The co-evolution of business incubation and national innovation systems in Taiwan☆ Export

@article{citeulike:4445819, abstract = {Incubation has already proven to be of great value in promoting small and medium enterprise (SME) entrepreneurship activities and technological development in developed and developing countries. Incubation not only provides a diversified and integrated service for entrepreneurial ventures but also contributes upward to regional and national innovation and economic growth. Building upon the logic of co-evolution theory, this paper argues that incubation acts at the meso-level as a critical interface between macro-innovation systems and micro-business ventures. These multi-directional coupling elements in innovation ecology co-evolve to achieve collective interests and excellence, which in turn may stimulate technological development and social change. Important processes/mechanisms, including a policy kit and action, strategic networking, supportive associations, knowledge and intellectual capital management, among others, are discussed. Drawing on the national innovation system (NIS) and business incubation (BI) experience in Taiwan, we discuss the future prospects of incubation and innovation policies, including industrializing and globalizing incubation activities and virtual business incubation.}, author = {Tsai, Fu-Sheng and Hsieh, Linda H. and Fang, Shih-Chieh and Lin, Julia L.}, citeulike-article-id = {4445819}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2008.08.009}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0040162508001546}, doi = {10.1016/j.techfore.2008.08.009}, issn = {00401625}, journal = {Technological Forecasting and Social Change}, keywords = {business, co-evolution, incubation, innovation, national, systems, taiwan}, month = {June}, number = {5}, pages = {629--643}, posted-at = {2009-04-30 15:51:36}, priority = {3}, title = {The co-evolution of business incubation and national innovation systems in Taiwan☆}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2008.08.009}, volume = {76}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4445819 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4445819 N2 - Incubation has already proven to be of great value in promoting small and medium enterprise (SME) entrepreneurship activities and technological development in developed and developing countries. Incubation not only provides a diversified and integrated service for entrepreneurial ventures but also contributes upward to regional and national innovation and economic growth. Building upon the logic of co-evolution theory, this paper argues that incubation acts at the meso-level as a critical interface between macro-innovation systems and micro-business ventures. These multi-directional coupling elements in innovation ecology co-evolve to achieve collective interests and excellence, which in turn may stimulate technological development and social change. Important processes/mechanisms, including a policy kit and action, strategic networking, supportive associations, knowledge and intellectual capital management, among others, are discussed. Drawing on the national innovation system (NIS) and business incubation (BI) experience in Taiwan, we discuss the future prospects of incubation and innovation policies, including industrializing and globalizing incubation activities and virtual business incubation. IS - 5 JF - Technological Forecasting and Social Change SN - 00401625 EP - 643 TI - The co-evolution of business incubation and national innovation systems in Taiwan☆ VL - 76 SP - 629 KW - business KW - co-evolution KW - incubation KW - innovation KW - national KW - systems KW - taiwan AU - Tsai, Fu-Sheng AU - Hsieh, Linda AU - Fang, Shih-Chieh AU - Lin, Julia PY - 2009/06// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2008.08.009 ER -