Business Incubators and Survival of Startups in Times of COVID-19

Débora De Esteban Escobar, Carmen De-Pablos-Heredero, José Luis Montes-Botella, Francisco José Blanco Jiménez and Antón García
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Débora De Esteban Escobar: International Doctoral School (EID), Rey Juan Carlos University, 28008 Madrid, Spain
Carmen De-Pablos-Heredero: ESIC Business & Marketing School, ESIC University, 28223 Madrid, Spain
José Luis Montes-Botella: Department of Applied Economy I, Rey Juan Carlos University, Paseo de los Artilleros s/n, 28032 Madrid, Spain
Francisco José Blanco Jiménez: Department of Applied Economy I, Rey Juan Carlos University, Paseo de los Artilleros s/n, 28032 Madrid, Spain
Antón García: Animal Science Department, Rabanales University Campus, University of Cordoba, 14071 Cordoba, Spain

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 4, 1-15

Abstract: This research seeks to understand the situation that entrepreneurs have experienced during COVID-19 and the impact that this has caused on the entrepreneurial ecosystem. The question is whether business incubators as facilitating institutions of entrepreneurship have been determinants for the survival of startups. The study was conducted using a statistical methodology of analysis based on the application of structural equations modeling (SEM) on a theoretical framework built and validated empirically in a representative sample of entrepreneurs from the Community of Madrid (Spain). The results obtained show that the different tools, actions, advice, and services offered by the business incubators, during confinement to the present, have been key to the survival of the entrepreneurial ecosystem, which in turn promotes the advancement of the productive industry of our country.

Keywords: business incubator; survival impact; entrepreneurship; COVID-19; startup (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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