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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Autores: Fernández Fernández, María Teresa, Santos, Juan Luis, Blanco Jiménez, Francisco José
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)
Repositorio:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/39166
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10017/39166
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Business incubation
Entrepreneurship
Regional development
Incubación de empresas
Emprendimiento
Desarrollo regional
Economía
Geografía
Sociología
Economics
Geography
Sociology
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Sumario: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.