This book explores how new ideas can be transformed
into successful businesses, through the nurturing of
Business Incubators.
But what is a Business Incubator? The answers come
from experts from ESCP Europe, a leading business
management institution in Europe, and from the Arthur
D. Little consulting firm. The two have joined forces to
publish this wide-ranging, detailed account of how and
where in the world the concept works best.
Start-up companies cobbled together by young entrepreneurs
are placed under one roof in order to share
services and resources. This allows them to play major
roles in IT, life sciences, industry and a host of other
fields in both developing and developed countries.
How does Business Incubation (BI) work? How do
young entrepreneurs, often operating on a shoestring,
succeed in attracting major financing from the public
or private sectors, or from public-private-partnerships
(PPPs)? Some make it all the way to the stock market,
while others crash.
Never before has global Bl been so well documented
in a single book. This is a must-read for all those already
involved in making the world a bigger and better, and
perhaps more profitable place, and also for those
about to graduate and seeking to take the next step.
