What matters in business incubation? A literature review and a suggestion for situated theorising

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 602-622

  Theodorakopoulos, Nicholas ^a   Kakabadse, Nada K ^b   McGowan, Carmel ^c  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business incubation effectiveness; Business incubation management; Business incubation performance; Business incubation success factors; Situated learning theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927521952     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JSBED-09-2014-0152     Document Type: Article

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