A Systems View Across Time and Space
Table 8 Ranking dimensions
From: Challenges and opportunities of innovation and incubators as a tool for knowledge-based economy
No. | Survey questions | Highest response (%) | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
First dimension: incubator characteristics | ||||
1 | Incubator services | Strong, tangible, and specialized services | 67.0 | 2 |
2 | Incubator goals | Entrepreneurial climate | 73.0 | 1 |
3 | Incubator type | Technology incubators | 60.7 | 4 |
Second dimension: incubator outcomes | ||||
1 | Jobs created from the incubator (n) | >50 | 63.2 | 3 |
2 | Graduate companies from incubator (n) | 6–25 | 36.0 | 10 |
3 | Tenants inside the incubator (n) | 6–25 | 48.3 | 7 |
4 | Survival rate of tenants (%) | 81–90 | 47.7 | 8 |
Third dimension: financial | ||||
1 | Incubator income | Low | 44.2 | 9 |
2 | Annual turnover growth | $100,000–999,000 | 54.4 | 5 |
3 | Growth of revenue | $100,000–999,000 | 50.6 | 6 |