Performance of business incubators and accelerators according to the regional entrepreneurship ecosystem in Spain

This article assesses how the regional entrepreneurship ecosystem can explain the performance of business incubators and accelerators in Spain. It additionally considers the importance of a systemic approach where the interrelations between business incubators and accelerators with the entrepreneurs...

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Published in:Investigaciones regionales 2019-01 (43), p.41-56
Main Authors: Fernandez, M Teresa Fernández, Santos, Juan Luis, Jiménez, Francisco José Blanco
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Area planning & development
Bias
Business incubation
Business incubators
desarrollo regional
Economic development
emprendimiento
Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship
Human capital
Incubación de empresas
Innovations
regional development
Regions
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Summary:This article assesses how the regional entrepreneurship ecosystem can explain the performance of business incubators and accelerators in Spain. It additionally considers the importance of a systemic approach where the interrelations between business incubators and accelerators with the entrepreneurship ecosystem are central and innovative. This kind of relationship is assed quantitatively, for the first time in Spain, by using the regional entrepreneurship and development index (REDI) of the European Commission related to the performance of a wide public database of business incubators and accelerators. Results show a positive association between a higher REDI and a better performance of the business incubators and accelerators in those regions. This allows for making suggestions both for regional and entrepreneurship policy.
ISSN:1695-7253
2340-2717
2340-2717