High tech start-ups in University Science Park incubators: The relationship between the start-up's lifecycle progression and use of the incubator's resources

Technovation

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 277-290

  McAdam, Maura ^a   McAdam, Rodney ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial growth; High technology firms; Lifecycle; University incubators

Indexed keywords

ENCODING (SYMBOLS); INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENTREPRENEURIAL GROWTH; HIGH TECHNOLOGY FIRMS; SCIENCE PARKS; UNIVERSITY INCUBATORS; UNIVERSITY SCIENCE PARK INCUBATORS (USIS);

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 41149170803     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2007.07.012     Document Type: Article

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