Business incubator research: a review and future directions

Abstract

The purpose of the paper is to analyze the scientific production concerning

Business Incubators. For which, 50 business incubation articles published

between 1985 and 2012 in the journals of the field of entrepreneurship and

technology management and innovation that are most important in the

Journal Citations Report (JCR) were examined. In terms of results, there

is a predominance of qualitative studies focused mainly on the analysis of

the creation of business incubators and their effects. In addition, the Social

Capital Theory, Institutionalist Theory, the Theory of the firm based on

resources, Coevolution Theory, and Agency Theory, are the most widely

used frameworks