Revisiting incubation performance. How incubator typology affects results

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 888-902

  Barbero, José L ^a   Casillas, José C ^b   Ramos, Alicia ^b   Guitar, Susana ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c Andalusian Innovation Regional Ministry   (Spain)

Author keywords

Growth; Incubation; Performance; Types of incubators

Indexed keywords

BASIC RESEARCH; COMPANY PERFORMANCE; FIRM GROWTH; FIRM PERFORMANCE; GENERATION COST; INCUBATION; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; TYPES OF INCUBATORS;

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); GROWTH (MATERIALS); INPUT OUTPUT PROGRAMS; REGIONAL PLANNING;

INDUSTRY;

EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TYPOLOGY;

EID: 84860238273     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2011.12.003     Document Type: Article

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