This paper contributes to empirical research on the role of regional policy for
entrepreneurship by focusing on the link between two stylized facts that emerged from a …

It is widely unclear as to whether start-up firms supported by publicly-initiated incubator
initiatives have higher survival rates than comparable start-up firms that have not received …

Today, technology‐oriented business incubators are a worldwide phenomenon, although
empirical research evidence clearly suggests that they tend to fail in supporting …

The aim of this paper is to identify regions with industrial clusters in Germany and to analyse
their entrepreneurial environment. A new index employing industry data supplied from the …

Local innovation networks are considered to be important to innovation and technological
change and to growth prospects of regions and cities in Germany. When analysing the local …

STERNBERG R.(1999) Innovative linkages and proximity: empirical results from recent
surveys of small and medium sized® rms in German regions, Reg. Studies 33, 529±540 …

There is a wide literature about business incubators (BIs), especially about successful cases
in high tech and knowledge intensive industries. Despite that, there is neither a viable …

The importance and contribution of new technology-based firms (NTBFs) to long-term
economic development is at the centre of a controversial debate. This paper provides an …

Although more and more ventures are successfully founded by entrepreneurial teams, the
specific benefits of the team‐based founding approach have received little attention in extant …

Local economic development policies worldwide perceive business incubation as an
effective measure to promote regional growth through the support of young and innovative …