A Systematic Review of Business Incubation Research

Abstract

See, stats, and : https : / / www . researchgate . net / publication / 5152745 A Research Article Impact : 1 . 18 : 10 . 1023 / B : JOTT . 0000011181 . 11952 . 0f : RePEc CITATIONS 279 READS 1 , 767 2 : Sean Waseda 5 SEE David Dilts+Partners , LLC 82 , 923 SEE All - text , letting . Available : David Retrieved : 02 ABSTRACT . This article systematically reviews the literature on business incubators and business incubation . Focusing on the primary research orientations—i . e . studies centering on incubator development , incubator configurations , incubatee development , incubator - incubation impacts , and theorizing about incubators - incubation—problems with extant research are analyzed and opportunities for future research are identified . From our review , it is clear that research has just begun to scratch the surface of the incubator - incubation phenomenon . While much attention has been devoted to the description of incubator facilities , less attention has been focused on the incubatees , the innovations they seek to diffuse , and the incubation outcomes that have been achieved . As interest in the incubator - incubation concept continues to grow , new research efforts should focus not only on these under - researched units of analysis , but also on the incubation process itself .