Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/41597 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
Economics Discussion Papers No. 2010-25
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
This paper examines the association between the outcome of business incubation and the resources used by incubators, by using a small panel of science and technology business incubators (STBIs) in China. We find that while the number of firms graduating from an STBI is closely correlated with the infrastructure as well as the human and financial resources at the STBI's disposal, the graduates' firm sizes, in terms of employment and value added, as well as their labor productivity are unrelated to such resource inputs. We also find that the educational levels of incubator managers and the financial support given to their clients have significant impacts on the number of graduates. However, the number of graduates does not increase with the scale and diversity of the cities in which their STBIs are located or with the presence of foreign ventures and universities in the locality. We do not find that university-based and government-established STBIs differ significantly in their incubation performance.
Subjects: 
business incubators
new firms
market failures
government policy
human resources
China
JEL: 
M13
O31
O32
O38
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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