Incubators : a realist's guide to the world's new business accelerators /
Colin Barrow.
- New York ; Chichester : Wiley, 2001.
- 224p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-344) and index.
Machine generated contents note: PART ONE: A BRIEF HISTORY OF BUSINESS -- INCUBATION -- Chapter 1: How business incubators work -- Chapter 2: How it all began -- Chapter 3: Who goes in for incubation? -- PART TWO: WHO ARE THE PLAYERS? -- Chapter 4: The property developers -- Chapter 5: Government and local government -- Chapter 6: The academics -- Chapter 7: The corporate venturers -- Chapter 8: The entrepreneurs -- Chapter 9: The venture capitalists -- Chapter 10: The business angels -- Chapter 11: The consultants -- Chapter 12: Variations on a theme -- Chapter 13: Incubator associations -- ... 17[I7 PART THREE: WHAT DO INCUBATORS REALLY HAVE -- TO OFFER? 155 -- Chapter 14: Premises 159 -- Chapter 15: Business services 167 -- Chapter 16: Management and business strategy services 179 -- Chapter 17: Financing and financial consulting 195 -- PART FOUR: COULD INCUBATION WORK FOR -- YOU? 201 -- Chapter 18: What are the real benefits to be gained from locating in -- an incubator 205 -- Chapter 19: Is incubation right for you? 213 -- Chapter 20: Getting into an incubator 217 -- Chapter 21: Getting out of an incubator 231 -- PART FIVE: WORLD DIRECTORY OF INCUBATORS 241 -- References 337 -- Index 345.
Written with unflinching objectivity, this volume draws on a wealth of case examples to show how entrepreneurs got the best, and the worst, out of being in an incubator.
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