incubators Our hypothesis that civil society provides a particularly fertile ground for the generation and
 Incubators e g. labbs for social innovation  Mentoring and coaching  Busineess development support
 Incubators e g. labbs for social innovation  Mentoring and coaching  Busineess development support
incubators Our hypothesis that civil society provides a particularly fertile ground for the generation and
by groups such as the DMTF Open Clouds Standards Incubator, the SNIA Cloud storage Technical Working group or the OGF Open Clouds Computing
This new smart city model can serve as an excellent incubator for the development of a diverse set of highly innovative services and applications 18
incubators infrastructure for start-ups), technological parks (experimental facilities), technical transfer centers and the system of intellectual
on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, the Institute for Bio-Sustainability and the Incubator Spinpark.
There is also a role here for incubators, innovation parks and research centres For example, Mars in Toronto, links a university, hospital, business
incubator, alongside a social innovation investment fund. In Singapore Biopolis, a two-million square foot research centre brings together scientific
new roles, incubators institutions Purchasing commissioning in key public services, by place, outcome &c Sector specific regulations
•Support for incubators and hubs within cities or regions to concentrate and amplify capacity and activity (for example Denokinn, the Basque
public sphere, these include innovation networks and incubators. Outside the public sphere, there has been a growth in building based intermediaries â€
There is growing interest in incubators as a method for testing promising new ideas. Incubators have long been widespread in business,
but the creation of social incubators is only a recent phenomenon. Some incubators provide support for social entrepreneurs and social start-ups, others take a more
active role in the design, implementation and evaluation of pilots and projects. Even though evidence is patchy,
these organisations are helping to build the field of social innovation and are providing new models for taking
Incubators provide a range of supports for social enterprises and social entrepreneurs. Some of these needs are the same as those of mainstream
incubators and hubs to advance the quality of practice in social innovation across Europe Together the funds
3. Incubators and intermediaries Linking, brokerage and innovation intermediaries are crucial in the development of the social innovation field,
Intermediaries and physical incubators encourage and facilitate the ability of organisations, companies, and whole communities to find better
Innovation intermediaries and incubators come in a variety of forms. Across Europe, infrastructures of this kind already exist, specifically for business
•Support for a network of incubators across Europe, with a trailblazing first round and then subsequent rounds developed in the light of
development of a network of social innovation hubs or incubators, cities which find the most creative solutions to specific social challenges should be
Europe has made great strides in building science parks, incubators research networks and educational exchanges in specific research areas.
funds, agencies, brokers, incubators, and intermediaries. In the social field these institutions remain much less developed than in other fields.
roles and putting them into incubators or prestigious time-limited roles to turn ideas into business plans (with the time costs then potentially
commission incubators (being tested by the ESRC 100) Collective voice and credits. Allowing staff in an organisation to vote
290) Innovation incubators play a critical role: they bring together the skills and expertise necessary to help sustain
many different kinds of incubator and innovation agency to develop a model that seeks to create new ventures and back social entrepreneurs
and a business incubator, alongside a social innovation investment fund Mars is a nonprofit innovation centre connecting science, technology
Incubators 133 Information systems 20-22; 89; 119-120 Infrastructure 114-115 Innocentive 134 Innovation Innovation Challenge Prize 54
interdisciplinary centres, science parks, academic spin-offs, incubators (Etzkowitz, 2008 Almeida, Mello and Etzkowitz, 2012. Thirdly, universities†capacity to generate technology
technology incubators), financial support institutions (public and private venture capital firms, angel networks, seed capital funds, etc.
incubator facility to assist in spinning off firms. A good example of this approach to building an innovation Space is the Flemish Catholic University of Leuven (KUL
thriving regional innovation network including incubators, science parks, business centres, venture capitalists, spin-off companies and international R&d intensive
The Brazilian popular cooperative incubator model was invented bottom-up by a university incubator and a NGO campaign against hunger to teach poor people from the favelas how to organise a cooperative and create
spin-offs graduated from university incubators could be a relevant indicator for the Innovation space, while the number of projects achieved with the involvement of Triple
†singleâ€-and †multi-sphere†(hybrid) institutions, in particular science parks, incubators business/technology incubators;
and (ii) promoting policies that support their formation and activity, creation of seed funds, increased participation of industry and other private
Invention and Diffusion of the Brazilian Cooperative Incubator. International Journal of Technology and Globalisation (in press
evolution of the incubator and the emergence of a triple helix. Research Policy 34,411-424
Business incubators Employment and Economic Development Center regional office Five-point Likert-scale 1 Â Insignificant to
research and innovation lab serving as an incubator for high-risk projects at the edge of technology advances
incubator for digital technology initiatives. Since then, also thanks to its Chief Digital Officer Adam Brotman, appointed in 2012,
Incubators Business Angels Availability of and access to capital Venture capital Loans Loss zone Profit zone
drawn from incubators and business angels. Venture capital is primarily available in Europe to ventures that are past the
A growing number of European accelerators and incubators can combine financial support with networking, mentorship and physical space for entrepreneurs.
number of incubators and accelerators has increased at an annual rate of 29%to an overall number of 260 start-up
**Incubator: provision of physical space, usually without funding but with mentorship network, informal event programmes, consulting services, investor exposure and
and Incubator Ecosystem in Europe, †Telefonica Creating and aligning partnerships between companies universities and research organizations
universities, business angels, accelerators, incubators venture capitalists and corporate intrapreneurs Currently, it takes significant research to appreciate
own accelerator or incubator; they need different points of access to the world of start-ups, while start-ups need a way to
s and Freixas (2013), The Accelerator and Incubator Ecosystem in Europe, Telefonica, p. 2 41.
s and Freixas (2013), The Accelerator and Incubator Ecosystem in Europe, Telefonica 43. OECD (2013), Science, Technology, and Industry Scoreboard
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