Business and Technology incubators are seen as important actors for the development of dynamic start-up companies in national economies. The way such incubators function and the impact they have on regional development may vary from one region to another. In this paper we survey and discuss the...

We argue two alternative routes that lead entrepreneurial start-ups to acquisition outcomes instead of liquidation. On one hand, acquisitions can come about through the control route with external financers such as venture capitalists (VCs). VCs take control through their board seats along with...

Our research, based on the ZEW-Foundation Panel East, examines whether high-tech start-ups are mainly founded in scientific and infrastructural well suited regions or not. Estimation results on the level of postcode areas confirm the hypothesis that specific human capital, knowledge spillovers...

Contents: Harms, Rainer: Technology Transfer and Entrepreneurship Training as Instruments of Regional Development. - Recommendations on the Promotion of Entrepreneurial Training and Business Transfer Activities at Higher Education Institutions (Sarajevo, 20/21 September 2004). - Haug, Uwe:...