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Stand Alone Or Continue To Support: Exploring The Need For Post Incubation Services For New And Growing Enterprises., Miriam Adair, Breda Kenny, Helen Mcguirk

Irish Business Journal

Public support for entrepreneurship varies across countries and depends on issues such as sector, regional location and stage of the start-up. In making it easier for people to set up a business, many countries provide access to finance, training and advice. Business incubation (BI) centres are one such model of support for entrepreneurship. The current research provides some preliminary insights into the extent of the demand for post-incubation services in supporting new ventures to thrive and survive. Employing a unique data set based on information gathered from business incubation centre managers, current and alumni clients, we adopted an exploratory research …