The paper looks at the role and success of the incubator centre in the USA and Europe. It is an effective way of using a university's academic expertise and resources to foster the growth of new, high tech industries locating nearby. New industries with such support have a lower failure rate than others; it is to be hoped that the concept will spread.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
AllanD.N. and KirstenA. Nyrop, ‘An examination of states’ small business incubator initiatives’. Proceedings of the 30th World Conference of the International Council for Small Business, Montreal, 1985, pp 376–390.
2.
Commission of the European Communities, ‘Model for business and innovation centres (BICs)’, DOC. NoXVI/37/84–N, 1984.
3.
GuidoDeclerq, ‘Trends in European higher education/industry; from Gutenberg to Eureka’, in Higher Education in Support of Regional Economic and Industrial Development, Proceedings of IACHEI Conference, Ireland, 1985, IACHEI, Enschede, the Netherlands, pp 25–31.
4.
FieldlerH. ‘The regional impact of a centre for innovation and new enterprises’, in Academic Enterprise and Venture Capital, Proceedings of IACHEI Conference, Switzerland, 1984, pp 109–115.
5.
JamesM. Howell, ‘The role of high technology on the US economy: the New England experience’, Synopsis of Address to Security Analysts Association of Japan, Tokyo, First National Bank, Boston, 1984.
6.
JamesM. Howell and LindaD. Frenkel, ‘Economic revitalisation and job creation in America's oldest industrial region’, Synopsis of Address to American Enterprise Institute/Institute La Boetie Conference Paris, First National Bank, Boston, 1985.
7.
JeffreyM. King, GeorgeF. Economos and DavidN. Allen, ‘Public and private approaches for developing small business incubators’, Proceedings of the 30th World Conference of the International Council for Small Business, Montreal, 1985, pp 392–410.
8.
DonaldF. Kuratko and WilliamR. LaFollette, ‘Analysing the incubator explosion: the types, the purposes and the service’, in Higher Education in Support of Regional Economic and Industrial Development, Proceedings of IACHEI Conference, Ireland, 1985, pp 412–433.
9.
‘Location of high technology firms and regional economic development’, Case Study, OECD Workshop, Research Technology and Regional Policy, Paris, 1983.
10.
MooreB. and SpiresR. ‘The experience of the Cambridge Science Park’, Case Study, OECD Workshop, Paris, 1983.
11.
ColmO'hEocha and JosephA. Watson, ‘The regional role of the university’, International Journal of Institutional Management in Higher Education, Vol 8, No 2, 1984, pp 119–128.
12.
LennartSandin, ‘Protagonists on the Swedish scene’, Proceedings IACHEI Conference, Switzerland, 1984, pp 71–76, Academic Enterprise and Venture Capital.
13.
Van DreimG. A., ‘Experiences with Business and Technology Centre-Twente in Enschede’, BTC, Publicity Material, 1987.
