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Incubators, networks, and their performance: an in-depth case study in Taiwan

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  • Tai-Shan Hu
  • Su-Li Chang
  • Kuang-Chieh Chen

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The studies show that business incubators have an important role in promoting innovative entrepreneurship and economic growth. Taiwanese industries, comprised mainly of small to medium sized businesses, have faced challenges of industrial innovation and restructuring in recent years. Of the many industrial technology policies that the Taiwan Government has adopted to facilitate industrial transformation, the establishment of incubators has been the most effective policy for assisting innovative small to mid-size businesses. This research studies the performance of incubators, the determinants of their success, and the degree and characteristics of networking among incubators. This study reveals that, like a comprehensive institutional R%D system, high-level networked interactions positively affect the number of successfully assisted businesses and indirectly influence the number of jobs created. Networked interactions are highly dependent on recruitment by high-level networking incubators. However, this study finds that innovation incubators in Taiwan limit interactive relationships within a formal network, especially in the high-tech region.

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  • Tai-Shan Hu & Su-Li Chang & Kuang-Chieh Chen, 2015. "Incubators, networks, and their performance: an in-depth case study in Taiwan," International Journal of Business Environment, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 7(3), pages 281-301.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijbenv:v:7:y:2015:i:3:p:281-301
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    Cited by:

    1. Kan-Chung Huang & Tai-Shan Hu & Jun-Yao Wang & Kuang-Chieh Chen & Hsin-Mei Lo, 2016. "From fashion product industries to fashion: upgrading trends in traditional industry in Taiwan," European Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(4), pages 762-787, April.
    2. Hai-Ping Lin & Tai-Shan Hu, 2017. "Knowledge Interaction and Spatial Dynamics in Industrial Districts," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(8), pages 1-18, August.

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