CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 2019 DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROJECT ‘PEPSI’ Incubator Sourcing and Performance: An Ecosystem Approach 1. Presentation of the PhD project Over the past 30 years, the number of incubators has increased significantly worldwide (Bruneel et al.,...
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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 2019 DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROJECT ‘PEPSI’ Incubator Sourcing and Performance: An Ecosystem Approach 1. Presentation of the PhD project Over the past 30 years, the number of incubators has increased significantly worldwide (Bruneel et al., 2012). This popularization can give the impression that there is a standard incubation model supporting entrepreneurs either to protect them and help them grow or to facilitate their integration into a relevant ecosystem given their “liability of newness” However, there is a variety of incubators with diverse performances. This has led authors to describe incubation as a “black box” (Hackett and Dilts, 2004). However, several studies have been conducted on the key factors for incubator success (Messeghem et al., 2018; Hackett and Dilts, 2008). They have highlighted the quality of support and the services offered as key factors, while other researches consider that it’s the selection strategy (with “hard” rather than “soft” indicator
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