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FRANK, ERIK SIMON. "Corporate Innovation: A Case Study of the Corporate Incubation Process." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-240276.
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Incubators have become a popular way for corporations to stay in front of their competition because,y pos today´s startups are an immense spring of innovation as many possess emerging innovation. These corporate incubators offer the startups a support system where they can test and leapfrog their innovations, and add innovation to the corporations. However, there is a large difference between these two parties, which makrs successful collaboration a challenge. This study examines how to improve this collaboration based on information obtained through an embedded case study of a large corporate incubator and startups present within it. The main findings suggest three important factors for a large enterprise to gain the most value out of their incubators: (1) clear communication, (2) startups need to know what their objective is, and (3) incubator support from the organization. To leverage startup innovation in a corporate incubator and to attain these three factors, three building blocks for a corporate incubator have been identified: selection process, case building, and graduation.Inkubatorer har blivit ett populärt sätt för företag att vara konkurrenskraftiga eftersom dagens startups är en enorm källa av innovation. Dessa företagsinkubatorer erbjuder startups ett supportsystem där de kan testa och accelerera deras innovationsprocess och erbjuda innobation till företagen. Men, det är emellertid en stor skillnad mellan dessa två parter, vilket gör ett framgångsrikt samarbete till en utmaning. Denna studie undersöker hur man kan förbättra detta samarbete baserat på information som erhållits genom en fallstudie av en stor företagsinkubator och dess startups. Resultatet av denna fallstudie är tre viktiga faktorer som behövs för att ett företag ska få ut det mesta av deras inkubator. (1) Tydlig kommunikation, (2) medvetenhet från startups av vad de behöver och (3) inkbatorstöd från hela företaget. För att utnyttja den innovation som startups tillför och för att uppnå dessa tre faktorer, tre delar av processen för en företafsinkubator identifierades: Urvalsprocessen, sammarbetsfasen och examen.
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Abu, Zeid Houda, and Tanya Syed. "Key Business Services within Open Innovation Collaboration between Startups and large established Firms : A multiple case study of the value offering of Swedish corporate accelerators and incubators from a startup perspective." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-264057.
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Open innovation is a term that has become popularised over the years, due to changes in how business is done as a result of globalisation and digital transformation. Efforts are being made by incumbent companies to collaborate with external parties to a greater extent, and at the same time, the startup landscape has contributed with new technologies and innovations that in some cases have disrupted markets. A collaboration between large companies and startups can bring about positive synergies since these two types of organisations are different and have the possibility to complement each other. This master thesis looks into the outside-in model of open innovation, specifically examining corporate accelerator programs and incubation hubs from a startup perspective. The following research explores what key services that are offered within these corporate programs and how they can be improved according to startups that have previously partaken in them. This research is a qualitative study with an abductive approach. As part of the research, 10 semi-structured, in-depth interviews were held with representatives from a variety of startups. The major services desired by the interviewees to be included in corporate-run startup programs range from access to internal and external networks to putting more focus on a variety of funding alternatives. Early-stage startups expressed the desire of receiving help with understanding their market and customers. The key improvement areas brought up by the startup companies included the presence of internal champions that can help speed up certain processes and act as a facilitator for important meetings. Many startups point to the importance of having the influence to customize their program experience. In addition, accelerator and incubator employees with previous entrepreneurial experience are considered very helpful by the startups since they can grasp the struggles of the startup in a better way. Furthermore, to have more financing opportunities is desirable.Genom åren har öppen innovation blivit alltmer populariserad,på grund av förändringar i hur affärer görs till följd av globalisering och digital transformation. Stora företag satsar i större utsträckning på att samarbeta med externa parter, och samtidigt har startup ekosystemet bidragit till ny och radikal teknologi och innovationer som har rubbat vissa marknader. Ett öppen innovation-samarbete mellan ett stort företag och en startup kan bidra positiva synergier eftersom dessa två typer av organisationer är olika och har möjlighet att komplettera varandra. Detta examensarbete undersöker den så kallade outside-in modell för öppen innovation, mer specifikt undersöks företagsacceleratorer och företagsinkubatorer från ett startup-perspektiv. Följande forskning undersöker vilka nyckeltjänster som erbjuds inom dessa företagsprogram och hur de kan förbättras enligt startups som tidigare har deltagit i dem. Denna studie är en kvalitativ studie med en abduktiv ansats. Som en del av forskningen hölls 10 semistrukturerade djupintervjuer med representanter från en rad olika startups. De viktigaste tjänsterna som eftertraktas av intervjuobjekten som del av företagsacceleratorer och företagsinkubatorer gäller tillgång till interna och externa nätverk, som i sin tur kan förse tillgång till flera olika finansieringsalternativ. Startups som befinner sig i en tidig utvecklingsfas uttryckte en önskan att få hjälp med att förstå deras marknad och kunder. Förbättringsområden som identifierades av startupföretagen omfattar förekomsten av internal champions, som kan hjälpa till att påskynda vissa processer och som kan facilitera viktiga möten. Många startups pekar på vikten av att ha inflytande över att anpassa sin programupplevelse. Dessutom är accelerator- och inkubatormedarbetare med tidigare entreprenöriell erfarenhet väldigt eftertraktade, eftersom de kan förstå sig på startupföretagen på ett bättre sätt. Vidare, är det önskvärt att ha fler finansieringsmöjligheter.
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Stock, Ingmar. "Getting engaged with Incubators : The Case of Startplatz." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-298156.
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In modern, fast moving business environments it is crucial for established corporations to find new sources of innovativeness in order to secure their competitiveness and long-term survival. Startups could be such a new source of innovativeness. Unfortunately, it is difficult for startups and corporations to cooperate. Mostly, this is because of the companies’ organization and the different way they operate. To overcome this gap, corporations started to get engaged with business incubators. Even though this phenomenon can be observed in practice already, little research has been done to better understand the forms this collaboration could have or the motives leading to such a cooperation. By studying an incubator that is engaged with established companies in many different ways, various forms of relationships could be identified. Moreover, based on the descriptions of those types of collaboration and in depth interviews, the motives leading corporations and incubators to get involved in various ways could be identified. The empirical contribution of this thesis is to better understand how established corporations can get engaged with entrepreneurial activity and startups in particular.
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Kolbeinsson, Jóhann Bjarni. "Crisis Incubation: A New Phenomenon? : A comparative study." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-227088.
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The aim of this study is to examine incubators which were formed by Innovation Center Iceland right after the financial crisis hit in 2008. The question is whether a new concept can be defined, or a new phenomenon, called “crisis incubation”. This is a concept that has not been studied before. This research is carried out by comparing the incubators formed in Iceland with incubators in six other European countries before the crisis hit, and see if there are any differences between the entrepreneurial processes. According to the study, the main differences between traditional incubators and crisis incubators are the following: Access to crisis incubators is much easier, incubatees within crisis incubators are much less likely to experience problems after they have entered the incubators, and they are much more likely to solve problems they experience. The only problem that incubatees in a crisis incubator are more likely to experience is obtaining finance. The study also finds some similarities between traditional incubators and crisis incubators. Overall, the main results strongly indicate that the differences between the two concepts are so great, that a new phenomenon can be defined, although further research is needed.
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Maruyama, Felipe Massami. "Incubar ou acelerar? análise sobre o valor entregue para as startups pelas incubadoras e aceleradoras de negócios." Universidade de São Paulo, 2017. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/3/3136/tde-12032018-103531/.
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Tanto as incubadoras como as aceleradoras são organizações especializadas no suporte de empreendimentos em fases iniciais, em especial, aqueles intensivos em inovação conhecidos como startups. Apesar da grande disseminação dessas organizações, há poucas informações na literatura que evidenciem as suas diferenças e as contribuições na jornada do empreendedorismo inovador. Assim, o objetivo principal deste estudo é comparar a diferença entre as propostas de valor das aceleradoras e das incubadoras a partir da percepção das startups que tenham sido tanto incubadas como aceleradas. Entre os objetivos específicos temos: discutir possíveis relações entre as aceleradoras e as incubadoras de negócios; apresentar a evolução das incubadoras e os fatores que induziram o surgimento das aceleradoras, descrevendo os diferentes arquétipos e as implicações que essas organizações têm no ecossistema de empreendedorismo; apresentar o cenário nacional do fenômeno de aceleração e de incubação. O levantamento de dados contará com duas etapas: análise documental de fontes de dados secundárias e estudos de caso com uso de técnica de entrevista e questionário semiestruturado. A análise documental foi feita a partir de banco de dados de artigos científicos, dados oficiais de governos, fundações, revistas e páginas web especializadas e editais de chamamento das próprias organizações. A análise documental fornecerá o retrato de como as incubadoras e as aceleradoras se promovem no ecossistema como organizações importantes no apoio às startups. Em seguida, através de abordagem exploratória descritiva e qualitativa, foram realizadas entrevistas com roteiros semiestruturados com fundadores de startups que foram incubadas e aceleradas, para compreender o valor que cada um desses processos forneceu ao desenvolvimento dessas empresas. Concluiu-se que existe uma dissonância entre o valor percebido pelas startups e o que as incubadoras e as aceleradoras promovem. Também foi possível identificar que a busca por recursos pelas startups tende a não seguir um processo linear, capturando as melhores oportunidades que estejam disponíveis no momento. Por fim, esta pesquisa é um passo exploratório para trazer novas evidências do fenômeno das startups e dos diferentes instrumentos que as constroem. Sugerem-se encaminhamentos que possam preencher lacunas na literatura a respeito dos fenômenos citados, indicando a necessidade de estudos futuros que adensem o conhecimento desse fenômeno.Both incubators and acelerators are specialized organizations to support early-stage ventures, especially innovation-intensive ones known as startups. Despite the great spread of these organizations, there is a few information in the literature that show their differences and contributions in the journey of innovative entrepreneurship. The main objective of this study is comparing the difference between value porposition of accelerators and incubators from the perception of startups that have been both incubated and accelerated. The specific objectives are: to discuss possible relationships between accelerators and incubators; to present the evolution of the incubators and the factors that led to the emergence of the accelerators, describing the different accelerators archetypes and the implications in entrepreneurship ecosystem; to present the national scenario of acceleration and incubation. The data collection stage had two stages: documentary analysis of secondary data sources; and the case study using interview technique through semi-structured questionnaire. The documentary analysis was made from a database of scientific articles, official data from governments, foundations, journals and specialized web pages and incubators and accelerators calls for proposals. Documentary analysis provided a picture of how incubators and accelerators are promoted to the ecosystem and startups. Then, through a descriptive and qualitative exploratory approach, interviews were conducted with semistructured scripts with founders of startups that were incubated and accelerated to understand the value that each of these processes provided to the development of these companies. It was concluded that there is a dissonance between what the incubators and the accelerators promote and the value perceived by the startups, they are not being able to identify enough characteristics that distinguish them. The reason for it is the diversity of the needs and demands of the startups, different models of accelerators and incubators are formulated that, in many cases, overlap in the benefits offered. It was also possible to identify that the search for resources by startups, whether radical or disruptive startups, does not follow a linear process, capturing the best opportunities available in the ecosystem through a minimally tactical and selective approach. In order to contribute to the understanding of the growing formation of organizations supporting startups, such as incubators and accelerators, and considering the findings of this research, a tool was suggested to define the types of these organizations, loosely termed \"startup guiders\". This tool analyzes three basic dimensions: business model, value proposition and stage of intervention in the development of early-stages ventures. Finally, this research is an exploratory step in bringing new evidence of the phenomenon of startups and of the different instruments that construct them. It is suggested that there be gaps in the literature regarding the mentioned phenomena, indicating the need for future studies that increase the knowledge of this phenomenon.
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Duarte, António Armando Sousa. "Incubação de start-ups : a abordagem segundo a teoria dos clusters e análise de caso." Master's thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/15612.
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A criação de novas empresas desempenha um papel chave no processo de renovação do tecido empresarial e, por consequência, no desenvolvimento económico, constituindo por isso, nesta perspectiva, uma prioridade para os países. Justifica-se assim, o interesse crescente pela problemática do empreendedorismo e criação de empresas, em particular pelo aumento da taxa de sucesso das empresas nascentes - start-ups. Dos vários sistemas de apoio à criação e lançamento de start-ups, as incubadoras de empresas potenciam, aos empreendedores, um ambiente favorável para a criação e desenvolvimento dos seus projectos, proporcionando-lhes condições técnicas e físicas adequadas, com a finalidade de permitir a sua integração no mercado com total autonomia. Por outro lado, as condições específicas da aglomeração de empresas na incubadora, bem como o grau de profundidade das relações estabelecidas e a sua sofisticação, conferem à incubadora as características essenciais para se poder constituir como um cluster específico. Neste contexto, o estudo destaca a Incubação Empresarial, enquanto instrumento relevante de encorajamento e apoio à criação e lançamento de start-ups, caracteriza o serviço de incubação e as diversas tipologias de incubadoras, salientando a preponderância do papel dos empreendedores, suas características e ideias de negócios, evidencia a importância do estímulo ao empreendedorismo, como forma de facilitar o bom desempenho da incubadora e, por último, aborda o contexto e as condições potenciadas pelo encontro de empresas e empreendedores numa incubadora, enquadrados numa lógica de cluster local. O presente trabalho verifica, de forma exploratória, e no contexto das empresas apoiadas/incubadas nos Ninhos de Empresas do Centro de Apoio à Criação de Empresas do Alto Alentejo, se a perspectiva da incubação como cluster favorece o potencial de sucesso de projectos em territórios de reduzida densidade empresarial. Para o grupo de empresas estudadas, são analisados e apresentados resultados relativos à importância atribuída à incubação e aos seus serviços, ao tipo de relacionamento e complementaridades existentes na incubadora e à caracterização da incubadora quanto à tipologia de relações estabelecidas entre empresas.
/*** Abstract - The setting-up of new business enterprises plays a key role in the process of renewal in the business community and, as a consequence, in the process of economic development, and is therefore a matter of priority for every country. Thus, there is good reason for the growing interest in the issue of entrepreneurship and the setting-up of new businesses, all the more so due to the increase in the rate of success of start-up enterprises. Among the various support systems for the setting-up and launching of start-ups, business incubators are advantageous for entrepreneurs as they provide a favorable environment for the creation and development of their business projects and furnish suitable technical and physical means by which they can achieve the full integration of their businesses in the market, with maximum self-sufficiency. At the same time, the specific conditions according to which businesses enter the incubator, along with the degree of development and the sophistication of the relations established between these enterprises, endow the incubator with the essential features of a specific cluster. This study examines Business Incubation as an important instrument for encouraging support for the setting-up and launching of start-ups, and characterizes the incubation service and a range of types of incubator, focusing on the essential role of entrepreneurs, their characteristics and business ideas; it also demonstrates the importance of this form of providing a stimulus to entrepreneurship as a way of ensuring a good level of incubator performance, and examines the encounter between businesses and entrepreneurs inside an incubator, a local cluster (Ninhos de Empresas do Centro de Apoio à Criação de Empresas do Alto Alentejo [Business Nest of the Center for Business Setting-up of Upper Alentejo]), and the advantages this brings.
Furthermore, the study explores, within this context, the question of whether cluster incubation favours potential success for business projects in territories with a low density of business enterprises. For the group of businesses studied, an analysis was conducted and results presented regarding: the importance assigned to incubation and incubator services; the type of relations and complementarities existing within the incubator; and the characterization of the incubator as far as the type of relations established between businesses is concerned.
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Nipoti, Vladimir. "Podnikatelské akcelerátory. Význam a přínosy." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-193365.
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The aim of this thesis is to analyse and compare the contributions of business or startup accelerators. The contributions are compared from the point of view of the managers of accelerators, startups and investors. Business accelerators help new firms accelerate their growth. The aid can be provided in a material form through financial capital and services or in an educational form through workshops and mentoring. The first chapter deals with the definition of the accelerator, its history and differences with incubators. The second chapter engages in the causes of the phenomenon of startups and accelerators, the model of lean startup, the impacts of accelerators on the economy and the current situation of accelerators in the world. The third chapters analyses the oldest and the most famous accelerator in the world Y Combinator. The last part evaluates the contributions of accelerators based on the inquiry among experts.
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Wendorff, Todd Louis. "Design Interjection for Business Incubators." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1395918298.
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Insoll, Luke, and Jonne Mäkikyrö. "Creativity in Business Incubators : A Qualitative Study of the Influencers of Startup Employee Creativity in Incubators." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-149663.
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Creativity is a phenomenon of human behaviour whereby new and useful things are produced. The products of creativity can be tangible, such as a painting or item of clothing, or they can be intangible, such as an idea or theory. Psychologists recognize that creativity does not exist in a vacuum; instead it is the result of the complex interaction of numerous factors. These factors are both intrinsic and extrinsic. Intrinsic factors relate to inherent aspects of the individual, such as cognitive capability, motivation, and emotional state. Extrinsic factors include environmental influences, such noise, distraction, and social interaction. Certain extrinsic factors also influence intrinsic factors; for example, social interaction, which is extrinsic, can improve mood, which is intrinsic. Organisational psychologists and business researchers have in recent years explored the ways in which the creativity of an individual in a workplace setting is influenced by their environment. The authors of this study have continued that line of research, by performing a qualitative exploratory study into how the business incubator environment influences the creativity of startup employees. Business incubators, organisations that provide office space and development resources to early-stage firms, typically represent themselves as “creative environments” in which creativity can thrive. The researchers conducted in-depth interviews with employees of four different startup companies in two different incubators in Northern Sweden, in order to gauge their experiences of how the incubator environment affected their self-perceived creativity. This study yielded interesting results that to a large degree corroborated extant research, while also raising exciting question for future research. The authors, combining the findings of their study with theories identified in a comprehensive literature review of creativity research, present a conceptual model of creativity in incubators. The model categorises the observed environmental influences of creativity into higher-order and lower-order themes, and discusses the ways in which they affect not just creativity but also each other. The higher order themes are pressure and challenge, affect, and knowledge. The lower order themes are distractions, social interaction, and positive interaction as a reward for creative behaviour. Approach to ideas operates as a mediating theme that influences the relationship between social interaction and knowledge. Business incubators may benefit from the findings and conclusions of this study, as they provide suggestions on how the incubator environment may be modified to better serve the creative needs of their tenants. The relevance of these findings is not limited, however, solely to incubators. Many organisations and institutions recognize the value of creativity, and may be interested to learn of the ways in which the environment interacts with this complex yet crucial phenomenon. Companies, innovators, entrepreneurs, and universities are but a sample of those who might gain from the new perspectives on creativity that this thesis presents.
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Popova, Irina. "Start-up incubation : a rite of passage of entrepreneurs and their social ventures." Thesis, Anglia Ruskin University, 2016. http://arro.anglia.ac.uk/702183/.
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This dissertation presents a socio-anthropological investigation of social venture incubation: a process of providing enterprise support aimed at creating social change. Most previous research on incubation has focused on venture development and growth, and the efficacy of incubation in terms of the economic contribution firms make. In this study I contribute by investigating the process of incubation, conceptualising it as a rite of passage of both the entrepreneur and the venture. I conducted an ethnographic study following the rites of passage of one cohort of social entrepreneurs and their ventures - from selection to incorporation into the business world. The insider perspective provided access to both the organisers and designers of the process as well as the entrepreneurs over a period of 15 months. I thematically analysed my data with NVivo using an a priori and emergent coding system. The key finding of the study was the dual nature of the incubatee, the liminal entity in this rite of passage. As opposed to most incubation studies, I found that the process was as much a transition of the ventures as it was for the entrepreneurs. The rite of passage framework enabled me to identify the transition to becoming a social entrepreneur. In addition the study contributes theoretically showing the importance of social exchanges in participants’ relationships as well as the variety of different engagement patterns in the entrepreneurial rite of passage. Engagement also influences incubation outcomes and evaluation. The value of the research findings for managers of such initiatives include designing relevant evaluation systems and strengthening the case for social incubation. Policy makers and funders of such initiatives thus need to take into account the different outcomes and impact of the programmes when allocating resources. The dual nature of the incubatee and impact on the incubatee should thus be taken into account when setting expected outcomes.
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Popova, Irina. "Start-up incubation: a rite of passage of entrepreneurs and their social ventures." Thesis, Anglia Ruskin University, 2016. https://arro.anglia.ac.uk/id/eprint/702183/1/Popova_2016.pdf.
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This dissertation presents a socio-anthropological investigation of social venture incubation: a process of providing enterprise support aimed at creating social change. Most previous research on incubation has focused on venture development and growth, and the efficacy of incubation in terms of the economic contribution firms make. In this study I contribute by investigating the process of incubation, conceptualising it as a rite of passage of both the entrepreneur and the venture.
I conducted an ethnographic study following the rites of passage of one cohort of social entrepreneurs and their ventures - from selection to incorporation into the business world. The insider perspective provided access to both the organisers and designers of the process as well as the entrepreneurs over a period of 15 months. I thematically analysed my data with NVivo using an a priori and emergent coding system.
The key finding of the study was the dual nature of the incubatee, the liminal entity in this rite of passage. As opposed to most incubation studies, I found that the process was as much a transition of the ventures as it was for the entrepreneurs. The rite of passage framework enabled me to identify the transition to becoming a social entrepreneur. In addition the study contributes theoretically showing the importance of social exchanges in participants’ relationships as well as the variety of different engagement patterns in the entrepreneurial rite of passage. Engagement also influences incubation outcomes and evaluation.
The value of the research findings for managers of such initiatives include designing relevant evaluation systems and strengthening the case for social incubation. Policy makers and funders of such initiatives thus need to take into account the different outcomes and impact of the programmes when allocating resources. The dual nature of the incubatee and impact on the incubatee should thus be taken into account when setting expected outcomes.
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Cassel, Josefine, and Fredriksson Anna. "The Logic Behind Business Incubation for Creative and Technology-Based Startups : A Study of the Support Provided By Business Incubators to Startups With Different Business Logics." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-185287.
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Small businesses are an important part of innovation, competitiveness and economic development. Support systems such as business incubators have emerged with the purpose of helping these startups develop. The startups which are in focus in this thesis operate in different industries, in technology-based industries where commercialization and growth is in focus, to creative industries which focus on developing individual talent and creativity. The characteristics and core of the businesses differ, giving them different business logics by which the startups operate. The business logic leads the startups to face different challenges, which the thesis considers to regard liabilities of smallness, liabilities of newness and liabilities of uniqueness as well as organizing. These variations give the startups differences in how they operate and hence, also a need for different types of support given by business incubators. Business incubator support is in the thesis categorized into three components of Networks, Infrastructure and Business Services, as suggested in a triad model of Carvalho & Galina (2015). As varying business logics makes a difference on what type of value startups produce, it is important to study the relationship between these logics and the support provided by an incubator. It is important in order to understand how incubators can adapt their support more effectively to help entrepreneurs overcome their challenges. The thesis purpose is to broaden the understanding of how business logics and challenges of startups adhere to the industry they are in, and how the support given by business incubators can help the businesses to overcome challenges associated with these business logics. The research design was qualitative, and data was collected by performing six semi-structured interviews with entrepreneurs within creative and technology-based industries, enrolled at business incubators with these specializations. The study results in a proposed model, giving extension to the original triad model by Carvalho & Galina (2015). In the proposed model, new dimensions of the support system as well as the nature of the startups’ business logics, and challenges are addressed. The proposed model and the study’s results may act as a guiding framework for future research in the field, aiming to gain a better understanding of the reality of startups with different business logics.
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Tsaplin, Evgeny. "Market-Entry Strategies of Startup Owners." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5951.
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Russia's startups fail at high rates. The purpose of this multiple case study was to understand the market-entry strategies used by accelerated startup managers to succeed in business longer than the first 3 years. The target population for this study was 3 startup owners who completed an acceleration program from the Internet Initiatives Development Fund and continued to operate businesses that generated revenue. The participants in the study were located in 3 different cities in Russia: Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Tomsk. The conceptual framework for the study was Raheem and Akhuemonkhan's theory of enterprise development and von Bertalanffy's general system theory. Data collection involved semistructured interviews, review and analysis of company documents, reflective journal entries, and direct observation of the management operations and processes. Data were analyzed using Yin's 5-step data analysis process. A thematic analysis of the data revealed 4 themes: evolution of an entrepreneur, sales strategy, acceleration impact, and recommendations for accelerators and incubators. The results of the study may contribute to startup survivability as well as exchanging successful experience among new entrepreneurs. For those people who plan to start a business, this study may contribute understanding the skills for initiating a startup.
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Scott, Julie Lenée. "Hatching the equity nest egg : the role of a university incubator in creating successful startup firms /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7556.
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Georgsdóttir, Velander Mikaela, and Ewelina Hryniewiecka. "Kommunikationsprocessen mellan Inkubator och Startup : En kvalitativ studie om effektiv Business to Business kommunikation." Thesis, Högskolan Väst, Avd för företagsekonomi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-15455.
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Detta arbete undersökte den kommunikationsprocess som sker mellan en inkubator och startupföretag, samt dess effektivitet. Syftet med denna studie var att studera och undersöka faktorer som skapar en välfungerande kommunikation, för- och nackdelar med både fysisk samt digital kommunikation mellan en inkubator och startup, i detta fall Innovatum Startup, och dess startup kunder. Tidigare forskning som studerats visade inte tillräckligt med studier om vilket kommunikationssätt som är mest effektivt mellan en inkubator och startupföretag, därför valde vi en fallstudie för att kunna studera kommunikationen på ett djupare nivå. Detta arbete grundar sig i primärdata från semistrukturerade intervjuer hos Innovatum Startup och de startupföretag som vänt sig till dem för coaching. Denna data har kompletterats och jämförts med vetenskapligt granskade artiklar samt litteratur kopplade till det berörda ämnet. Avsnittet med teori har fokuserat på de mest väsentliga faktorerna som tillhör det valda ämnet. Här presenteras tidigare forskning om Kommunikationsmodeller, kommunikationens olika nivåer och strukturer, inkubator, startupföretag och dess kommunikationskanaler, digital kommunikation, face-to-face kommunikation samt business to business relationer med fokus på kommunikation. Teoriavsnittet har klargjort de olika sorters kommunikationsmedel som företag typiskt använder sig av, dess fördelar, nackdelar och tillvägagångssätt. Empiri insamlades genom att intervjua Innovatum Startup's affärscoacher samt företag som deltagit i deras inkubatorprocess. Resultaten tyder på att Innovatum Startup har en bra grund i användandet av olika kommunikationstyper, och bör fortsätta med att utvärdera samt utveckla de digitala kommunikationsverktygen som används, då detta kommunikationssätt med största sannolikhet kommer att dominera även i framtiden. Slutligen så är det viktigt att poängtera att den fysiska kommunikationen är väldigt viktig och bör inte bortses från, då den bildar hållbara relationer och förtroende mellan parterna.This work investigated the communication process that is between a Incubator and Startup companies, as well as its effectiveness. The purpose of this study was to study and investigate factors that create a in well-functioning communication, the pros and cons of both physical and digital communication between an incubator and startup, in this case Innovatum Startup, and its startup customers. The previous research that has been studied did not show enough studies about which way of communicating are most common between an incubator and a startup company. That is the reason why we chose this subject to study, to gather a deeper understanding. This work is based on primary data from semi-structured interviews that was conducted from Innovatum Startup and the startup companies that turned to them for coaching. This data has been supplemented and compared with scientifically reviewed articles as well as literature related to the subject concerned. The section with theory has focused on the most important factors that belong to the chosen topic. This includes previous research on communication models, the different levels and structures of communication, the incubator, startup companies and their communication channels, digital communication, face-to-face communication as well as business to business relations with a focus on communication are presented. The theory section has clarified the different types of communication tools that companies typically use, its advantages, disadvantages and approaches. Empiri was gathered by interviewing Innovatum Startup's business coaches and companies that participated in their incubator process. The results indicate that Innovatum Startup has a good foundation in the use of different types of communication and should continue to evaluate and develop the digital communication tools used, as this method of communication will most likely continue to dominate in the future. Finally, it is important to point out that physical communication is very important and should not be disregarded as it forms lasting relationships and trust between the parties.
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QUAGLIA, ANNA PAOLA. "The politics of innovation, entrepreneurship and community as a discursive practice. Researching a startup incubator in Milan." Doctoral thesis, Politecnico di Torino, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11583/2710170.
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This study investigates innovation as a discursive field and it aims to answer the following research questions: under what conditions of possibility does the discursive practice “innovation” become subjectively and collectively sensible and meaningful? How does such discourse “speak the truth” to and for the subject? The research explores innovation as a meaningful social fact that, on one side, features ideal and objectified traits as an object of knowledge and, on the other, it socially inscribes itself into reality through spatialization. The analysis problematizes innovation as a social phenomenon that manifests itself in and through spaces –urban, organizational and corporeal, contingently to relational processes and subjective enactments. To answer the research questions, the study performs an analysis of innovation as a discursive field through a genealogical exercise that builds on an ethnographic observation conducted at Core, a startup incubator and co-working space located in Milan.
The inquiry moves from the basic consideration that acknowledges as meaningful the relationship between innovation, the city and the urban space at large. Rather than assuming the “city-innovation” nexus as given, the study investigates some of the epistemological grounds, ontological properties and features of the rational discourse underlying innovation (Chapter 1). More precisely, this study begins with a problematization of how innovation is commonly thought and represented as requiring specific spatial conditions to thrive, and how a particular configuration of the object “city” is pre-reflexively implied and imagined when the desideratum “innovation” is evoked. Building upon this first genealogical analysis, the “eventualization” of innovation as a discursive practice is then investigated with reference to Milan’s contemporary social space (Chapter 3). In the chapter, particular attention is paid to key policies and initiatives embraced at the local and national governmental levels from 2011 to 2016. Building on the assumption that for a discourse to materialize into a social practice, organizational and corporeal spaces of configuration are needed, the results of the ethnographic investigation are then presented. The organizational spatial rhetoric and pedagogy are analyzed in order to shed light upon the material conditions of the appearance of the discourse of innovation (Chapter 4). Finally, the relational conditions of possibility for innovation to occur are explored, and the experience of being an “innovative” subject is investigated (Chapter 5). This study offers a contribution to critical social theory and research, as well as to human geography, in two ways. On the one hand, it performs a “methodological journey” to show how certain objects of thought e.g. the urban space, the city or innovation– territorialize in institutions, rituals, “banal” gestures, unconscious and pre-reflexive practices through spatial relations. On the other hand, this work sheds light on the rhetoric of innovation by arguing that it corresponds to a new anthropological discourse rather than being a simple expression of historically contingent economic necessities.
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Halm, Lisa, and Oscar Mörke. "Exploring the interplay of the entrepreneurial process and the incubation process." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-388776.
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Entrepreneurship and start-ups are important factors for economic growth and development. As the surrounding innovation ecosystem is becoming increasingly complex, it gets more difficult for entrepreneurs to find the right path. Incubators are important when it comes to facilitating and supporting new ventures. In this research, we conducted 19 semi-structured interviews of which five were held with public incubators, four with private incubators, nine with incubatees and one with Vinnova (a government authority that plays a huge part within the existence of public incubators) in order to gain an understanding of the interplay of the incubation process and the entrepreneurial process. As for analyzing the collected data we used a thematic analysis with an inductive approach. Throughout the coding process, we extracted the following three main topics: role of an incubator, incubation process and interplay. However, a distinction between public and private incubators was approved as applicable that determines the incubators’ purpose, objectives and operations. Our findings suggest that incubators play an important role in supporting and guiding the start-ups by transferring knowledge and asking the right questions as a fundament for the further entrepreneurial process. Continuous communication and expectation management are shown as crucial throughout the interplay of the two processes. Lastly, the disconnection from the incubatees should be done carefully, e.g. through a non-proactive aftercare.
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andersson, henrik, and markus yngvesson. "en inkubators psykologiska betydelse för studenter som startar företag." Thesis, Mälardalen University, School of Sustainable Development of Society and Technology, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-1212.
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Syftet med uppsatsen var att utröna en inkubators psykologiska betydelse för studenter som startar företag. En kvalitativ undersökning bland nio företagsstartande studenter som tagit hjälp av inkubatorn Idélab gjordes för att identifiera psykologiska faktorer för att en student ska starta företag. Tidigare forskning har visat att self-efficacy kan ha betydelse. Tonvikt lades därför på entreprenöriell self-efficy med hjälp av en andra frågeställning; ”På vilket sätt påverkar Idélab sina studenters entreprenöriella self-efficacy?” Det framkom att entreprenöriell self-efficacy, utbildning, stödjande miljö, känslan av att skapa sitt eget liv och framtid samt styrkan av att vara flera var betydelsefulla faktorer för studenter som startar eget. Det framkom att Idélab troligen höjer sina studenters entreprenöriella self-efficacy med tre av Banduras fyra källor till self-efficacy.
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Kemp, Phillip. "The influence of business incubation in developing new enterprises in Australia." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2013. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/864.
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Australia was an early adopter of business incubation, and made substantial investments in it in the early 2000s, however local interest has declined with the closure of big government-funded projects, at a time when international interest in business incubation is increasing. This study revisits the question of business incubators and their usefulness in economic development, describing a case study conducted on a university-linked business incubator in Australia. It investigates the impact of its operations on developing start-up businesses operating from within the facility; the motivations, perceptions and priorities of small businesses tenants and former tenants; and the role of the manager in influencing the development of new enterprises. The study builds on the theoretical understanding of business incubation and a model has been developed that demonstrates the ways in which options theory, coproduction theory, networking theory and social capital theory explain stages of incubation.
The study found the principle motivation for tenants to locate their business within a business incubator was the price for the office space and not the business development assistance that is the primary service of the business incubator. Once operating from within the business incubator, however, the principle advantage perceived by tenants was the provision of business assistance in the development and growth of their businesses. The only disadvantage raised was price as it reduced the pressure to strive for profits and business growth on the tenant businesses. The interaction with the manager was found to have a positive impact on the tenant businesses and contributed to their development. The tenants believed that the interaction was on their own terms and that they could seek advice whenever they needed from the manager. The manager believed that he could add value by assisting the tenants directly, with connecting them and introducing tenants to other service providers and businesses when required.
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Schipounoff, Nathalie. "Aimables startuppers : pour un monde meilleur ou une meilleure place ? : Ethnologie du mode startup dans un incubateur parisien." Thesis, Université de Paris (2019-....), 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019UNIP7107.
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« Changer le monde et en faire un meilleur endroit » est le leitmotiv de tout startupper qui souhaite convaincre des investisseurs. Une startup dans l’IT (information technology) est « une institution humaine conçue pour créer un produit ou un service dans des conditions d’incertitude extrême » (Ries E). Que signifie alors pour un startupper « vouloir changer le monde » ? Les fantasmes de la réussite pour tous et de l’entrepreneuriat suffisent-ils à prendre un tel risque ? Notre hypothèse de départ est que le mode startup observé dans ce travail de recherche est une fabrique de « nouveaux ambitieux » dans le système néolibéral. L’enjeu est de permettre aux startuppers d’espérer contribuer par leur travail à un monde meilleur, alors qu’ils restent au service de la sphère financière et des levées de fonds, voire de la spéculation en échange d’une meilleure place sociale. Pour en faire la démonstration, les méthodes utilisées dans cette recherche s’articulent autour de quatre grands axes : - une recherche académique, conjuguée à une veille récurrente, - une observation ethnologique participante dans un incubateur parisien pendant plus de 15 mois, - une étude ethnographique et sémantique des posts (billets) partagés et anonymisés sur Facebook de startuppers et de monographies biographiques publiées sur Tumblr des fondateurs de startups présents pendant la phase de terrain. L’objectif est de tenter dans la lignée du « Village métamorphosé » de Pascal Dibie d’apporter à sa mesure, à l’échelle d’un incubateur « une approche singulière porteuse de l’universel » (Giust-Desprairies F), des éclairages sur les coutumes, les rituels voire les croyances du monde des startups et de démontrer dans cette recherche en quoi le mode startup n’a pas vocation à sortir du capitalisme mais à le réenchanter. L’utopie aux sources du numérique qui consiste à vouloir changer le monde est devenue un pitch marketing. Toutefois, cette étude entrevoit dans ce postmodernisme et le fait de devenir startupper une forme de résilience. Créer une startup, c’est vouloir retrouver du sens et une place parmi les meilleurs, mais c’est aussi tenter de concilier l’inconciliable : humaniser la déshumanisation« Change the world and make it a better place » is the leitmotif of all startupper wishing to convince investors. An IT (information technology) start-up is « a human institution designed to create a new product or service under conditions of extreme uncertainty » (Ries E). What does it mean then for a startupper to change the world ? Are the entrepreneurship and the success-for-all fantasy enough to take such a risk ?The hypothesis here retained is that the start-up mode observed in this research paper remains one of the instruments for a new form of elitism and adherence signs to exercice their capitalism power. The possibility for individuals to hope to make, by their work, the world a better place is at stake, while they are serving market capitalization, fundraising, if ever speculation in exchange for a best social position.To demonstrate it, the methods employed in this research hinge on four main axes :- An academic research, combine to a recurrent watch- A participating ethnological observation in a Parisian incubator for more than 15 months. - An ethnographic and semantic studies of anonymized posts shared on Facebook by startuppers and startups founders’ biographical monographs present during the field phase.In keeping with the « metamorphosed Village » of Pascal Dibie, this research intends to bring to the scale of an incubator « a singular approach bearer of universal » (Giust-Desprairies F), perspective on customs, rituals if ever beliefs of the startup nation and intends to demonstrate in what way the start-up mode has become a factory for new ambitious. At the root of the numerical utopia, the will to change the world has become today for the startuppers a marketing pitch.Nevertheless this study also glimpses in the postmodernism and the fact to become a startupper a form of resilience : certainly it is wanting to find back sense and a place among the best, but undoubtedly it is a tentative to reconcile the unreconcilable, render more human the dehumanization
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Möcander, Filip. "De inkuberade företagen - Är det värt det? : En jämförande studie om inkuberade företags förväntningar samt upplevelser av en Inkubator." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-92019.
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Bakgrund: En inkubator är ett entreprenöriellt utvecklingsprogram för nystartade företag med utgångspunkt att effektiva deras uppstartsprocess. Företag ingår i en inkubation under en tidsbestämd period där de erbjuds affärsutveckling och rådgivning. De agerar i inkubatorns kontorslokaler tillsammans med andra inkuberade företag. Sociala nätverk är en omfattande del av nystartade företags konkurrenskraft och utveckling på marknaden. Genom sociala nätverk genereras rådgivning, kompetens, kapital och affärsmöjligheter. För att nätverken ska fungera krävs det att entreprenörer interagerar och utbyter information vilket skapar en tillit. Förtroende och tillit möjliggjör för att att nätverken ska vara effektiva och givande, vilket dessutom utgör relationen mellan individerna. Inkuberade företag möter olika utmaningar genom att ingå i ett inkubatorsprogram. Nätverk och kompetens kan vara för likartad samt homogen. Dessutom kan förtroendet mellan de inkuberade företagen och inkubatorn i en flexibel kontorsyta vara komplext. Fortsättningsvis att företagens förmåga att utveckla verksamheten vidare minimeras utan inkubatorns stöd. Problemformulering: Vilka likheter och skillnader innefattar de inkuberade företagen om inkubatorns program? Syfte: Syftet med studien är att jämföra de inkuberade företagens förväntningar och upplevelser av en inkubator. Metod: Uppsatsens har ett kvalitativt tillvägagångssätt och en komparativ forskningsdesign. Således en jämförande studie av de inkuberade företagens förväntningar och upplevelser av en inkubator. Kvalitativa semistrukturerade intervjuer har använts för att samla data från respondenter. Fyra olika företag i form av Measure and Change, Världens Chans, Lumispectra samt YLDR intervjuades från samma inkubator (Företagsfabriken). Slutsats: Samtliga inkuberade företag är överens om att inkubatorns nätverk inte är tillräckligt effektivt. Upplevelsen har inte bemött deras förväntningar på grund av brister i effektivitet, organisering samt intressanta aktörer. Förtroende för inkubatorn har påverkats negativt för samtliga företag förutom YLDR vilket grundar sig i inkubatorns verksamhetsstruktur och tillgänglighet. Samtidigt har det blivit bättre över tid. Kapitalanskaffningen har delvis besvarat de inkuberade företagens förväntningar. Framförallt det sociala och humana kapitalet. Däremot har det finansiella kapitalet inte besvarat något företags förväntningar förutom (YLDR).Background: A business incubator is an entrepreneurial development program för start up businesses. Firms in a start up phase are a part of the program in a certain amount of time where they recieve an office space, business advice and development. Together with other incubated companies are they developing their business ideas in a flexible office structure. Furthermore are social networks a major competitive advantage for start up businesses where they can receive competence, capital and business oppertunities. Trust is a major component in order to make the social networks to function. Building trust between to firms creates a relation where they can gain different types of advantages and resources. An incubated business can encouter different types of challenges and problem within an incubator such as homogeneus competence and business networks. Also, trust issues against other incubated businesses and finally problems with being able to develope their firm further after the incubation program. Research Question: What similarities and differences within the incubation program are the incubated businesses comprising? Purpose: The purpose of the study is to compare the incubated business actors expectations and experiences of an incubator. Method: The paper has a qualitative research method and a comparative research design. Furthermore a comparative study of the incubated businesses expectations and experiences from an incubators (Foretagsfabriken). The data was gathered from four incubated businesses who are operating within the same incubator. The firms that participated in the study where Measure and Change, Varldens Chans, Lumispectra and YLDR. Conclusion: The internal and external network has not met the expectations from the incubated businesses. It has not been organized or efficient with enough interesting actors for them to further develope their business. The trust between the incubator and the incubated businesses has been affected negatively except for YLDR. Furthmore, the acess to different types of capital has partially met the expectations that the start up comapnies had, epescially the social and the human capital. However, YLDR was the only company that where their expectations for financial capital was fulfilled.
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Korityak, Anton, and Tomasz Fichtel. "Growth-oriented start-ups- Factors influencing financing decisions." Thesis, Högskolan i Jönköping, Internationella Handelshögskolan, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-18439.
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This paper focuses on identifying factors influencing the financing decisions of growth-oriented start-ups. A sample of 8 business incubator start-ups has been studied within a qualitative research so as to reach that goal. Their fundraising choices are analyzed using supporting financial and psychological theories. Also, the thesis examines the start-ups’ interaction with a business incubator and investors.It is found that growth oriented start-ups use internal funds in the first instance, the lack of financial capital representing the main reason behind this decision. Moreover, it is clear that bank loans are not a viable alternative for start-ups mainly because of the collaterals required. However, debt financing, coming from more accessible sources, is used despite the higher costs, this if it helps in achieving growth. Lastly, equity capital is regarded positively by growth oriented start-ups although it dilutes the control. The reasoning is that control is traded-off with the skills and experience the external investors bring in once with their investments.
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Worden, Tyler L. (Tyler Lance) 1970. "A business plan for StartupChina / an incubator for Chinese E-commerce start-ups." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/9189.
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Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2000.Also available online on DSpace at MIT.
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StartupChina is a Business Accelerator for e-commerce startups in China focusing on B2B opportunities and technology companies that support the e-commerce revolution. The key to understanding StartupChina's opportunity is to examine the current divide separating the venture capital community from entrepreneurs in China. Venture capitalists increasingly seek to invest greater than one million dollars per deal, in order to maximize fund management fees and minimize operating costs. In China, VC's frequently claim that qualified deals are few and far between. However, there is no lack of entrepreneurs with great ideas. Many young management teams merely need an initial infusion of capital--totaling not more than five hundred thousand dollars--accompanied by an experienced team and professional services to lead them through the startup process and connect them with the venture capital community on the other side. StartupChina thereby serves the needs of three customers: seed round investors, Chinese entrepreneurs, and the international venture capital community. First, StartupChina provides a mechanism for foreign investors to participate in a diversified portfolio of early-stage e-commerce companies in the Chinese market. StartupChina finds the best deals and incorporates them into a balanced portfolio network of companies. Second, entrepreneurs are provided with much needed capital, value-added services, and physical office space so they are able to accelerate the development of their company in preparation for VC financing. The third beneficiary is the venture capital community. By pre-screening, selecting, and developing business plans and management teams that have the highest potential to succeed in the Chinese marketplace, StartupChina will become a crucial sourcing ally for venture capital firms. Over time, StartupChina will become a critical link connecting foreign venture capitalists to high-quality startups in the Chinese e-commerce market.
by Tyler L. Worden.
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Eberhardt, Björn, and Fabian Hörst. "Accelerating from Zero to Global Hero : A Multiple-Case Study of Accelerators promoting Participants to become Born Globals." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-36838.
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In recent years, accelerators have gained increasingly attention due to their numerical growth, geographic dispersion, and growing numbers of participants they have worked with. Uber, Airbnb, Dropbox or Reddit – they have not only been participants of accelerators, but they can also be identified as ‘Born Globals’ according to the definition used throughout this thesis. Considering this fact and the lack of research in theory on the interrelation of both phenomena, accelerators and Born Global, it is interesting to dig deeper into the impact accelerators have on their respective participants’ global development. For this purpose, the authors conducted a multiple-case study to find answers to the question of what elements of accelerators promote participants to become Born Globals. This multiple-case study included semi-structured interviews with managers of four different cases of accelerators and three respective former participants as well as complementarily used secondary data in terms of company documents. Drawing from empirical evidence, it was found that the major elements of the examined accelerators fostering the participants’ development towards Born Globals can be summarized into five major categories: ’Application Process’, ’Interpersonal Connections’, ’Product & Coaching Methodologies’, ’Education’, and ‘Startup Community & Entrepreneurial Ecosystem’.
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Gonzalez, Gilbert T. "What Factors during the Genesis of a Startup are Causal to Survival?" Scholar Commons, 2017. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7029.
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This research presents the results of a qualitative and quantitative investigation into what factors are present at time zero that increase the probability that a startup will achieve long term sustainability.
Survival rates for startups in the United States (U.S.) are disappointingly low and economically inefficient. The data shows that the U.S. clearly lags its peer countries in the survival rates of startups. The U.S ranked an unacceptable 11th of 14 among its peer countries in first-year survival rates in recent years. Startup failure does not only impact the entrepreneur; it also impacts creditors, vendors, community stakeholders, and employees. While it is commonly acknowledged that entrepreneurial businesses contribute to economic growth, the influential impact survival can have on economic growth within the community is often understated. The economic impact of startups on the community makes this area of research even more vital. To avoid failure and improve the sustainability of startups requires an in-depth understanding of the factors that are causal and non-causal to sustainability.
While there has been significant investment and support by communities, government, and private foundations, startup failure rates remain virtually unchanged in the last two decades. Despite the many years of research in the field of entrepreneurship, U.S. failure rates within the first five years’ average 53%, regardless of the industry membership or economic cycles. Identifying factors that are causal and non-causal to the sustainability of emerging businesses is crucial to the founders and stakeholders.
Within this study, both internal and external factors that may be causal to the macro survival rate of U.S. startups were studied. The external factors were studied quantitatively, using data published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) and the Brookings Institute. A protocol of regression analysis and visual analytics were applied to evaluate the quantitative data. It demonstrated that external factors such as the change in real gross domestic product (RGDP), interest rates, and expansion of accelerators have had no significant effect on U.S. macro startup survival rates. Further, the findings confirm that neither geographic location nor industry membership impacted U.S. macro startup survival rates.
Internal factors were studied qualitatively, using a grounded theory protocol. The qualitative research did uncover three internal factors that were causal to survival of the startups studied. Those internal factors were:
Career Autonomy – The entrepreneurs motivated by career autonomy were significantly more likely to achieve long-term sustainability.
Allies – The entrepreneurs who identify and utilized allies were more likely to survive.
Purposeful Margin of Safety model – Startups whose founders had a rigorous understanding of the margin of safety (MOS) and its underlying elements of pricing and break-even analysis were more likely to survive.
This qualitative study provides significant evidence that, when these three causal factors are present, the likelihood of sustainability is high. These findings extend our knowledge on how to improve the probability of sustainability for the firms. This study demonstrates that the U.S. can and should improve its startup survival rates by focusing on the internal factors that are necessary at time zero to ensure sustainability and survival.
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Al, Halabi Danni. "Den Nätverkande Inkubatorn : En kvalitativ studie om företagsinkubation och nätverkande som en väg mot rikt socialt kapital." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Företagsekonomi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-41642.
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A great challenge for startup companies is the lack of market knowledge and access to resources. Knowledge and resources can be acquired through networking, however, as many startup companies are young and unknown, they have difficulties establishing themselves in relevant networks. Incubators have for many years been an important instrument for the development of new companies and regional development. One important segment incubators offers startup companies is the access to a network. Networking establishes connections and strengthens relationships, which promotes a richer social capital. The purpose of the study is studying which factors of an incubator that impacts a startup companies’ development of social capital through networking and the challenges associated with networking. The underlying idea in the study is that the association with an incubator can strengthen the startup company’s legitimacy and develop the startup company's social capital by offering access to a network. For a young and unknown company, legitimacy and trust are important elements for network establishment. Young companies that are run by founders without previous qualifications often lack legitimacy and become just one of many others who tries to be heard in the startup business noise. The study uses a qualitative approach and three semi-structured interviews were conducted with representatives from two incubator firms and one industry organization that specializes in networking. The data was analyzed through a deductive thematic analysis. The theoretical field which the study is based on comes from theories within the business administration field and concerning entrepreneurship, organizational networks, business incubators and the creation of social capital within an organizational environment. The study finds that the association with an incubator can increase the company's legitimacy in the form of competency-based trust, which is based on knowledge or involvement with another actor. However, the study finds trust that is based on the founder’s reputation and past experience has a greater legitimating effect compared to only being associated with an incubator. The study also finds that the network an incubator makes available to startup companies consist of a network within the incubators own ecosystem. Network ties consist of specialized mentors with a recognized good level of knowledge within a certain or several fields, as well as incubator management, which can be interpreted as, the incubator offers a qualitative social capital which startup companies can acquire knowledge and resources from. The study finds that aspiring Born Global founders who wants access to an international network should first review what type of network the incubator can offer. The study identifies the challenges associated with networking through an incubator. Internal networking is challenged by competition between companies, a perception that networking does not add any value, and fear of accidentally sharing technological secrets, which shifts companies from interacting and generating a richer social capital to become isolated or more focused on already established contacts the founder trusts. Challenges linked to networking with mentors includes the lack of truthfulness and complete transparency. Challenges linked to external networking outside the incubator’s ecosystem may include stakeholder recommendations to only network within the incubator's own ecosystem.En stor utmaning för startupbolag är bristen på marknadskunskaper och tillgång till resurser. Kunskaper och resurser kan förvärvas genom nätverkande, men då många startupbolag är unga och okända har de svårt att etablera sig i relevanta nätverk. Inkubatorer har i många år varit ett viktigt instrument för att utveckla nyföretagande och regional utveckling. En viktig del inkubatorn erbjuder startupbolag är tillgången till ett nätverk.Genom nätverkande etableras förbindelser och stärks relationer, vilket leder till ett rikare socialt kapital. Studiens syfte är att studera vilka faktorer hos en inkubator som påverkar utvecklingen av socialt kapital genom nätverkande och de utmaningar som föreligger med nätverkande. Den bakomliggande idén i studien är att associationen med en inkubator kan stärka startupbolagets legitimitet samt utveckla startupbolagets sociala kapital genom att inkubatorn erbjuder tillgång till ett nätverk. För det unga och okända bolaget är legitimitet och tillit viktiga faktorer för etablering i nätverk. Unga bolag som drivs av en entreprenör utan tidigare meriter saknar ofta legitimitet och blir därför en av många andra som försöker höras i bruset. Studien använder en kvalitativ ansats där tre semi-strukturerade intervjuer utförts med representanter från två inkubatorverksamheter och en branschorganisation som specialiserar sig på nätverkande. Data analyserades genom en deduktiv tematisk analys. Det teoretiska fältet som studien baserar sig kommer från teorier inom det företagsekonomiska fältet och rörande entreprenörskap, organisatoriska nätverk, företagsinkubatorer och skapandet av socialt kapital inom en organisatorisk miljö.Studien finner att medlemskapet hos en inkubator kan höja startupbolagets legitimitet i form av kompetensbaserade tillit, vilket grundar sig på kunskaper eller involvering med en annan aktör. Studien finner dock att tillit som grundar sig på bolagsgrundarens tidigare erfarenheter och rykte på marknaden har en större legitimerande effekt jämfört med att endast ingå hos en inkubator. Studien finner även att nätverket inkubatorn gör tillgängligt för startupbolagen består av ett nätverk inom ramen av inkubatorprogrammets egna ekosystem. Nätverksförbindelser inkubatorn erbjuder består av specialiserade mentorer med erkänt goda kunskaper inom ett eller flera områden samt programmets ledning, vilket kan tolkas som att inkubatorn främjar utvecklingen av ett kvalitativt socialt kapital där nödvändiga kunskaper och resurser kan förvärvas. Studien finner även att aspirerande Born Globals grundare som vill ha tillgång till ett internationellt nätverk först bör granska vilket typ av nätverk inkubatorn kan erbjuda. Studien identifierar de utmaningar som finns förknippat med nätverkande genom en inkubator. Det interna nätverkandet utmanas av konkurrens mellan bolag, uppfattningen att nätverkade inte tillför något värde, samt en rädsla för att råka dela med sig av teknologiska hemligheter, vilket skiftar bolagen från att interagera och utveckla ett rikare socialt kapital till att bli isolerade eller mer fokuserade på att endast nätverka med redan etablerade kontakter grundaren har tillit till. Hinder för nätverkande med mentorer omfattar avsaknaden av öppenhet och full transparens. Hinder kopplat till extern nätverkande utanför inkubatorns ekosystem kan innefatta rekommendationer från intressenter att endast nätverka inom inkubatorns egna ekosystem.
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Kiseleva, Maria. "Business incubator as a support measure for start-ups in Russia and Sweden. : Comparative analysis." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-36680.
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Growth and developing of start-ups plays an important role as starting new business is one of the indicator that shows the economy level of each country. At that time start-ups need support and one of such support institutions is business incubator who can provide all resources that start-ups need. Different studies exist about business incubator as a support measure and the role of them for start- ups, but there is a lack of studies in analyzing this topic in different business environments. This thesis aims to provide an analysis of start-up needs, goals and offers of business incubators and interaction between them in two different business environments. Sweden and Russia will be considered in this study, as it is two different countries with different level of economy, so the level of business environment is also different. The findings of this study shows that the needs of start-up companies in two different business environments are the same, but the goals of business incubator are differing and offers are also differ as Russian business environment is weak. Some problems were found out that prevent to develop business environment of Russia and that’s why Russian business incubator can’t afford and provide such offerings as Swedish business incubator.
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Reinke, Aurora Dawn. "Sustainability and Social Responsibility in Small Food Enterprises: Barriers and Enablers." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3506.
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Small to medium enterprises (SMEs) in the food industry contend with a variety of corporate sustainability and social responsibility (CSSR) issues, ranging from the environmental impact of food waste to human health concerns about specific ingredients and production methods. In this qualitative multicase study, based on the conceptual frameworks of strategic development, stakeholder management, and institutional theory, I explored barriers and enablers for Washington, DC-based food SMEs as they proactively addressed CSSR issues. I interviewed five SME owner-managers. The transcripts were then coded and analyzed. Three themes emerged. Strategic development tended to be ad hoc and experimental, but with equal focus on establishing and growing a market for the product and achieving the central CSSR mission. The most important stakeholder was the customer because they are essential to the survival of the company, but also because owner-managers seek to change customers' awareness and behaviors as they relate to CSSR issues. Institutional constructs such as kitchen incubators enable entrepreneurs to start up but, along with limited local supply chains and costly and confusing regulations, they represent significant barriers to scale. The implication for social change within the local community is startup food incubators can use the findings to design models more conducive to scaling food SMEs that support local food production. This could benefit both local economic development and health outcomes.
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Feszanicz, Tomáš. "Analýza konkurenčního prostředí podnikových inkubátorů v ČR." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-198011.
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This thesis deals with application of Competitive Intelligence in the environment of business incubators in the Czech Republic. The main goal of this work is to analyze the competitive environment of Czech business incubators and draw conclusions leading to a possible increase of their competitiveness. The theoretical part describes the competitive intelligence including selected analytic methods, the support system for development of small and medium-sized enterprises, the role of the state in their support and aspects of innovative business. The following part deals with characteristics of business incubation, basic division of business incubators and their importance for the development of SMEs. It then describes the history of incubators in the world and the way they operate in the Czech Republic, including description of basic services provided. The practical part analyzes broader competitive environment throughout the country, using Porter's five competitive forces model. Then there is a complete list compiled of all operating and planned incubators in the Czech Republic displayed on a map, divided into different regions. There are six incubators selected for a thorough competitive analysis in the Central region and the city of Prague, which are the regions with the strongest competitive environment in the Czech Republic. Based on results of analyses mentioned above, there is a set of final recommendations on how to increase the competitiveness of Czech business incubators and to get overall improvement in business incubation.
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Alderhell, William, and Gulnaz Hamad. "The Challenge Of Incubating Sustainability In The Swedish Innovation System : An Exploratory Study Of Business Incubators And Entrepreneurs Tackling Sustainability Issues." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Industriell teknik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-446068.
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In recent years there has been an increased focus on preservation of our environment and natural resources. As a result, in a notably natural resource consuming world, sustainable development has evolved in societies for the conservation of the environment. Even though the term sustainability has become more frequently discussed, the subject remains complex. The aim of the study is to explore how high-profile business incubators in Sweden and the startups they support relate to sustainability, and to understand the conditions for pushing more progressive sustainability agendas, in a country that boasts about its sustainability ambitions. Fourteen in-depth, semi-structured interviews were held with both incubator business developers, startup founders, an expert within the innovation system and a professional investor. This qualitative study analyses different perceptions regarding sustainability and the incubators and startups role within the innovation system in a country that boasts about its sustainability ambitions. The results indicate that there is a demand for stricter institutional pressures, with increased support for entrepreneurs. It also turns out that incubators have room for improvement when it comes to motivational inspiration and behavioural changes for their tenants. However, they show to be receptive and attentive towards a systematic approach in order to enhance sustainability work. It is also shown that entrepreneurs', compared to the incubators, appears to have taken a greater distance from understanding the sustainability topic. As many as 56 percent of the entrepreneurs claimed that a forced method could be beneficial but might require more time than it is worth. The remaining 44 percent saw it as purely advantageous. Future studies are encouraged to conduct an investigation including a greater number of participants as an attempt to generalise these findings, and also try to identify if gender has a significant role regarding the matter.
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Carlsson, Emilia, and Daniela Martinetti. "From Zero to Hero : A Comparative Case Study on Managerial Capability Development in Incubated Start-ups." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-120828.
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Background Exploring the literature stream of the knowledge perspective as well as that of start-ups andincubation, and subsequently bringing the two together. Aim To construct propositions regarding the process of developing managerial capability in incubatedstart-ups. Methodology The study entails 3 start-ups that provide a high technology product. The development ofmanagerial capability was explored through a comparative case study in which founders, businesscoaches and externally recruited employees where interviewed. Findings The process of managerial capability development in incubated start-ups can be deconstructedinto two processes, knowledge acquisition and knowledge integration, where each process presentdistinct attributes in different stages of development of the start-up. This managerial capabilityformation is an incremental process that drives growth.
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Mörke, Oscar, and Karl-Philip Michael Swensson. "Exploration of virtual incubators and development of incubator services for digital entrepreneurship : Receiving Entrepreneurial support from anywhere in the world?" Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Industriell teknik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-415430.
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Entrepreneurship is frequently linked together with aspects of economic growth and development. In the last 40 years, an increasing number of incubators and service providers have been created to stimulate entrepreneurship and innovation. However, in the increasingly globalized and digitalized world, few virtual and digital initiatives have successfully been studied to encourage and facilitate entrepreneurship. This study aims to understand further how digital and virtual products and services can aid entrepreneurs in venture creation and potentially add to an updated and broader understanding of the potential in a virtual incubator program. By looking at three categories of entrepreneurial support actors, traditional public incubators, private incubators, and digital service providers. 14 semi-structured interviews were conducted to gain more in-depth knowledge of how they operate. More specifically, this study is conducted with actors that share the vision to assist startup in their initial phase and create a deeper understanding of what the incubator offers to startups and the possibility to adapt and improve their process using digital tools and external partnerships. Results indicate that the use of digital tools is varied. Incubators are leaning towards relying more on social media for reaching potential entrepreneurs and ideas, and further that a factor of validating every aspect of the startup is essential to promote success. The incubator mainly acts as a mediator of network, funding, coaching, and finding talents has during the COVID-19 pandemic moved most of their activities from physical to online. The issue of trust-building is, however, still prominent, and the incubators are looking for ways and tools to improve on this issue. Implications of this study have the potential to lower barriers to entrepreneurship, where entrepreneurial support becomes less dependent on their local ecosystem and geographical factors. Future research is encouraged to classify virtual incubators and a further look at specific cases and pursuit more longitudinal studies to fully understand the potential effects and implications. This study contributes to the field of incubators and entrepreneurial support and the ongoing digital paradigm shift.
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MICOZZI, FRANCESCA. "Knowledge intensive entrepreneurship: from the entrepreneurial intention to start-up and growth." Doctoral thesis, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11566/243130.
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Il presente lavoro mira ad analizzare l’intero processo imprenditoriale, partendo dallo studio dell’ecosistema, attraverso l’analisi dei fattori che influenzano la propensione imprenditoriale, fino alla costituzione della nuova impresa e il ruolo che un incubatore può avere nel suo sviluppo. L’analisi dell’ecosistema imprenditoriale si focalizza sulla definizione degli attori che lo compongono, le relazioni tra di essi e sulle politiche che dovrebbero essere implementate per la creazione di un ecosistema funzionante. Non esiste una “formula” prestabilita; ogni “area geografica” deve trovare un suo modello, che risulta essere unico. La seconda parte del lavoro si focalizza sulle fonti dell’offerta imprenditoriale. In particolare viene studiata la propensione imprenditoriale di un campione di studenti dell’Università Politecnica delle Marche. La scelta di analizzare un campione di studenti universitari nasce dalla possibilità di anticipare i trend futuri dell’attivazione imprenditoriale in settori ad alto contenuto di conoscenza. In linea con i risultati già ottenuti, i dati mostrano come la propensione imprenditoriale è influenzata da un ampio numero di fattori che possono essere raggruppate in variabili psicologiche, sociali e di contesto. Ma, nello stesso tempo, si evidenziano alcune differenze: l’università assume un ruolo centrale nello stimolo alla propensione imprenditoriale; il contesto istituzionale non influenza la probabilità di uno studente di attivarsi a livello imprenditoriale; il supporto della famiglia e il “role model” dei genitori influiscono con rilevanti differenze di genere. E’ interessante notare, che in paese come l’Italia, caratterizzato da imprese familiari e dal ruolo fondamentale del social network dell’imprenditore, il supporto della famiglia non influenza la probabilità di diventare imprenditori, se si considera il campione degli studenti analizzato. Il passaggio da “manifestazione della propensione di attivazione imprenditoriale” a “costituzione della nuova società” è caratterizzato da un alto tasso di “abbandono”. Questo passaggio viene analizzato attraverso le dinamiche che si creano in un campione di 380 “potenziali” imprenditori durante l’attività di scouting svolta nell’incubatore d’imprese JCube. L’analisi oltre a generare molti dati qualitativi, ha permesso di capire meglio le principali cause di abbandono nella fase pre-start-up, così da fornire indicazioni di policy sia a livello istituzione sia a livello di soggetti, come gli stessi incubatori d’impresa, che supportano i neo-imprenditori con servizi specializzati.This work aims to analyse the entire entrepreneurial process starting from the entrepreneurial ecosystem, through the study of the factors affecting the entrepreneurial propensity and the start-up of a new company, and the role of business incubators on the take-off and growth of new ventures. The analysis of the entrepreneurial ecosystem is focused on its main actors; the relationships among them and the policy that should be implemented to create a supportive ecosystem. There is no one standard template for building such ecosystems; each "region” must find its own unique approach. The second part of the study is focused on the sources and dynamics of entrepreneurial supply. In particular, it analyses the entrepreneurial orientation of a large sample of Polytechnic University of Marche’s students. The focus on young, well-educated, potential entrepreneurs is justified by the possibility to anticipate future trends in the entrepreneurial supply in knowledge-based sectors. In line with previous research in other countries, entrepreneurial intent is explained by a wide set of variables, including psychological, social and contextual factors. Most of the results obtained confirm the previous findings with some differences: the university support is perceived as salient, while the lack of institutional and professional support and perception of friends and family support, on the contrary, do not affect the propensity, with some exception for females; the parents’ role model is only significant for the females, while for males is significant the friends’ role model. It is notable how, in a country characterized by the widespread and relevant role of “strong ties” and where the family is crucial in feeding a strong entrepreneurial supply, that family support is perceived to be not relevant in stimulating entrepreneurship. Research on nascent entrepreneurship shows that there is a self-selection during the entrepreneurial process from “thinking about self-employment” to “discovery and exploitation” phase to start-up. To understand the reason of high rates of “abandonment”, the study was conducted on a sample of 380 nascent entrepreneurs during the scouting activity of business idea. The study, apart to generate a large number of descriptive statistics, sheds light on the impact and relative importance of some explanatory variables connected with the pre-start-up phase. Knowledge of the behavior of nascent entrepreneurs is important for those actors involved in supporting start-ups in their birth and growth (like a business incubator) and for those creating and maintaining policy measures on a macro-economic level.
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Thuillier, Antoine. "Relations entre start-up et grandes entreprises : entre fabrique de la stratégie et évaluation, quelle place pour des pratiques de co-exploration ?" Electronic Thesis or Diss., Paris Sciences et Lettres (ComUE), 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019PSLED070.
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Comment les relations qui se lient entre start-up et grandes entreprises influencent-elles l’élaboration de la stratégie des start-up et comment les grandes entreprises évaluent elles la valeur des start-up avec lesquelles elles collaborent ? Pour répondre à ces questions nous avons mis en œuvre trois démarches de recherche sur un terrain commun : la société Impulse Partners, incubateur de start-up dans le secteur de la construction et de l’immobilier. Nos travaux mettent en évidence que les rencontres entre start-up et grandes entreprises mettent jeu des phénomènes de conception non organisés et nous proposons un format d’atelier d’exploration qui permette à la start-up de tirer profit des connaissances des grands groupes pour reconcevoir son offre de valeur et aux grandes entreprises de mieux évaluer le potentiel de valeur des start-upHow do the relationships between start-ups and large companies influence the development of thestart-up strategy and how do large companies evaluate the value of the start-ups with which they collaborate? To answer this double question, we have implemented three complementary research approaches on a common ground: Impulse Partners, a start-up incubator specializing in theconstruction and real estate sector. Our work highlights that meetings between start-ups and large companies bring into play unorganized design phenomena and we propose a collective exploration workshop format that allows the start-up to take advantage of the knowledge of major groups. to consider redesigning its value proposition and to large companies to better evaluate a priori the maximum value potential of the start-up
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DUMAS, AUGUSTIN YANN. "Large scale companies and the challenge of being innovative: the integration of external startups." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-236538.
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During the 20th century, Large Scale Companies (LSCs) mindset was all about minimizing risks and maximizing profits. On top of this, they were heavily relying on intellectual property – culture of secret – and they were shaped to exploit rather than to explore. In this context, open innovation brought a completely new approach. As part of the changing landscape, trends of corporate venturing appeared about five years ago. Among LSCs which have chosen to get on the train of innovation, different strategies have been adopted from one company to another. Only today are people witnessing corporate venturing getting more structured. Yet, LSCs have not focused enough just yet on the development of venture structures with external startups. It is essential to understand how to make incubation and acceleration of external startups successful within LSCs. This study adopts LSCs’ perspective and aims at providing them with the best practices that currently exist in the innovation ecosystem in terms of corporate venturing. In particular, this study focuses on how Large Scale Companies (LSCs) can take advantage of external startups through a corporate incubator and/or corporate accelerator in order to become more innovative. The study suggests the venturing process should be divided into three main stages: the identification of the appropriate venture structure and of the right startups, the follow-up of the integrated startups of the corporate venture structure and finally the exit strategy. Building upon the business model canvas and customer value proposition theories, the suggestion is made for LSCs to step backwards and reflect thoroughly about the corporate venture strategy they want to adopt. LSCs should be aware that they evolve as part of a complex venturing ecosystem, and that each tool, rather than being isolated, should embrace and collaborate with the multitude of existing structures.Under de 20 århundradena var Large Scale Companies (LSCs) tankegangen allt om minimering av risker och maximesring av överskott. Utöver detta var de starkt beroende av immateriella rättigheter - hemlighetskulturen - och de var formade att utnyttja snarare än att utforska. I det här sammanhanget kom öppen innovation till ett helt nytt tillvägagångssätt. Som ett led i det förändrade landskapet uppträdde trenderna för företagsvågningar för ungefär fem år sedan. Blandt LSCs, som har valt att få på toget eller innovation, olika strategier har beslutats från ett företag till ett annat. Endast idag är människors vittnesbörd om företagsvågar att bli mer strukturerad. Ändå har LSCs inte fokuserat tillräckligt på utvecklingen av venturestrukturer med externa startups. Det är viktigt att förstå hur man gör inkubation och acceleration av externa startups framgångsrika inom LSCs. Denna studie antar LSCs perspektiv och syftar till att ge dem de bästa praxis som för närvarande finns i innovationsekosystemet när det gäller företagsledning. I synnerhet fokuserar den här studien på hur Large Scale Companies (LSC) kan dra nytta av externa uppstart genom en företags inkubator och / eller företagsaccelerator för att bli mer innovativ. De studier som antyder vid venturingprocessen bör delas in tre huvudfaser: Identifiering av den aktuella riskstrukturen och rätt uppstart, uppföljning av den integrerade uppstarten av den organisationsstruktur och slutgiltigt slutstrategi. Med utgångspunkt i affärsmodellens kanfas och kundvärdes propositionsteorier, görs förslaget att LSCs ska gå bakåt och reflektera noggrant på företagsledningsstrategin som de vill anta. LSCs borde vara medvetna om att de utvecklas som en del av ett komplext venturerande ekosystem, och att varje verktyg, istället för att isoleras, ska omfamna och samarbeta med de många befintliga strukturerna.
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Eriksson, Robin, and Erik Angel. "The Pursuit of Entrepreneurial Opportunities : early-stage investment and initiation of start-ups." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Projekt, innovationer och entreprenörskap, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-177279.
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The decreasing numbers of investments in early-stage start-ups indicate that fewer start-ups might become scale-ups and later sustainable business, affecting the eco- nomical development. Early-stage investment actors such as venture capital firms (VCs), incubators and business angels select and support investment in different ways. The VC and investment research mostly regards later-stage team and idea focused strategies. The thesis investigates what characterises and what is important for the early-stage process and selection of tenants pursued, through the investment process at the VC start-up Hidden Dreams, who combines incubator support with early stage investments. Organisational documents and previous research, presented in the frame of reference, lay the foundation for the analysis of the thesis. Research about VC selection strategies, investments, incubators, and more, paves the way of modeling a market need focused strategy combined with support. HD’s past pre-transaction processes and its current portfolio companies are analysed by the frame of reference. A model depicting the early-stage investment and support process is presented as a result, together with other findings in the analysis. The depiction explains the selection and support strategy and process by nine modules, each playing a role in the journeys of the VC and start-up. Insights about how the idea, team and market need affect the outcome of choice from the process are presented. The process becomes iteratively more characterised based on historical lessons. Since early-stage investments are considered risky, a way of minimising that risk can be seen through the combination of VC, incubator and business angel functions. The team and idea play a vital role in the process, especially the entrepreneur or advisor who contribute with market knowledge in the evaluation of market need. If the market inhibits competition the opportunity needs a hook, otherwise the initia- tors need to know why there is no competition. The team and idea plays important parts in the evaluation of market need. The idea works as initiator of the scope and to define value creation capabilities, whilst the entrepreneurial team, through the potential problem-owner, give each case market anchoring through experience and knowledge.Digital presentation
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Karapetyan, Ani, and Rosemary Otieno. "A Study of Knowledge Management Challenges in Project Management : Case of Start-up Projects in Swedish Incubators." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Handelshögskolan vid Umeå universitet, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-39983.
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The contemporary globalisation of economic activities has enormously accelerated the pace of innovation and technology development throughout the world. Continuous transformation of the marketplace and tremendous growth of demand on knowledge-intensive products and services has led to further evolution of knowledge management and project management studies. Increasing number of research done on knowledge management aspects within project environment evidences the expanding interest on the two areas of study. Incubators, representing the accumulators of knowledge management practices which facilitate the innovation and entrepreneurship through start-up projects, encompass vast number of issues for investigation related to the mentioned study areas. Past researches done in incubator field mainly concerned with the knowledge management aspects, neglecting the project management perspectives on it. Only few articles were found which refers to both fields of study within the incubators, although with an emphasis on project management models as catalysts of innovation. Our research basically aims to explore, examine and illustrate both knowledge management and project management interrelationship, in the context of incubators. It provides with a conceptual model, which depicts the contribution and correlation of project management, organisational knowledge management and project specific knowledge management. Based on the observation and analysis of the empirical data collected using the IT knowledge-based risks model as our methodological framework, it was found that incubators do not share the same knowledge management challenges as IT companies. Combining the conceptual model derived from the findings of literature review, and the methodological framework, we developed a new model representing knowledge management challenges in the management of start-up projects within incubators. Out of ten challenges observed in the IT sector, our research finds eight main challenges in incubators that are related to knowledge management. According to the perceptions of the interviewees chosen from a sample of three incubators in Sweden, the main challenges are (i) handling business coach exit, (ii) communicating lessons learned, (iii) creating knowledge map, (iv) establishing knowledge network, (v) selecting appropriate team, (vi) storing knowledge from previous projects, (vii) integrating different expertise and (viii) transferring complete knowledge. Each of the mentioned challenges was placed in each of the three domains defined in the conceptual model, in order to accentuate the domain it directly affects or is mostly affected by.
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SPRINGER, JULIAN, and MIKO KINNUNEN. "Value creation through digital services in start-up support organisations." Thesis, KTH, Industriell Management, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-239721.
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Background and purpose - Digitisation is connecting various business actors to create interconnected ecosystems through digital platforms. Meanwhile entrepreneurial ecosystems are offering various benefits for start-ups e.g. through support organisations that offer services for them. Currently, these start-up support organisations face the challenge of leveraging digital services to create value for their member start-ups. The purpose of this study is to investigate how the digital services offered in start-up support organisations create value for start-ups. Approach - From a theoretical perspective, the sociology of value and service dominant logic concepts such as value co-creation and service ecosystems are considered. Qualitative methods were used to conduct a pre-study and an in-depth case study with a start-up hub in Stockholm's entrepreneurial ecosystem. Data was collected using 18 semi-structured interviews with start-ups and other actors in the ecosystem and participant observations of 17 events. Findings - Needs and challenges for start-ups were identified and mapped against the digital services used by the start-ups. These services facilitate interaction between various actors in the start-up hub. Seven interconnected value types for the start-ups were identified emerging from the use of digital and non-digital services in the start-up hub. Moreover, many of the digital services are not provided by the start-up hub alone but in collaboration with other actors, connecting the start-up hub to other actors in the start-up ecosystem. Research limitations and implications - The findings contribute to the understanding of how start-up support organisations leverage digital services to support their member start-ups. The connection of digital service usage to the creation of various value types provides a theoretical concept to research about service ecosystem. As the study has been conducted with a limited number of respondents and events in Stockholm, further research in other ecosystems and using different methods is suggested to ensure generalisability of the findings of this study. Practical implications - A number of practical suggestions for start-up support organisations can be derived from the findings, including that start-up support organisations can benefit from establishing and moderating a digital community, involving several actors from the ecosystem and continuously adapting digital services to the changing environment and needs of start-ups. Originality - To the best knowledge of the authors, this is the first study to investigate digital services in entrepreneurial ecosystems from the perspective of value in service ecosystems.Bakgrund och syfte - Digitalisering förbinder olika affärsaktörer för att skapa sammankopplade ekosystem genom digitala plattformar. Samtidigt erbjuder start-up ekosystem olika fördelar för start-ups, till exempel genom stödorganisationer som erbjuder tjänster för start-ups. För tillfället möter dessa start-up stödorganisationer utmaningen att utnyttja digitala tjänster för att skapa värde för sina medlems start-ups. Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka hur de digitala tjänster som erbjuds av stödorganisationerna skapar värde för start-ups. Tillvägagångssätt - Från ett teoretiskt perspektiv beaktas sociologin av värde och service dominerande logik begrepp som värde medskapande och serviceekosystem. Kvalitativa metoder användes för att genomföra en förstudie och en fördjupad fallstudie med ett start-up hub i Stockholms entreprenörsekosystem. Data samlades in med 18 halvstrukturerade intervjuer med start-ups och andra aktörer i ekosystemet och deltagarobservationer av 17 evenemang. Fynd - Behov och utmaningar för start-ups identifierades och mappades mot de digitala tjänster som start-ups använde. Dessa tjänster underlättar interaktion mellan olika aktörer i start-up hubben. Sju sammankopplade värdetyper för start-ups identifierades som en följd av användningen av digitala och icke-digitala tjänster i start-up hubben. Dessutom är många av de digitala tjänsterna inte tillhandahållen av start-uperna ensam men i samarbete med andra aktörer, som kopplar ihop start-up hubben till andra aktörer i start-up ekosystemet. Forskningsbegränsningar och konsekvenser - Fynden bidrar till att förstå hur start-up stödorganisationer utnyttjar digitala tjänster för att stöda sina medlemmar. Anslutningen av digital serviceanvändning till skapandet av olika värdetyper ger ett teoretiskt koncept för att undersöka serviceekosystemet. Eftersom studien har genomförts med ett begränsat antal respondenter och evenemang i Stockholm, föreslås ytterligare forskning i andra ekosystem och användande av olika metoder för att säkerställa generaliserbarhet av resultaten i denna studie. Praktiska konsekvenser - Ett antal praktiska förslag till start-up stödorganisationer kan härledas från resultaten, bland annat att de start-up stödorganisationerna kan dra nytta av att etablera och moderera ett digitalt samhälle, involvera flera aktörer från ekosystemet och kontinuerligt anpassa digitala tjänster till förändringen av miljön och behovet av start-ups. Originalitet – Till bästa kunskapen av författarna, är detta den första studien för att undersöka digitala tjänster i entreprenörsekosystem från perspektivet av värdet i service ekosystemen.
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Midbratt, Alice, Cassandra Johansson, and Timmie Hansson. "Bedömningen inför en inkubationsprocess : Hur företag bedöms i en inkubators urvalsprocess." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-14583.
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Den här studie syftar till att skapa en förståelse för hur företag bedöms i urvalsprocessen hos inkubatorer och identifiera de egenskaper som inkubatorerna ser till i bedömningen. En inkubator är ett företag som förser start-ups med lokal, rådgivning och olika typer av tjänster. Entreprenörer med affärsidéer söker sig till inkubatorer för att de behöver hjälp med att iterera och verkställa sina idéer samt utveckla sitt företag. Studiens empiri har samlats in genom sex kvalitativa semistrukturerade intervjuer med personer som har insyn i urvalsprocessen hos en inkubator. Empirin analyseras sedan med hjälp av den forskning och litteratur som finns gällande inkubatorer men även med hjälp av modellen Business Model Canvas. Med hjälp av empirin och teorin i denna studie har det skapats en förståelse för hur urvalsprocessen går till. Studien visar på att alla de som söker sig till inkubatorer är i olika faser och inkubatorerna har olika huvudkriterier. Det gäller därför för företaget att hitta rätt inkubator för just dem. Idén och entreprenören har lyfts som två självständiga delar då det har visat sig att inkubatorer bedömer dessa två delar var för sig. Vi har hittat ett mönster som visar på att det finns två olika urval i urvalsprocessen med en verifieringsfas däremellan. Urvalsprocessen ses även ur ett hållbarhetsperspektiv där det kan konstateras att det inte är en självklarhet att det vägs in i bedömningen av företagen.This study aims to create an understanding of how companies are assessed in the selection process of business incubators and identifying the qualities that business incubators value in the assessment. A business incubator is a company that provides start-ups with local, consulting and different types of services. Entrepreneurs with business ideas are applying to incubators to get help develop their ideas and their business. The empirical material has been gathered through six qualitative semi-structured interviews with individuals who have an insight into the selection process of a business incubator. The empirical material is analyzed using the research and literature on business incubators, but also using the model Business Model Canvas. With the help of the empirical material and the theory of this study, an understanding has been created for the selection process. The study shows that all those applying to a business incubator are in different phases and business incubators have different main criteria. That’s why the company has to find the right business incubator for them. The idea and the entrepreneur have been raised as two independent parts as it has been found that business incubators assess these two parts separately. We have found a pattern that shows that there are two different selections in the selection process with a verification phase in between. The selection process is also seen from a sustainability perspective where it can be concluded that it is not a matter of course that it is weighted in the assessment of the companies.
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TANURE, Candice Bergmann Garcia e. Silva. "Idade da matriz e período de armazenamento de ovos incubáveis no rendimento de incubação e desempenho inicial de poedeiras comerciais." Universidade Federal de Goiás, 2008. http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tde/919.
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Previous issue date: 2008-05-21Two experiments have been carried out to evaluate the effect of the breeder hen ages and of the storage period of the eggs over the incubation efficiency and initial performance of laying hens. In the first experimental phase, 7224 Dekalb eggs with 32 and 57 weeks old, were incubated with three, five and seven days of storage. The treatments were defined according to the breeder hens ages and their period of storage of eggs, summing up to six treatments with fourteen repetitions of treatment each. The statistical outline was random and the tray height was a covariable. The efficiency of the incubation, the eggs loss of weight during storage, the quality of incubated eggs and the absolute weight of the yolk sac in relation to the weight of the chicken was evaluated. On the second experimental phase, 600 chickens from the six treatments of the first experimental phase were used. The poultry were bred up to the 28th day of life in common batteries. The statistical outline was totally random, and the height of the batteries was a covariable, with five repetitions of twelve birds in each treatment. The starter performance of chicks (up to 28 days of life) was evaluated. The results were submitted to variance analysis and to verify the importance of differences between the average of treatments, the Tukey test was used, with a probability of 5%. The breeder hens of 57 weeks produce heavier eggs with a larger quantity of albumen and yolk. The old breeder hens eggs had a lower quality of albumen when stored for seven days. The loss of weight of the eggs during storage and removal was higher according to the aging of the breeder hen. Eggs produced by the young breeder hens had a higher hatching rate; however, no matter the age of the breeder hen, there was a decrease of the hatching rate of fertile eggs whenever the storage period was increased. The breeder hens with 57 weeks produced heavier chicks and lower chick/egg weight coefficient. The higher ratio yolk sac/chick weight was obtained by the eggs produced by the old breeder hens. There was a lower weight loss of chicks from young breeder hens during the removal of incubatory trays to the grange. The storage period did not interfere in the birds performance and birds from old matrixes presented worse uniformity, higher final weight and bigger food allowance
Foram conduzidos dois experimentos para avaliar o efeito da idade das matrizes leves e o período de armazenamento dos ovos no rendimento de incubação e desempenho inicial de poedeiras comerciais. Com relação à primeira fase experimental, foram utilizados 7.224 ovos da linhagem Dekalb com 32 e 57 semanas de idade, incubados com três, cinco e sete dias de armazenamento. Os tratamentos foram definidos pelas idades das matrizes e o período de armazenamento dos ovos, totalizando seis tratamentos com 14 repetições por tratamento. O delineamento estatístico foi inteiramente ao acaso, sendo a altura da bandeja uma covariável. Avaliou-se o rendimento da incubação, a perda de peso dos ovos no armazenamento, a qualidade dos ovos incubáveis e o peso absoluto do saco vitelino em relação ao peso do pinto. Já na segunda fase experimental, foram utilizados 600 pintos provenientes dos seis tratamentos da fase experimental um. As aves foram criadas até os 28 dias de vida em baterias coletivas. O delineamento estatístico foi inteiramente ao acaso, e a altura da bateria considerada uma covariável, com cinco repetições de 12 aves em cada tratamento. Avaliou-se o desempenho inicial (até 28 dias de idade) das pintainhas. Os resultados foram submetidos à análise de variância e para verificar a significância das diferenças entre as médias dos tratamentos foi aplicado o teste de Tukey a 5% de probabilidade. Foi observado que matrizes com 57 semanas de idade produzem ovos com maior peso, conteúdo e gema. Ovos de matrizes velhas apresentam pior qualidade de albúmen quando armazenados por sete dias. A perda de peso dos ovos durante o armazenamento e na transferência aumentou de acordo com o avançar da idade da matriz. Ovos produzidos pelas matrizes novas obtiveram melhor taxa de eclosão, entretanto, independente da idade da matriz, à medida que aumentou o período de armazenamento houve diminuição na taxa de eclosão dos ovos férteis. As matrizes com 57 semanas de idade produziram pintos mais pesados e menor relação peso do pinto/peso do ovo. A maior relação saco vitelino/peso do pinto foi obtida pelos ovos produzidos pelas matrizes velhas. Houve menor perda de peso no deslocamento do incubatório à granja pelos pintos oriundos de matrizes novas. O período de armazenamento dos ovos não interferiu no desempenho, e aves provindas de matrizes velhas apresentaram pior uniformidade e maior peso final e consumo de ração
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Koppitz, David. "Využití rizikového a rozvojového kapitálu pro podporu začínajících inovativních podniků v ČR." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-223659.
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Innovation entrepreneurship is built not only on a quality idea, but also on the availability of start-up capital and management skills of the idea owner. The insufficient finance often limits the success and growth potential of start-ups. When seeking support to individual business plans, allowing for entry of a business angel could be an option. Business angels are private, mostly experienced investors who invest in SMEs with high growth potential not only financial capital, but also business know-how, contacts and management experience. Thesis evaluates possibilities to use venture capital offered by business angels to support innovative start-ups and on several case studies assesses readiness of innovation and business environment from the investors’ point of view.
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Chen, Pei-Chi, and 陳蓓琪. "The Contribution of the Establishment of Go-incubation Board for Startup and Acceleration Firms (GISA) to the Development of Startup Incubation Industries." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/43470119069619992891.
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碩士國立臺灣大學
會計與管理決策組
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To assist the growth of more innovative and creative small-medium enterprises and cultivate the foundation of Taiwan economic development, Taiwan Go-incubation Board for Startup and Acceleration Firms (GISA) was established in the beginning of 2014. As of the end of October 2014, there were totally 97 small-medium enterprises applying for registering on GISA and 37 enterprises registered successfully. Total capital raising and investing on GISA amounted to TWD 156,392 thousand as of the end of October 2014. Two major functions of GISA are capital raising and free counseling. GISA raises the development of small-medium enterprises and provides the platform for capital raising and free counseling to fulfill the requirement of small-medium enterprises development. After being registered on GISA and growing up, small-medium enterprises can head to the planning of going to the Emerging Market or IPO if the operating scale meets specific criteria. It is the motive power for the continuance and growth of the capital market as well. The author of this thesis, Peggy Chen, is on behalf of KPMG Taiwan team to join the implementation of the counseling mechanism of GISA. This thesis will discuss and provide the related recommendation on GISA regulation, the operation of counseling mechanism, how the new innovative enterprises apply for GISA registering and current practical issues. Keywords: Go-incubation Board for Startup and Acceleration Firms (GISA), Capital raising and counseling, Innovation and creativity
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Tien, Hsiao-Ting, and 田筱葶. "A Study of the Current Situation of Startup Incubation Resource in Taiwan." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/3x9s55.
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碩士國立臺灣科技大學
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According to Ministry of Economic Affairs, R.O.C., there were more than one million and thirty eight hundred thousand small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Taiwan in 2015, accounts for 97.69% over all the enterprises, which showed SMEs played an important role in the economics of Taiwan. Due to economic change and trend, SMEs encounter many difficulties and challenges; in this case, government actively promotes incubating related policies and emerging industry accelerating programs for entrepreneurs to provide resources and assistance to them. Related governmental and private organizations were set up with diverse characteristics, including incubator, accelerator, angel investment and venture capital in these years; however, the resources provided by different startup incubation organizations are all various and the resources required by entrepreneurs in different stages are also various so how to provide resource to entrepreneurs appropriately and effectively is an significant issue. Methods of this study included literary analysis and interviews. Taking literary analysis to understand current situation of startup incubation resource in Taiwan and using interview with startup incubation organizations to know the practical situations so as to provide reference for selecting an appropriate incubator organization for SMEs and provide suggestions of planning, evaluating and improving organizations and policies for related startup incubation resource organizations and government in order to build a well incubator ecology for SMEs with our own characteristics. The results found three main points; firstly, current startup incubation organizations in Taiwan are incubations and are university incubation centers. Second, plenty of organizations tend to focus on the late startup stage but other stages receive limited resource. Third, resource providing to one industry is disconnected from early startup stage to late stage. The results are expected to assist SMEs to know practical situation of startup incubation resource in Taiwan now and help them evaluate own requirements and seek for appropriate resource accordingly. Meanwhile, it is expected to assist startup incubation resource organizations and government to improve quality of current incubator ecology.
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Bastos, João Nuno Pereira. "Emerging startup studios in Portugal : organizational characteristics of Portuguese startup studios." Master's thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/26911.
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There is an emerging trend in the entrepreneurial landscape which promises to become
revolutionary: Startup Studios. This emerging incubation model is generally characterized by
the development of internally generated ideas and the creation of its own cohort of startups,
supported by internal resources and a multidisciplinary team. Despite the Startup Studio model
being already highly implemented in bigger and more developed entrepreneurial ecosystems,
the infancy of the underlying concept and the diverging way each Startup Studio organizes
itself, combined with the lack of academic research on this topic leaves an unclear definition of
the Startup Studio concept. This thesis aims to clarify the definition of the Startup Studio
concept and its characteristics. Moreover, it focuses on the implementation of the studio
incubator model in smaller and emerging entrepreneurial ecosystems to understand if it can be
a viable alternative to foster innovation and prompt economic development. Thus, two case
studies of Startup Studios in Portugal were conducted. The findings of this analysis revealed
that elements like funding, type of founders and exit strategy will be context specific, differing
from Startup Studios in bigger economies. However, elements like ideation process, equity
distribution, operations and team set up of Startup Studios in smaller and emerging
entrepreneurial ecosystem will be like the ones found in more developed entrepreneurial
ecosystem. Based on this evidence, a definition for the Startup Studios is suggested as well as
the proposition of the possible implication of the studio incubator model in smaller economies.Tem-se observado uma tendência emergente que promete revolucionar o panorama de empreendedorismo: os Startup Studios. Este modelo de incubação emergente é geralmente caracterizado pelo desenvolvimento de ideias geradas internamente e pela criação do seu próprio grupo de startups incubadas, suportado pela utilização de recursos internos e por uma equipa multidisciplinar. Apesar deste modelo já estar largamente implementado em ecossistemas de empreendedorismo mais desenvolvidos, a infância do conceito subjacente e a forma como cada Startup Studio se organiza, em conjunto com a falta de investigação académica sobre este tópico deixa uma definição pouco clara do conceito. Esta tese tem como objetivo esclarecer a definição do conceito do Startup Studio e suas características. Além disso, concentra-se na implementação deste modelo de incubação em ecossistemas de empreendedorismo menores e emergentes, para entender se o mesmo pode ser considerado uma alternativa viável para promover inovação e o desenvolvimento económico destes ecossistemas. Assim, foi conduzido um estudo de caso com dois Startup Studios em Portugal. Os resultados desta análise revelaram que elementos como financiamento, tipo de fundadores e estratégia de saída são específicos ao contexto e diferentes dos observados em Startup Studios em economias mais desenvolvidas. No entanto, elementos como processo de ideação, distribuição de capital, operações e a configuração da equipa nos Startup Studios em ecossistemas de empreendedorismo emergentes serão semelhantes aos encontrados em ecossistemas de empreendedorismo mais desenvolvidos. Com base nestas evidências, sugere-se uma definição para o conceito de Startup Studio, bem como as possíveis implicações que este modelo terá em economias menores.
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YANG, CHING-PEI, and 楊靜佩. "Study of Earnings Management on Go Incubation Board for Startup and Acceleration Firms (GISA)." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/5awjke.
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碩士國立中正大學
會計與資訊科技研究所
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In Taiwan, TPEx established a brand new trading platform -- "Go Incubation Board for Startup and Acceleration Firms (GISA)" in 2014. The purpose of this new platform is helping non-public, small-sized, lack of funds, innovative companies with creative ideas to raise capital. In previous researches provide evidences that when a company needs to raise capital in public market, company's managers have earnings management behaviors before companies IPO. This study tries to detect whether companies manipulate their financial statement by discretional accruals before registering GISA. In addition, we also test that the board characteristics (board structure and equity structure), the quality of financial report information and recommended units will affect the earning management behavior or not. The result of this study is that first, both of president serves as general manager and supervisor ratio do not significantly affect earnings management; the higher ratio of corporate directors and supervisors are significantly negative correlation with earnings management. Second, directors and supervisors ownership do not provide significantly relationship with earnings management. Furthermore, unqualified opinion issued by CPA does not have significant relation with earnings management. Finally, recommended units significant have positive correlation with earnings management. However, this study found that social enterprises manipulate their financial statement by using earnings management before registering GISA.
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Louro, António Miguel Santos. "Heading Towards 4th Generation Incubators: A Modular Approach for Startup Support." Master's thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/97303.
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Dissertação de Mestrado em Engenharia e Gestão Industrial apresentada à Faculdade de Ciências e TecnologiaO trabalho desenvolvido nesta dissertação segue um estágio curricular no Centro de Incubação de Empresas (BIC) da Agência Espacial Europeia ESA) em Portugal, inserido no Mestrado em Engenharia e Gestão Industrial da Universidade de Coimbra. Actualmente, num mundo aparentemente insaciável de informação e acessibilidade, o universo da incubação deve procurar acrescentar mais serviços para acompanhar a evolução da sociedade e dos negócios. É impossível prever o futuro das necessidades exatas das empresas à medida que crescem e mudam a uma taxa muito rápida, o melhor que se pode fazer é tentar avaliar, entender e suportar as suas necessidades. O principal problema a ser estudado vem da vasta gama de empresas que se podem inscrever no programa de incubação da ESA BIC Portugal. Essas empresas podem estar em diferentes níveis de desenvolvimento e especializar-se em diferentes áreas, o que dificulta o processo de incubação, devido às suas diferentes necessidades que requerem suporte específico em determinadas áreas. O objetivo do trabalho apresentado nesta dissertação é a conceptualização de um novo processo de incubação para a ESA BIC Portugal. O trabalho desenvolvido foi baseado numa metodologia de Design Thinking para aproveitar a sua filosofia de resolver problemas complexos com base na abordagem pessoal, na definição de ideias e a capacidade de testar facilmente protótipos de incubação. O trabalho final apresenta um novo processo, baseado no fornecimento de um serviço personalizado para cada startup, que vai de encontro com as suas necessidades - uma abordagem modular.Um sistema de dez módulos, que definem as áreas fundamentais de um negócio, foi desenvolvido para ajudar os gestores de projetos a identificar as principais áreas em que as startups estão a ter dificuldades, a fim de desenvolver uma estratégia mais eficiente de modo a ajudar na superação dessas falhas.No final, é apresentada uma visão geral das atividades da ESA BIC, e os seus resultados são estudados e abordados como um passo em direção às Incubadoras de 4ª Geração.
The work developed in this dissertation follows a curricular internship at the European Space Agency (ESA) Business Incubation Center (BIC)in Portugal, inserted in the Masters in Industrial and Management Engineering of the University of Coimbra. Nowadays, in a seemingly insatiable world of information and accessibility, the incubation universe should lookforward to adding more services to keep up with the evolution of society and business. It is impossible to predict the exact needs of future companies as they grow and differ at an untraceable rate, the best one can do is try to assess, understand and support them.The main problem to be addressed comes from the wide range of companies that can apply for the incubation program of ESA BIC Portugal. These companies can be in different development levels and specialize in different fields, which hinders their incubation process as they have different needs and require exclusive support in certain areas.The goal of the work presented in this dissertation is the conceptualization of a new incubation process for ESA BIC Portugal. The work developed was based on a Design Thinking methodology to take advantage of its aim to solve complex problems based on a user approach, define ideas and easily test incubation prototypes. The final work presents a new process, based on providing a customized service for each startup, one that fits their needs - a modular approach. A ten module system, which encompasses the fundamental areas of business, was developed to help project managers identify the key areas where the startups are having difficulties, in order to develop a more efficient strategy to help them overcome such setbacks.In the end, an overview of ESA BIC’s ventures and activities is presented, their results are studied and approached as a step towards 4th Generation Incubation.
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Louro, António Miguel Santos. "Heading Towards 4th Generation Incubators: A Modular Approach for Startup Support." Master's thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/97329.
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Dissertação de Mestrado em Engenharia e Gestão Industrial apresentada à Faculdade de Ciências e TecnologiaO trabalho desenvolvido nesta dissertação segue um estágio curricular no Centro de Incubação de Empresas (BIC) da Agência Espacial Europeia ESA) em Portugal, inserido no Mestrado em Engenharia e Gestão Industrial da Universidade de Coimbra. Actualmente, num mundo aparentemente insaciável de informação e acessibilidade, o universo da incubação deve procurar acrescentar mais serviços para acompanhar a evolução da sociedade e dos negócios. É impossível prever o futuro das necessidades exatas das empresas à medida que crescem e mudam a uma taxa muito rápida, o melhor que se pode fazer é tentar avaliar, entender e suportar as suas necessidades. O principal problema a ser estudado vem da vasta gama de empresas que se podem inscrever no programa de incubação da ESA BIC Portugal. Essas empresas podem estar em diferentes níveis de desenvolvimento e especializar-se em diferentes áreas, o que dificulta o processo de incubação, devido às suas diferentes necessidades que requerem suporte específico em determinadas áreas. O objetivo do trabalho apresentado nesta dissertação é a conceptualização de um novo processo de incubação para a ESA BIC Portugal. O trabalho desenvolvido foi baseado numa metodologia de Design Thinking para aproveitar a sua filosofia de resolver problemas complexos com base na abordagem pessoal, na definição de ideias e a capacidade de testar facilmente protótipos de incubação. O trabalho final apresenta um novo processo, baseado no fornecimento de um serviço personalizado para cada startup, que vai de encontro com as suas necessidades - uma abordagem modular.Um sistema de dez módulos, que definem as áreas fundamentais de um negócio, foi desenvolvido para ajudar os gestores de projetos a identificar as principais áreas em que as startups estão a ter dificuldades, a fim de desenvolver uma estratégia mais eficiente de modo a ajudar na superação dessas falhas.No final, é apresentada uma visão geral das atividades da ESA BIC, e os seus resultados são estudados e abordados como um passo em direção às Incubadoras de 4ª Geração.
The work developed in this dissertation follows a curricular internship at the European Space Agency (ESA) Business Incubation Center (BIC)in Portugal, inserted in the Masters in Industrial and Management Engineering of the University of Coimbra. Nowadays, in a seemingly insatiable world of information and accessibility, the incubation universe should lookforward to adding more services to keep up with the evolution of society and business. It is impossible to predict the exact needs of future companies as they grow and differ at an untraceable rate, the best one can do is try to assess, understand and support them.The main problem to be addressed comes from the wide range of companies that can apply for the incubation program of ESA BIC Portugal. These companies can be in different development levels and specialize in different fields, which hinders their incubation process as they have different needs and require exclusive support in certain areas.The goal of the work presented in this dissertation is the conceptualization of a new incubation process for ESA BIC Portugal. The work developed was based on a Design Thinking methodology to take advantage of its aim to solve complex problems based on a user approach, define ideas and easily test incubation prototypes. The final work presents a new process, based on providing a customized service for each startup, one that fits their needs - a modular approach. A ten module system, which encompasses the fundamental areas of business, was developed to help project managers identify the key areas where the startups are having difficulties, in order to develop a more efficient strategy to help them overcome such setbacks.In the end, an overview of ESA BIC’s ventures and activities is presented, their results are studied and approached as a step towards 4th Generation Incubation.
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Huang, Yu-Chuan, and 黃于娟. "The Prospects of Crowdfunding – The case of Go Incubation Board for Startup and Acceleration Firms (GISA)." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/81396511550791785245.
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碩士國立臺灣大學
財務金融組
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The tendency of Internet financing is apparent nowadays. In the era of rapid development of the Internet, people''s consumption patterns and habits change along with the Internet generation tremendously, not only for on-line shopping, but also for internet financing. For instance, PayPal Asset Management Inc set up a money market fund in 1999; the pioneered Peer-to-Peer Lending website (social lending ) originated in the United Kingdom Zopa began operating in 2005; the first US peer to peer lending company Prosper was founded in 2006; Chinese mainland Ali small loan company was established in 2010 to support small businesses and entrepreneurs to meet their expanding business financing needs. Crowdfunding, as part of internet financing, grows rapidly with four main business models, donation-based, rewards-based, debt or loans-based and equity-based Crowdfunding. US JOBS Act 2012 is the landmark of the whole development. Followed by US JOBS Act, UK FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) finalized the regulatory approach to crowdfunding over the internet in 2013, while Taiwan set Regulations Governing the Go Incubation Board for Startup and Acceleration (GISA) Firms for crowdfunding in the island in 2014. This article will introduce relevant crowdfunding laws in the above countries, contents of the main four business models, and future development within three players, the fundraisers, the sponsors, and the platforms. The main focus of the US JOBS Act, or laws set by Taiwan, UK, or EU is mainly to protect sponsors. The investment risk of Equity-typed crowdfunding, due to micro-industries as the main investment targets, is quite high, compared to other investment vehicles. Amount of fundraisers raised through crowdfunding platform has been restricted. Qualification and investment limitation of non-professional investors and professional investors to invest are also set in the regulations. Crowdfunding platforms, not just platforms, shall take responsibility in supervising the proposal contents by fundraisers and how they have been executed. The EU even includes detailed items of "Know your Customer" for platforms to review the fundraisers and sponsors. Similar to the other products or industries, the new business grows rapidly at this moment. The fund raised in 2014 achieves USD 10 billion. Kickstarters, Seeders and Crowdfunder, FlyingV and GISA in Taiwan are main platforms. These platforms bring successful campaigns such as US Pebble Watch, Taiwan Zeppelin''s "see Taiwan" premiere, and etc. With the finalization of national laws, developing countries have quietly emerged crowdfunding platform. Crowdfunding is very suitable for the development of national agriculture, forestry, fisheries, animal husbandry in developing countries. Africa appears to help a fertilizer company by a crowdfunding campaign. Crowdfunding is definitely a new main trend for society development. It is very exciting to see global crowdfunding and intrastate crowdfunding expanding at a fast and successful rate. It is also expected to introduce more flexible legislation to lead the growth.
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Lin, Hsin-Lan, and 林心蘭. "Current Status and Problem of the Go Incubation Board for Startup and Acceleration Firms(GISA) in Taiwan." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/08225603899063539836.
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碩士國立臺北大學
會計學系
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Small-median enterprise have been played an important role in Taiwan’s economic development. To assist the growth of small-medium enterprises and construct the Multi-level capital market, under competent authorities’ support, TPEx started Incubation Board for Startup and Acceleration Firms (GISA) in January 2014. GISA is designed as the platform for small-sized non-public innovative companies with creative ideas, and to offer entrepreneurship counseling and capital raising functions. This research aims to analyze the listing requirements, tranding system, supervision system, information disclosure system and delisting from Growth Enterprises Market of United states, Unted Kingdom, Republic of Korea, Hong Kong, and China, and take their experience as the reference. The research will further analyze the Current Status and Problem of GISA and provide the related recommendation to improve the future development patterns of GISA.
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CHEN, CHING-YU, and 陳靜瑜. "Before and After Listed on Earnings Management on Go Incubation Board for Startup and Acceleration Firms (GISA Board)." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/71333357032223905913.
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碩士國立中正大學
會計與資訊科技研究所
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Under the strategic goal of building a multi-functional, multi-level full-fledged exchange, the TPEx has established a brand new trading platform in 2014—“Go Incubation Board for Startup and Acceleration Firms (GISA Board), to offer capital raising functions to everyone who becomes an angel investing. The purpose of this new platform is supporting small-sized innovative companies and then paving the way for future economic and industrial development. In previous researches provide evidences, when a company needs to raise capital in public market, company’s managers have earnings management behaviors before companies IPO. This study tries that before and after listed on earnings management on Go Incubation Board for Startup and Acceleration Firms (GISA Board). Our empirical results show that the companies on the GISA Board divided into two parts: accrual-based earnings management activities with positive and negative. Further, with positive, both of president serves as general manager and supervisor ratio and CPA audit has reduced positive earnings management. Then, with negative, CPA audit has reduced negative earnings management.