DocumentCode
2889530
Title
Methodological challenges and institutional barriers in the use of Experimental Method for the evaluation of business incubators: Lessons from the US, EU and China
Author
Yu, Junbo ; Nijkamp, Peter
Author_Institution
Regional Res. Inst., West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV, USA
fYear
2009
fDate
2-3 Oct. 2009
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
9
Abstract
Despite their worldwide adoption by policy makers as the Holy Grail for entrepreneurship and business development, the effectiveness of business incubation programs remain elusive, primarily plagued by untenable evaluation methods. This paper develops an in-depth analysis on those methodological and institutional factors that prohibit the use of theoretically sound solutions such as the experimental method in evaluation practice.
Keywords
commerce; business incubators; institutional barriers; methodological challenges; policy makers; Collaboration; Costs; Europe; Humans; Innovation management; Investments; Research initiatives; Solids; Technological innovation; US Department of Agriculture;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Science and Innovation Policy, 2009 Atlanta Conference on
Conference_Location
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-5041-1
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-5042-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ACSIP.2009.5367841
Filename
5367841
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