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Technology Readiness, Market Readiness And The Triple Bottom Line: An Empirical Analysis Of Innovating Startups In An Incubator, Rainer Hasenauer, Andreas Gschöpf, Charles Weber
Technology Readiness, Market Readiness And The Triple Bottom Line: An Empirical Analysis Of Innovating Startups In An Incubator, Rainer Hasenauer, Andreas Gschöpf, Charles Weber
Engineering and Technology Management Faculty Publications and Presentations
This paper shares the experiences of INITS, a business incubator located in Vienna, Austria, which consults to startup firms in Austria and (with partners) in Europe. INITS has investigated the technology readiness levels and market readiness levels of 57 startup firms in a variety of industries, who are engaged in social or environmental entrepreneurship, where the impact motive prevails over the profit motive. Thus, INITS provides 57 longitudinal case studies of social and environmental innovation in startup firms that have gone through the complete incubation process. Thirteen of these cases underwent an 'open incubation' process developed by INITS. INITS has …