Exploring the Relationship between the Entrepreneurship Motive and Value Creation in Business Incubators

Cristina Lin-Lian, Carmen De-Pablos-Heredero and José Luis Montes-Botella
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Cristina Lin-Lian: Department of Applied Economics I, Economic History and Institutions (and Moral Philosophy), Rey Juan Carlos University, Paseo de los Artilleros s/n, 28032 Madrid, Spain
Carmen De-Pablos-Heredero: Department of Business Administration, ESIC University, Avda. Valdenigriales, s/n, 28223 Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
José Luis Montes-Botella: Department of Applied Economics I, Economic History and Institutions (and Moral Philosophy), Rey Juan Carlos University, Paseo de los Artilleros s/n, 28032 Madrid, Spain

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 13, 1-22

Abstract: In this study, we aimed to explore whether, regardless of the reasons why entrepreneurs start their activity, either due to necessity or vocation, they positively value the capacity of business incubators as a mechanism to help create value, contributing to the economic and social sustainability and establishing a context that increases the chances of the success and survival of businesses. A questionnaire was developed and distributed to a representative sample of entrepreneurs residing in Spain. Structural equation analysis (SEM) was applied. The results confirm that business incubators create value in society regardless of the reasons why entrepreneurs start their activity. This work provides an opinion and a direct vision of how different entrepreneur profiles value the contribution of business incubators to the sustainability of businesses in their first stage.

Keywords: business incubators; entrepreneurship motive; entrepreneur; value creation in society (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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