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Governance and performance in multiple sponsored business incubators: a case study of business incubation centres of the European space agency (ESA BICs)

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  • Eldering, Cornelis
  • van den Ende, Jan
  • Hulsink, Willem

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Corporations, universities, governments, and other large organisations sponsor business incubation centres to support entrepreneurship and new venturing. These organisations expect certain performance outcomes from their incubation centres. Incubator programmes can be established through partnerships or as part of a Triple Helix approach, involving multiple sponsorship organisations. However, it is still unclear how the governance of a multiple sponsorship configuration affects business incubation performance and design.

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  • Eldering, Cornelis & van den Ende, Jan & Hulsink, Willem, 2026. "Governance and performance in multiple sponsored business incubators: a case study of business incubation centres of the European space agency (ESA BICs)," Technovation, Elsevier, vol. 150(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:techno:v:150:y:2026:i:c:s0166497225002238
    DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2025.103391
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