Business Incubators and Enterprise Creation

With current high unemployment and underemployment rates, most government in developed and developing countries alike , are giving the highest priority to job creation, self-employment and enterprise creation, with the belief that micro,small and medium enterprise development will be the engine of growth. This page lists and rates electronic resources related to enterprise creation, incubators, and self employment initiatives.

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Last updated May 30th 2005

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Sites are reviewed individually and rated mostly according to content depth and value added, while also considering design, ease of navigation and speed of loading. For each category best resources are listed first.

National Business Incubation Association Home Page

The National Business Incubation Association provides members with the resources needed to develop and manage successful business incubators. NBIA members are incubator developers and managers; business assistance professionals, university -related research park managers, corporate joint venture partners; professional business service providers; venture capital investors; economic development professionals. A "MUST" site . Do not miss their link to members homepages and their HOT list.

CORDIS Business Incubator Service
This site from the Community Research and Development Information Service (CORDIS) aims to provide a single entry point to all business incubators in Europe. Very rich and interesting site mostly due to the many documents included in the library section which should be of interest to anyone looking for information on incubators. Do not miss the section on benchmarking.

UK Business Incubation
A focal point for all incubation projects in the UK, this site contains news, best practice guidelines, research and details of relevant events to help potential and existing incubators. A very good site which also includes "growing success" a report on business incubation in the UK.

Best Practice in Business Incubator Management
If business incubators are to deliver economic development benefits, then more attention needs to be paid to promoting business growth among incubator clients. This Australian report treats this issue by identifying best practice by business incubators in facilitating the development of competitive growth businesses. The report looks in-depth at eight case studies of leading business incubator programs to provide detailed appreciation of program design and incubator operations. Four of these programs are Australian and four are drawn from the United States.

InfoDev's Incubator Initiative
InfoDev's Incubator Initiative, launched in 2002 with resources from the Government of Japan, is aimed at fostering entrepreneurship and private sector development in developing countries through the establishment of a network of incubators to facilitate the emergence and development of small and medium size Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) enterprises. Interesting site. Do not miss the InfoDev Incubator Support Center and its section on resources.

SEDI: Self Employment Development Initiative
One of SEDI goals is to develop, test and provide information based, micro enterprise development tools to assist local municipalities to facilitate and promote the start up and growth of local micro enterprises. A truly great site for anyone interested in self employment program and business startups.

European BIC Network

The European BIC Network is the reference point on innovation, incubation and entrepreneurship in Europe. It gathers 160 Business and Innovation Centers (BIC) and similar organizations such as incubators, innovation centers and entrepreneurship centers. Very interesting site. Do not miss the guide of the European Business and Innovation Centers.

ASME Guide on Business Incubators

This small guide from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) provides an overview of the different types of incubators and how they function.

Business Incubator Development Program (BID)

The Business Incubator Development (BID) Program is a USAID funded program managed by International Technology Research Institute (ITRI) of Loyola College in Baltimore, Maryland. The BID Program is creating opportunities for small business growth in Ukraine by establishing incubators that will provide consulting services, access to office equipment and training, assistance in accessing credit, and physical building space. Apart from providing general info on the program, the main value of the site is the section on Technology Incubator Resources which covers several countries.

Rural Business Incubators

This study of the National Business Incubator Association entitled "Identifying obstacles to the success of rural business incubators" identifies the challenges and obstacles that rural incubators must address in order to improve performance. Very interesting report.

Tri-Cities Enterprise Association (TEA)

Quite complete with a resource center, and an entrepreneurial support network. Rather innovative with a Regional Microloan and Group Lending Program, as well as a Micro Equity Fund.

ELAN : French Network of Business Incubators Managers
Mostly a network directory of Business Incubators Managers

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