Entrepreneurial support organizations (ESOs), such as incubators and accelerators, are now
ubiquitous. Despite this proliferation, their impact on entrepreneurs, ventures, and …

Science and technology parks (STPs) are non-spontaneous agglomerations aimed at
encouraging the formation and growth of on-site technology and knowledge-based firms …

Using survey data from companies located in the Wuxi (Taihu) international science park in
China, we aim to analyze to what extent science park residents experience barriers to …

Purpose Social entrepreneurs (SEs) often face various challenges whereby they rely on the
support of others to realize their objectives. In this context, ecosystem thinking is very helpful …

University business incubators (UBIs) are an important part of the ecosystem that supports
entrepreneurial activities and economic development. Extant research has focused on …

Abstract Recent work on Region Innovation Systems (RIS) has emphasised the importance
of universities. Until recently, however, related insights into the dynamics of this relationship …

Abstract One aspect of Science Parks development that has come into focus is the attraction
of talent, which could include attracting specific expertise, making it easier for firms to be …

In this paper, we shed new light on the links between firm-level innovation and growth. We
introduce data that capture a difficult-to-observe aspect of firms' innovative activity–new …

We combine theory and evidence on incubator and accelerator programmes and their
effects on urban economic development. These structured co-working programmes have …

Purpose Data-driven market segmentation is heavily used by academic tourism and
hospitality researchers to create knowledge and by data analysts in tourism industry to …