![]() |
| Das Dokument ist frei verfügbar |
|
| | Nachweis | Kein Nachweis verfügbar |
|
| In Germany a growing tendency can be observed to focus business incubators (BIs) and technology centers and their respective support elements and processes as well as the selection criteria applied by the incubator management on firms from solely one sector or few but complementary sectors and their specific needs and requirements. These are called specialized business incubators (SBIs). Despite the increasing importance of specialization strategies of business incubators as local and regional policy instruments there are no reliable empirical examinations of the specifics and advantages in particular of SBIs compared to more diversified BIs. On the basis of survey-data that comprises responses from 161 actual firms incubated in 13 diversified BIs and 13 specialized BIs in Germany this study investigates the mechanisms within the specific context of specialized BIs and their value-added contribution versus the more diversified incubation model. For the first time this study provides large-scale empirical evidence concerning the effects of adopting a specialization strategy in the context of business incubation. -- Business incubators ; Science parks ; Specialization ; Diversification ; Location advantages ; Local technology policy |
|
|