Türkiye’de İş Geliştirme Merkezlerinde (İŞGEM) Yer Alan Kiracı Firmaların Hayatta Kalma Performansı

Survival Performance of Tenant Firms in Business Incubators (ISGEMs) in Turkey

Onur Sungur and Murat Ali Dulupçu

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Abstract: The aim of this study is to examine the effects of business incubator programs and its services on tenant firm performance. In this context, the effect of business incubator services on firms’ survival was examined through the case of Turkey’s Business Development Centers (İŞGEMs). The scope of this research consist of 414 firms, 238 firms which exist in incubators located in Adana, Diyarbakır, Elazığ, Ereğli, Eskişehir, Mersin, Nevşehir, Samsun, Tarsus, Van, Yozgat and Zonguldak İŞGEMs and 176 firms which left these incubators before. Within the framework of research model, business incubator services were categorized as (1) office services, (2) shared/common services, (3) education/training services and (4) counseling services and include total of 22 sub-services. As a research methodology, Kaplan-Meier survival estimates were used. As a result of the research models, it was concluded that all service groups have significant and positive effects on firms’ survival probabilities.

Keywords: Business Incubators; Business Development Centers (ISGEMs); Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs); Survival Analysis; Kaplan-Meier Survival Estimates (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D02 D04 M13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-10, Revised 2013-05
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Published in Mehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 8.5(2013): pp. 1-25

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