Evaluate the performance of an incubator: proposal of a grid

Abstract

Entrepreneurial support is a profession that is developing day by day. The first support structures date back to 1959 in the United States of America and then spread to other countries of the world. Known under "Business support", we can count different types of structure. Nurseries, incubators, beehives or incubators, all called "incubators". Moreover, incubating is originally a practice before being a theory, that fact seems rather revolutionary in the world of management. Indeed, the first experiences of theorizing in this field go back to the beginning of the 80s with descriptive themes. Little by little, the reflections turned to exhaustive subjects, mainly the evaluation of the performance of support. This interest prompted us to propose this article, in which we attempt to present a theoretical framework for the evaluation of the performance of business incubators while proposing a summary grid of the different axes that define it.