The role of proximity for business development in business incubators
(2013) EKHR72 20131Department of Economic History
- Abstract
- This thesis adds the role of the different types of proximity to the discussion on business development. It does so by aiming at start-ups that are currently located in business incubators in the city of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Current research has focused on the output, effectiveness, diversity, and different types and roles of business incubators. It focuses on what happens within the incubator walls or examining the results on regional economic development. Simultaneously, there is a large body of research on the role of location for businesses ranging from specialisation to diversity. This exploratory thesis tries to combine these two types of research. It does so by conducting semi- structured interviews with both incubator... (More)
- This thesis adds the role of the different types of proximity to the discussion on business development. It does so by aiming at start-ups that are currently located in business incubators in the city of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Current research has focused on the output, effectiveness, diversity, and different types and roles of business incubators. It focuses on what happens within the incubator walls or examining the results on regional economic development. Simultaneously, there is a large body of research on the role of location for businesses ranging from specialisation to diversity. This exploratory thesis tries to combine these two types of research. It does so by conducting semi- structured interviews with both incubator managers as well as start-ups located in a business incubator. The questions are derived using network and proximity theories as well as localisation theories. This results in the research question: “What is the role of proximity for business development in business incubators?” By doing so this research fills up a niche left open by the current body of research as well as providing tools for start-ups that are looking to (re)locate, as well as business incubator managers and policy makers that are considering a location for the development of a new business incubator. (Less)
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- author
- Van Der Poel, Gijsbert LU
- supervisor
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- Lars Coenen LU
- organization
- course
- EKHR72 20131
- year
- 2013
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- proximity, business incubator, start-ups, location
- language
- English
- id
- 3811118
- date added to LUP
- 2013-06-28 15:41:03
- date last changed
- 2013-06-28 15:41:03
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abstract = {{This thesis adds the role of the different types of proximity to the discussion on business development. It does so by aiming at start-ups that are currently located in business incubators in the city of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Current research has focused on the output, effectiveness, diversity, and different types and roles of business incubators. It focuses on what happens within the incubator walls or examining the results on regional economic development. Simultaneously, there is a large body of research on the role of location for businesses ranging from specialisation to diversity. This exploratory thesis tries to combine these two types of research. It does so by conducting semi- structured interviews with both incubator managers as well as start-ups located in a business incubator. The questions are derived using network and proximity theories as well as localisation theories. This results in the research question: “What is the role of proximity for business development in business incubators?” By doing so this research fills up a niche left open by the current body of research as well as providing tools for start-ups that are looking to (re)locate, as well as business incubator managers and policy makers that are considering a location for the development of a new business incubator.}},
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language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{The role of proximity for business development in business incubators}},
year = {{2013}},
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