Abstract
We investigate the engagement of business incubators in activities aimed
at sustainable development. Although the importance of business
incubators and the importance of sustainable development are both
clearly acknowledged nowadays, separately, there is hardly any attention
for the engagement of business incubators in sustainable development
activities in the academic literature. We conduct primary data
collection among a sample of business incubators in Europe, offering
respondents a range of questions about their engagement in sustainable
development activities. We find that a significant proportion of
business incubators in Europe clearly engage in activities aimed at
sustainable development, with their own activities, program offering,
selection of mentors, and selection of incubatees. Our empirical
analysis also suggests the existence of a separate subgroup of
sustainable business incubators, that differ significantly from other
business incubators on a range of environmental and social aspects.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 203-220 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Journal | International Review of Entrepreneurship |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 2 |
Publication status | Published - 2020 |