmine Meysman, Sven H. De Cleyn and Johan Braet22 Business incubation in New York State: last decade of changes,emerging models, and future directions 386David HochmanPART IV INCUBATION PRACTICE AND ASSESSMENT23 Tenant recruitment at university incubators: a selection conundrum 402Ali J. Ahmad24 The selection strategy or the incubation process: what matters most? 414Chaffik Bakkali, Karim Messeghem, Sylvie Sammut and Abdelaziz Swalhi25 Do networked incubators matter? The impact of entrepreneurial networkson firms’ performance 426Danny Soetanto and Magnus Klofsten26 The importance of time in a university student venture incubator 446Lise Aaboen, Kari Djupdal, Dag Håkon Haneberg, Vetle Slagsvold Øien,Torgeir Aadland and Roger Sørheim27 The value of mentors in incubation and acceleration: a managerialperspective 464Martin Bliemel, Steven D’Alessandro, Saskia de Klerk, Ricardo Flores,Geoff Harrison and Morgan P. Miles28 Sustainability-oriented business incubation: framing and supportingsustainable entrepreneurship 478Klaus Fichter and Karsten Hurrelmann29 Firm characteristics and internal and external dimensions: differencesbetween incubatees and non-incubator firms in Sweden 496Hans LöfstenIndex 513