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The organisational structure of university business incubators and their impact on the success of start-ups: an international study

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  • Christian Lendner
  • Michael Dowling

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In this paper, data from a global survey of University Business Incubators (UBIs) are used to examine the main goals, organisational structure and the business strategies of UBIs and their impact on the incubators' firms. This paper also provides a conceptual framework based on network theory to examine success factors for start-ups in the UBIs. Universities can organise the critical resources of human capital and specific entrepreneurial experience into a separate entity or facility to assist young entrepreneurial start-ups for success, called UBIs. In this paper, we present the results of a survey of over 300 UBIs worldwide. Of the over 130 respondents, 44% are located in the USA or Canada, 41% in Europe and 15% in the rest of the world. The data from this survey allowed us to use multiple regression analysis for empirical testing of a set of hypotheses developed from network theory.

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  • Christian Lendner & Michael Dowling, 2007. "The organisational structure of university business incubators and their impact on the success of start-ups: an international study," International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 7(6), pages 541-555.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijeima:v:7:y:2007:i:6:p:541-555
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    1. Ismail Ayman, 2020. "A Framework for Designing Business-Acceleration Programs: A Case Study from Egypt," Entrepreneurship Research Journal, De Gruyter, vol. 10(2), pages 1-16, April.
    2. Marina Dabić & Marta Ortiz‐De‐Urbina‐Criado & Ana M. Romero‐Martínez, 2011. "Human resource management in entrepreneurial firms: a literature review," International Journal of Manpower, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 32(1), pages 14-33, March.
    3. Serge Francis Simen & Gérol Sylvère Nganafei, 2018. "Comment influencer positivement le succès des incubateurs universitaires de start-up technologiques ?," Post-Print halshs-01785627, HAL.
    4. Ernesto Tavoletti, 2013. "Business Incubators: Effective Infrastructures or Waste of Public Money? Looking for a Theoretical Framework, Guidelines and Criteria," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 4(4), pages 423-443, December.
    5. Bibeau, Jean & Meilleur, Roxane & St-Jean, Étienne, 2024. "To formalize, or not to formalize, business incubators’ networks: That is not the question," Technovation, Elsevier, vol. 130(C).
    6. Marijn van Weele & Frank J. Rijnsoever & Chris P. Eveleens & Henk Steinz & Niels Stijn & Menno Groen, 2018. "Start-EU-up! Lessons from international incubation practices to address the challenges faced by Western European start-ups," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 43(5), pages 1161-1189, October.
    7. M. Schoonmaker & E. Carayannis & P. Rau, 2013. "The role of marketing activities in the fuzzy front end of innovation: a study of the biotech industry," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 38(6), pages 850-872, December.

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