Impact of business incubation: capacities of post-incubated enterprises and non-incubated enterprises

Abstract:

The business incubators have been considered one of the means for Technology Based Enterprises (TBEs) to achieve a level of development that ensures, after the incubation period, their survival and progress on the market. Nevertheless, few studies were made in Brazil to determine if the objectives for which the incubators were created are being achieved and at what degree. This article evaluates the impact of incubation, measuring the development of organizational capacities in three dimensions: innovation, financial solidity and managerial abilities. These dimensions were measured in sixteen TBEs of the Informatics sector of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The enterprises were divided into two groups with similar characteristics: one group of post-incubated enterprises and one group of non-incubated enterprises. The method used was the study of multiple cases in a quasi-experimental design. The …

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2006

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