A contingency perspective on perceived tenant satisfaction of technology incubators

To counter the high failure rate of small start-up firms in general and technology-based firms in particular, the nurturing of start-up firms in business incubators is often suggested. Although many incubator studies have been developed, a better understanding of which strategic, external and internal incubator variables result in a good "fit" and hence above-normal performace of technology incubators in an under-researched domain in incubator literature. The current research project tries to address this literature gap, grounding the project in criterion-specific contengency literature.

Keywords:BUSINESS INCUBATOR, TECHNOLOGY-BASED FIRM, CONTINGENCY THEORY

Disciplines:Applied economics, Economic history, Macroeconomics and monetary economics, Microeconomics, Tourism