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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Business incubators"”.
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Stakeholder goal achievement in Australian business incubators
… state and federal governments have funded business incubators since the early 1990s, the typical purpose of this investment being to provide a nurturing environment for business start-ups while contributing to local economic development. However, this summation of the functions of business …
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Social and commercial enterprise interactions: Insights from UK business incubators
… social and commercial enterprises co-located in business incubators, and asks: how and why do social and commercial enterprises interact in a business incubator? The research provides qualitative insights for a rich understanding of the network dynamics, subtle interactions and influences that …
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Characteristics of business incubators influencing collaboration among member startup firms
… collaboration among startup firms in four business incubators. Previous studies have elaborated on how collaboration fosters innovation. However, how business incubators promote collaboration among startup firms remains a subject for exploration. This study situated the incubator …
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Exploring how South African business incubators assist entrepreneurs in accessing venture capital
… (VCs) specialise in providing capital to new businesses with a short track record; however, new South African businesses still face high failure rates due to a lack of funding and insufficient entrepreneurial skills. Business incubators (BIs) aim to bridge this gap by providing support and …
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On the structure and internal mechanisms of business incubators: A comparative case study
… venture creation programmes. Of such programmes, business incubators, over the years, politically and in terms of public funding, have received perhaps the highest level of attention. Thus, incubators in Ireland have become important policy instruments for promoting early stage entrepreneurship. …
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Business incubators in Zambia: A study of the impact on small business enterprises
This study tested the impact of Business Incubators (BI) in stimulating the growth of small to medium businesses in a Southern African country, Zambia. The study explores the existence, awareness, beliefs and experience in a sub Saharan context, identifying the key impact factors. The study was …
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Small and medium enterprises and the effectiveness of technology business incubators in Saudi Arabia
Multiple studies have examined incubators in developed countries. However, as the literature review illustrates, there is a dearth of research concerning Technology Business Incubators (TBIs) in developing countries. This research presents two theoretical perspectives arrived at while investigating …
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Business incubators as an economic development strategy : a case study of Oakland's communications technology cluster
Business incubators are a rapidly growing trend in economic development. The National Business Incubator Association estimates there are nearly 600 incubators in North America today which each help create over 500 jobs. Through the provision of real estate, physical amenities, and business …
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Fostering innovation and entrepreneurship in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) through business incubators in the Arab world
… fostering innovation and entrepreneurship. Business incubation facilitates the development and growth of start-up companies by providing entrepreneurs with resources and services. Incubator management usually develops these services which are offered by its wide network of contacts. …
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Digital Spaza-shops and the Digitalisation of SMMEs' in South Africa
… finance is provided for the entire scope of business operations, and there exists no special digitalisation finance. The study employed the convergent parallel mixed methods research (MMR) approach to first, to examine the effect of economic factors on internet usage among the population in …
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Exploring the influence of funding sources on business incubation in the Western Cape
The topic of business incubation has been the subject of considerable academic research, and a focal point in entrepreneurship support ecosystems. Business incubators provide entrepreneurs and start-up businesses with a shared space (either physical or virtual). The incubator offers a systematic …
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Papel da incubadora no desenvolvimento das micro e pequenas empresas: um estudo de caso na empresa graduada MDL Brasil Consultoria e Marketing Ltda
… the entrepreneur of a company graded the role of business incubators, which has proved a support tool for the development and stabilization of the Micro and Small companies (MSCs) in the market increasingly competitive. Where sought to answer the following question "What is the perception of the …
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Outcomes of SMMEs participation in incubator programmes in South Africa
… To do this, the Department of Small Business Development was recently established, and together with other agencies, several business incubators have been established. The number of incubators operating in the country has increased significantly in the recent past. There is a belief …
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Business incubator contributions to the development of businesses in the early stages of the business life-cycle
This study investigated 157 business owners perceptions as to the importance of four value-added contributions to the development of their businesses through the early stages of their life-cycles. Literature suggested these value-added contributions to be: shared office services, business …
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The Assessment of Tennessee Community College Roles in Business Incubator Development as Perceived by Administrators and Tenants.
… community colleges regarding their support of business incubators that provide resource-sharing networks to entrepreneurs in their critical startup phases.</p> <p>To conduct this study, a questionnaire was developed and provided to administrators associated with incubators and incubator tenants …
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Transformation in the forestry sector and its implication for women in Zululand
… South Africa, transformation has afforded business opportunities for women to be involved as entrepreneurs. Stimulated by the forestry Charter, the forestry industry has been a major recipient of these entrepreneurs. While the Forestry Charter is succeeding in providing business …
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The development of an incubator system to promote entrepreneurship for technikon fashion design graduates
Thesis (M.Tech.: Entrepreneurship)-Dept. of Entrepreneurial Studies, Durban Institute of Technology, 2003 ix, 90 leaves
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The Role of Incubation Model in Supporting Local Economic Development Initiatives of Youth Start-Up Enterprises: A Case of Nkangala District, Mpumalanga Province
This study investigated the pivotal role of incubation models in bolstering local economic development (LED) initiatives, with a particular focus on youth start-up enterprises, within the Nkangala District Municipality, Mpumalanga Province. The research is underpinned by a qualitative desktop-based …
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Influence of incubation hubs on start-ups in Harare, Zimbabwe
… in Management Sciences Specialising in Business Administration, Durban University of Technology, Durban. South Africa, 2021.