Assessing an Incubator Model in a Technological Centre: The Importance of the Spin-Off’s Origin

Abstract

This paper proposes an assessment framework for a university incubator using eight criteria. This framework has been used with eight high-tech spin-offs incubated in CEIT (Spanish Technological Centre that was created by the University of Navarra), taken into account the point of view of their CEOs with interviews and a questionnaire. The results achieved can provide some useful indications to managers of University Business Incubators (UBIs). The incubator's services demanded by the spin-off depend on several parameters, but the promoter profile of the new firm (a single person or the university itself) is a critical parameter.