Promotion of entrepreneurship through business incubators: Regional analysis in Spain

ana rosado cubero; adolfo hernandez estrada; francisco jose blanco jimenez; maria teresa freire rubio; Rosado Cubero, Ana Isabel; Hernández Estrada, Adolfo

Promotion of entrepreneurship through business incubators: Regional analysis in Spain

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2023

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ana rosado cubero

adolfo hernandez estrada

francisco jose blanco jimenez

maria teresa freire rubio

Rosado Cubero, Ana Isabel

Hernández Estrada, Adolfo

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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/99965

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Rosado-Cubero A, Hernández A, Blanco Jiménez FJ, Freire-Rubio T. Promotion of entrepreneurship through business incubators: Regional analysis in Spain. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 2023;190.

Abstract

This study focuses on business incubators in Spain, which helps compare regions within Spain. This study has four goals: to shape taxonomy of the Spanish business incubator system, to compare between regions, to identify the factors affecting incubators' success, and to analyse during the COVID pandemic. Of the 478 business incubators registered in Spain, 89 were selected as the sample for study. Business incubators provide office space, equipment and mentoring services, as well as financial, legal and administrative support for entrepreneurs and start-up companies. Non-parametric statistical techniques are used to compare between regions, considering each regional business incubator as an ecosystem. The study focuses on six Spanish regions: Madrid, Catalonia, Castile- Leon, Aragon, Basque Country and Galicia.