Analyzing a successful incubator business model: The case of Barcelona Activa

Successful business incubators have a critical role in the development of local, regional, and national economies through the creation of jobs and the generation of profits, technology development, and innovations. Business incubators are recent and popular organizational forms that are created, oft...

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2014
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Universidad de Medellín
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Barcelona activa
Business incubator
Catalonia
Entrepreneurship
Resource-based view
Resources and capabilities
Spain
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spelling 2015-10-09T13:16:48Z2015-10-09T13:16:48Z20149781461481843146148183X9781461481836http://hdl.handle.net/11407/133910.1007/978-1-4614-8184-3_4Successful business incubators have a critical role in the development of local, regional, and national economies through the creation of jobs and the generation of profits, technology development, and innovations. Business incubators are recent and popular organizational forms that are created, often with the help of economic development agencies, to support and accelerate the development and success of affiliated ventures. The chapter examines Barcelona Activa as a successful business incubator in Catalonia (Spain), analyzing the incubator's supply and demand for products and services from the resource-based view approach. Empirically, the chapter is based on qualitative methodology analyzing in depth the case of Barcelona Activa. The findings of the study show that the incubator model's adjustments between the supply and demand of products and services generated are the main reason for the low mortality rate of new firms and the substantial increase in incubators' turnover. This research has important implications for both researchers and government agencies. © 2014 Springer Science+Business Media New York. All rights are reserved.engSpringer UShttp://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4614-8184-3_4#page-1Strategies in E-Business: Positioning and Social Networking in Online Markets, 2014, pp 39-54ScopusAnalyzing a successful incubator business model: The case of Barcelona ActivabookPartinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bookParthttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_3248info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ecEAFIT University, Medellin, ColombiaUniversity of Medellin, Medellin, ColombiaAutonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, SpainPerdomo G.Alvarez C.Urbano D.Barcelona activaBusiness incubatorCataloniaEntrepreneurshipResource-based viewResources and capabilitiesSpain11407/1339oai:repository.udem.edu.co:11407/13392020-05-27 16:33:40.292Repositorio Institucional Universidad de Medellinrepositorio@udem.edu.co
dc.title.spa.fl_str_mv Analyzing a successful incubator business model: The case of Barcelona Activa
title Analyzing a successful incubator business model: The case of Barcelona Activa
spellingShingle Analyzing a successful incubator business model: The case of Barcelona Activa
Barcelona activa
Business incubator
Catalonia
Entrepreneurship
Resource-based view
Resources and capabilities
Spain
title_short Analyzing a successful incubator business model: The case of Barcelona Activa
title_full Analyzing a successful incubator business model: The case of Barcelona Activa
title_fullStr Analyzing a successful incubator business model: The case of Barcelona Activa
title_full_unstemmed Analyzing a successful incubator business model: The case of Barcelona Activa
title_sort Analyzing a successful incubator business model: The case of Barcelona Activa
dc.contributor.affiliation.spa.fl_str_mv EAFIT University, Medellin, Colombia
University of Medellin, Medellin, Colombia
Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
dc.subject.keyword.eng.fl_str_mv Barcelona activa
Business incubator
Catalonia
Entrepreneurship
Resource-based view
Resources and capabilities
Spain
topic Barcelona activa
Business incubator
Catalonia
Entrepreneurship
Resource-based view
Resources and capabilities
Spain
description Successful business incubators have a critical role in the development of local, regional, and national economies through the creation of jobs and the generation of profits, technology development, and innovations. Business incubators are recent and popular organizational forms that are created, often with the help of economic development agencies, to support and accelerate the development and success of affiliated ventures. The chapter examines Barcelona Activa as a successful business incubator in Catalonia (Spain), analyzing the incubator's supply and demand for products and services from the resource-based view approach. Empirically, the chapter is based on qualitative methodology analyzing in depth the case of Barcelona Activa. The findings of the study show that the incubator model's adjustments between the supply and demand of products and services generated are the main reason for the low mortality rate of new firms and the substantial increase in incubators' turnover. This research has important implications for both researchers and government agencies. © 2014 Springer Science+Business Media New York. All rights are reserved.
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