Methodological Challenges and Institutional Barriers in the Use of Experimental Method for the Evaluation of Business Incubators: Lessons from the US, EU, and China

Despite their worldwide adoption by policy makers as the Holy Grail for entrepreneurship and business development, the effectiveness of business incubation programs remain elusive, primarily plagued by untenable evaluation methods. This paper develops an in-depth analysis on those methodological and institutional factors that prohibit the use of theoretically sound solutions such as the Experimental Method in evaluation practice.

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Year of publication:	2010
Authors:	Yu, Junbo ; Nikjamp, Peter Nijkamp
Institutions:	Regional Research Institute (RRI), West Virginia University
Subject:	entrepreneurship \| business incubation \| regional development

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Number Working Paper 2010-04 9 pages
Classification:	R5 - Regional Government Analysis ; R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, and Changes ; R58 - Regional Development Policy
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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