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4. Analyzing a Successful Incubator Business Model: The Case of Barcelona Activa

verfasst von : Geovanny Perdomo, Claudia Alvarez, David Urbano

Erschienen in: Strategies in E-Business

Verlag: Springer US

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Successful business incubators have a critical role in the development of local, regional, and national economies through the creation of jobs and the generation of profits, technology development, and innovations. Business incubators are recent and popular organizational forms that are created, often with the help of economic development agencies, to support and accelerate the development and success of affiliated ventures. The chapter examines Barcelona Activa as a successful business incubator in Catalonia (Spain), analyzing the incubator’s supply and demand for products and services from the resource-based view approach. Empirically, the chapter is based on qualitative methodology analyzing in depth the case of Barcelona Activa. The findings of the study show that the incubator model’s adjustments between the supply and demand of products and services generated are the main reason for the low mortality rate of new firms and the substantial increase in incubators’ turnover. This research has important implications for both researchers and government agencies.

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Titel: Analyzing a Successful Incubator Business Model: The Case of Barcelona Activa
verfasst von: Geovanny Perdomo
Claudia Alvarez
David Urbano
Verlag: Springer US
Buch: Strategies in E-Business
Print ISBN: 978-1-4614-8183-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4614-8184-3

Copyright-Jahr: 2014
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8184-3_4

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