Business incubators and new venture creation: An assessment of incubating models

Technovation

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 111-121

  Grimaldi, Rosa ^a   Grandi, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Business incubators; Incubating industry evolution; Incubating models; New ventures; Spin offs

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); DYNAMICS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

BUSINESS INCUBATORS; INCUBATING INDUSTRY EVOLUTION; INCUBATING MODELS; NEW VENTURES; SPIN-OFFS;

VIRTUAL CORPORATION;

EID: 9944260765     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4972(03)00076-2     Document Type: Article

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