Constructing business incubation service capabilities for tenants at post-entrepreneurial phase

Lai, Wen‐Hsiang; Lin, Chiu-Ching

doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2015.06.012

Cited by 62 publications

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“…Rather, the business incubator forms a protective space itself by providing to business start-ups the following: shared office spaces and equipment; administrative services (e.g., reception and clerical services); business support involving (one-to-one) coaching and training activities (i.e., business planning, marketing, accounting, managerial support, and access to finance); and access to services via external networks [97][98][99][100][101][102][103]. This way, business incubators make sure that new ventures can attend to their core business, instead of having to deal with complementary issues such as accounting.…”

Section: Strategies Intermediaries Usementioning

confidence: 99%

The Role of Intermediaries in Supporting Local Low-Carbon Energy Initiatives

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Recent scholarly attention shows that grassroots civil society low-carbon energy initiatives increasingly become part of the subnational climate change governance landscape. Despite their potency in view of consumer-owned distributed generation and enhanced citizen influence in the organization of the energy infrastructure, local low-carbon energy initiatives (LLCEIs) struggle to become viable alternatives to the centralized, private oriented energy system. To further LLCEI development, support needs to build their capacities; alleviate institutional hurdles and barriers stemming from the fossil fuel-based energy regime; and open up the system for the uptake, acceptance or breakthrough of LLCEIs. Evidence suggests that so-called "intermediaries" form a part of the solution in addressing these issues. Despite previous attempts at analyzing intermediary roles and activities vis-à-vis the development of community energy, the reality of the various roles and strategies intermediaries can employ and the support LLCEIs require to further develop have not yet been synthesized in a comprehensive analytical framework. This article aims to fill this gap by developing such a framework. We reflect on the analytical framework by evaluating the intermediary support structure in a specific case: the Province of Fryslân. From the analysis, we conclude that the Frisian case provided modest support to the claim that intermediary support is effective in addressing the needs of LLCEIs as the strategies and roles observed represent a complete and coherent support structure.

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Section: Strategies Intermediaries Usementioning

confidence: 99%

The Role of Intermediaries in Supporting Local Low-Carbon Energy Initiatives

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“…Lalkaka and Bishop (1996) identified that there was more to managing business incubators than just physical and financial resources whilst Lai & Lin (2015) allude that Business Incubators face similar problems that normal businesses may encounter. These could include lack of vision, failure to define specific strategic goals, misinterpretation or identification of target markets, or poor stakeholder relations.…”

Section: Theoretical Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It is critical for BIMs to know how incubatees (start-ups, entrepreneurs, SMMEs) within and potentials wanting to enter the incubator are doing with their products and/or services and how each of these incubatees impact on each other and the external competition beyond the incubator. Al-Mubaraki & Busler (2010) and Lai & Lin (2015) allude that Business Incubators face similar problems that normal businesses may encounter. These could include lack of vision, failure to define specific strategic goals, misinterpretation or identification of target markets, or poor stakeholder relations.…”

Section: Theoretical Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

Marketing Challenges for South African Public Sector Business Incubator

Donaldson¹,

Pauceanu²

2017

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Entrepreneurship and innovation form the cornerstone of economic development in many developing countries. Through this, rather ideal combination employment can be enhanced, communities can be uplifted through education, and growth can be increased through discretionary purchasing power. This cycle has positive spinoffs which can alleviate poverty and decrease famine. Recent local research suggests that more than eighty percent of entrepreneurs, start

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“…Wen-Hsiang reviewed that the incubators of business acquire assistance for decreasing the high negative rate. It provides the exact help for getting over the difficulties in the post-entrepreneurial stage [13].…”

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confidence: 99%