Incubators, Accelerators and Regional Economic Development

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A growing wave of co-location programmes promises to boost growth for entrepreneurs and young firms. Despite great public and policy interest we have little idea whether such programmes are effective. This paper categorises accelerators and incubators within a larger family of co-location interventions. We then develop a single framework to theorise workspace-level impacts. We summarise available evaluation evidence and sketch implications for regional economic policy. We find clear evidence programmes are effective overall. But we know little about how effects operate – or who benefits. Providers and policymakers should experiment further to establish optimal designs.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 11856

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Entrepreneurship ; Management of Technological Innovation and R&D ; Real Estate Markets, Spatial Production Analysis, and Firm Location: General ; Regional Development Planning and Policy
• Subject: entrepreneurship ; incubators ; accelerators ; clusters ; cities ; economic development

Contributors, Location and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Madaleno, Margarida ; Nathan, Max ; Overman, Henry ; Waights, Sevrin
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2018

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/185316
• Last update: 20.09.2024, 8:21 AM CEST