How valuable are business incubators? A case illustration of their performance indicators

Proceedings of the European, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems - Informing Responsible Management: Sustainability in Emerging Economies, EMCIS 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 756-765

  Al Mubaraki, Hanadi Mubara ^a   Wong, Siew Fan ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b SUNWAY UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Case study; Entrepreneurship; Incubator; Job creation; Performance indicators

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS INCUBATORS; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; EXISTING PROBLEMS; INCUBATOR; JOB CREATION; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; START-UPS;

INDUSTRY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

BENCHMARKING;

EID: 84857553858     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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