Incubating incubators: can a business be created through a project-based planning approach?

TY - CONF

T1 - Incubating incubators

T2 - International Research Conference on Technology Business Incubation Mechanisms and Sustainable Regional Development

AU - Hjortsø, Carsten Nico Portefée

AU - Pötz, Katharina Anna

PY - 2014/10/24

Y1 - 2014/10/24

N2 - Setting up business incubators has become and industry in its own right. In this article, we return to incubator development studies but focus on the specific process through which involved stakeholders develop the new organization that should deliver services to future incubatees and become a self-sustaining, dynamic business. In particular, we raise the question of how incubators should be set-up with regard to the context-dependent balance between business planning and venture creation approaches. We illustrate this challenge through providing insight into a case of a project-based and mainly planning-orientedbusiness incubator program in Africa. Insights gained suggest that there is a need for more balanced approaches to establishing incubators, especially when environments are uncertain and the goals of business incubation are not yet clear. We finish our conceptual article with a set of propositions to inspire further research on incubator development processes.

AB - Setting up business incubators has become and industry in its own right. In this article, we return to incubator development studies but focus on the specific process through which involved stakeholders develop the new organization that should deliver services to future incubatees and become a self-sustaining, dynamic business. In particular, we raise the question of how incubators should be set-up with regard to the context-dependent balance between business planning and venture creation approaches. We illustrate this challenge through providing insight into a case of a project-based and mainly planning-orientedbusiness incubator program in Africa. Insights gained suggest that there is a need for more balanced approaches to establishing incubators, especially when environments are uncertain and the goals of business incubation are not yet clear. We finish our conceptual article with a set of propositions to inspire further research on incubator development processes.

KW - ???Ulande og økonomi???

KW - Business incubator

KW - Project management

KW - entrepreneurship

KW - Venture creation

KW - Business planning

M3 - Paper

Y2 - 23 October 2014 through 23 October 2014

ER -