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This paper contributes to the important body of research on entrepreneurship and social capital. Most previous work on social capital and business incubators has analyzed how the structure of personal networks (measured by network size or density) and their quality (measured by tie strength) influence venture performance. However, few studies have focused on the mobilization of partners' resources. This paper analyses how these three dimensions of social capital -defined in this article as the structural dimension, the relational dimension and the resource dimension- are closely linked to the three types of interactions in a business incubator: networking, counseling and resourcing. An Ordinary Least Squares regression was applied to a sample made up of incubating firms in Colombia. Results from the data analysis show that resourcing interactions constitute the most significant aspect of business incubators for entrepreneurs.

Adaptive responses to crisis rely on effective cognitive frames: understanding what is going on amid unfolding crisis and what should be done to address it. Research has shown that failing to drop a routine cognitive frame exacerbates crises, while nimbly adopting a novel frame enhances resilience. This suggests that actors in crisis have an urgent dual mission: to simultaneously destroy and construct frames. Existing research offers little guidance on how actors can accomplish this in the midst of their struggles to survive threatening and disruptive circumstances. I address this shortcoming by drawing from a 22-month ethnography of a Detroit business incubator, analyzing how it gradually developed a novel diagnostic and prognostic frame of the city's unfolding crisis. I propose and show that actors amid crisis construct a novel frame—while dismantling an old one—through a process of frame restructuration: the novel frame emerges from and co-evolves with unconventional actions that pragmatically address the exigencies of the crisis. Mutual constitution between pragmatic actions and the emergent frame can be critically propelled by the use of metaphor, which helps actors instantly reframe the context.

In Ukraine, economic transformation is nowadays associated with strong depletion of naturalresources, degradation of natural and human environment, poor energy efficiency,pauperization of majority of the population, and, among others, high rate of unemployment(25% in 2002), especially among educated youth (40-50%), Governmental support for solvingthese problems is insufficient, and "grass-root" public and business initiatives are necessary tomake changes towards sustainability.The paper presents one of the possible solutions for the problems of environmentaldegradation, high unemployment and distributive injustice - integration of eco-technologyapproaches and entrepreneur incentives via encouraging unemployed college or universitydegree holders to start their own "businesses for sustainable development".Highlight is on the development of list on perspective types of environmental protectionactivities for small and medium business organization. At the same time such researchactivities will assist in promotion of eco-technologies on the markets through creation of"green" services and production of "green" goods, such as waste water treatment usingwetland technology; domestic wastes recycling, clean technologies, alternative energysources, sustainable building and farming, green rural tourism, landscape design, etc. ; In Ukraine, economic transformation is nowadays associated with strong depletion of naturalresources, degradation of natural and human environment, poor energy efficiency,pauperization of majority of the population, and, among others, high rate of unemployment(25% in 2002), especially among educated youth (40-50%), Governmental support for solvingthese problems is insufficient, and "grass-root" public and business initiatives are necessary tomake changes towards sustainability.The paper presents one of the possible solutions for the problems of environmentaldegradation, high unemployment and distributive injustice - integration of eco-technologyapproaches and entrepreneur incentives via encouraging unemployed college or universitydegree holders to start their own "businesses for sustainable development".Highlight is on the development of list on perspective types of environmental protectionactivities for small and medium business organization. At the same time such researchactivities will assist in promotion of eco-technologies on the markets through creation of"green" services and production of "green" goods, such as waste water treatment usingwetland technology; domestic wastes recycling, clean technologies, alternative energysources, sustainable building and farming, green rural tourism, landscape design, etc.

Summary: The purpose of this research is to determine the correlation between eight identified entrepreneurial accesses as provided by business incubators with the return on investment experienced by incubator resident firms. The entrepreneurial accesses range from the technical (access to technology and capital), to the behavioral (access to networks), to the knowledgeable (access to training). The access to training is anticipated to emerge as the prominent access in the success of entrepreneurial firms. Therefore, the literature review explores entrepreneurship against a backdrop of both classical political economy theories as well as the major philosophical schools of learning. A test instrument was designed to collect both perception responses and return on investment data from chief executive officers of firms residing in National Business Incubator Association (NBIA) member facilities. Descriptive methods were used to assess associations between the variables of perception and company profitability. ; 2014-06-01 ; Ed.D. ; Department of Applied Science, Technology and Administration ; Doctorate

Indonesia is a developing country in Asia, whose economic development still depends on foreign investment. MSME is an alternative business unit that can encourage domestic economic growth that can be released from the dependence of foreign investment. The low number of MSMEs compared to other countries in Asia and the vulnerability of MSMEs unable to compete in the market in the era of globalization. Make the government fund various stakeholders to be established and develop business incubators, including universities. With the adoption of this policy, universities in West Java began to create and build business incubators. This article is intended to describe the process of establishing and developing a university business incubator in West Java. The method used in this research is qualitative research with data collection techniques through data observation and literature study. The results of the study that discussed the establishment of a university business incubator in West Java were carried out in collaboration with lecturers with international non-profit organizations.

This research analyses the relationships between resources and capabilities in Chinese business incubators to determine the relative importance in enhancing the service performance of incubators. A mixed-method design is used consisting of an in-depth case study and structural equation modelling based on survey data. Incubator managers are advised to invest in infrastructural and external resources and networking capabilities, which are positively correlated with performance. We find that resources relating to government policy, such as funding, may have a negative impact on incubator performance while other integrated service capabilities have little correlation with improved performance.

This case study explores the relationship of university-industry-government cooperation, with specific reference to the incubator of Penela, Portugal. This example is considered in the context of the knowledge-based economy. The main goal is to implement acquired knowledge, complement several existing studies, try to show how the triple helix model explains the role of the Incubator as a mechanism for technology transfer and how it contributes to the dynamics of innovation and entrepreneurship in the region. It describes the ties relating to formal R&D links, human resources, and informal cooperation for the sample of 13 firms based on the Penela incubator and universities. The relationship between the local authorities of the municipality of Penela and the incubator HIESE is also presented. In summarize, the impact of the above relations on the development of the agricultural and biotechnological industry of Penela is considered. The results confirm that the dynamics of relations between the scientific community (the University of Coimbra, Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra and the Pedro Nunes Institute), industry and local government (Penela Municipality) led to the emergence of the HIESE incubator, which operates as the mechanism of technology and knowledge transfer and stimulates establishing of cooperational links between university and industry, which are mostly informal. At the same time, communication between tenants is not very common. The perception by tenants of the incubator is still more like a prestigious real estate case, rather than an opportunity to develop R&D networks with the university. Besides it, the participation of universities in incubation activities does not necessarily make transfer of results of academic research through spin-offs.

Transforming intellectual property into commercially-valued goods is a universal problem for universities. The Visayas State University (VSU) in Baybay City Leyte, Philippines is no exception. The capacities of VSU through its newly established Agriculture & Food Technology Business Incubator (AFTBI) and its partners are face by constrained such as but not limited to the lack of experience, financial & human resource This paper aimed to provide useful information for sustainability of the VSU-AFTBI by looking at the success of the Southeast Asia's leading technology business incubator – The New Venture Institute (NVI) of Flinders University. It is argued that the Flinders University model carries important strategy lessons for strengthening VSU's AFTBI. The study reveals useful strategy that the NVI utilized, specifically the quadruple helix model that links academics, government, industry managers and citizens. The Service Design Model is suggested for VSU-AFTBI in its approach to the quadruple helix mode and the following recommendations are proposed: an immediate assessment needs to be made of the VSU's resources and capacity such as intellectual property valuation, technological readiness level, human capital resources and institutional capacity; a separate assessment of the business and community needs; participants and alumni need to be deeply engaged; student entrepreneurs need to be involved; and strengthened communication to improve brand and visibility. Although VSU's AFTBI and NVI have different specializations and locations, the tenets are presented here in general form and can be expected to work in the context of Philippine's VSU-AFTBI.