Specialization as strategy for business incubators: An assessment of the Central German Multimedia Center

Technovation

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 436-449

  Schwartz, Michael ^a   Hornych, Christoph ^a  

^a HALLE INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Business incubators; Local technology policy; Media industry; Specialization; Success factors

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; MULTIMEDIA SERVICES; NETWORK MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC POLICY; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

LOCAL TECHNOLOGY POLICY; MEDIA INDUSTRY; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIALIZED BUSINESS INCUBATOR (SBI); SUCCESS FACTORS;

COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 43849092841     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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