EO-TSF Model: Model for Evaluation of Business Incubators

KLÍMOVÁ, Viktorie. EO-TSF Model: Model for Evaluation of Business Incubators. In Proceedings of ICEIRD 2009. Thessaloniki: South-East European Research Center, 2009, p. 281-290. ISBN 978-960-89629-9-6.

Basic information

• Original name: EO-TSF Model: Model for Evaluation of Business Incubators
• Name in Czech: EO-TSF Model: Model pro hodnocení podnikatelských inkubátorů
• Name (in English): EO-TSF Model: Model for Evaluation of Business Incubators
• Authors: KLÍMOVÁ, Viktorie (203 Czech Republic, guarantor).
• Edition: Thessaloniki, Proceedings of ICEIRD 2009, p. 281-290, 10 pp. 2009.
• Publisher: South-East European Research Center

Other information

• Original language: Czech
• Type of outcome: Proceedings paper
• Field of Study: 50200 5.2 Economics and Business
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14560/09:00029359
• Organization unit: Faculty of Economics and Administration
• ISBN: 978-960-89629-9-6
• Keywords (in Czech): podnikatelský inkubátor, podnik, hodnocení, regionální rozvoj
• Keywords in English: business incubator; enterprise; evaluation; regional development
• Tags: business incubator, enterprise, evaluation, regional development
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

A business incubator, as a tool for very young firms, can provide them with very important help when starting a business. It can even influence the success of these firms in the market. At the same time, business incubators have also other socioeconomic objectives, e.g. regional development, technological transfer, development of innovations or creating new jobs. In order to be able to reach these objectives, business incubators should be regularly evaluated, possibly compared with other incubators. Another reason for evaluation is that business incubators are often financed by the public sector. The author of this article created her own model for evaluation of business incubators. This model is called EO-TSF Model and it evaluates the impacts of incubators (impact on firms, impact on other fields of regional development) and the performance of incubators (technical facilities of incubators, incubator services, incubator financing). For each area several indicators were designed. Some of these indicators are explained in the article.

Abstract (in English)

A business incubator, as a tool for very young firms, can provide them with very important help when starting a business. It can even influence the success of these firms in the market. At the same time, business incubators have also other socioeconomic objectives, e.g. regional development, technological transfer, development of innovations or creating new jobs. In order to be able to reach these objectives, business incubators should be regularly evaluated, possibly compared with other incubators. Another reason for evaluation is that business incubators are often financed by the public sector. The author of this article created her own model for evaluation of business incubators. This model is called EO-TSF Model and it evaluates the impacts of incubators (impact on firms, impact on other fields of regional development) and the performance of incubators (technical facilities of incubators, incubator services, incubator financing). For each area several indicators were designed. Some of these indicators are explained in the article.

Links

• GA402/08/0071, research and development project: Name: Regionální hodnocení kvality podnikatelského prostředí z hlediska potenciálu pro rozvoj a transfer inovací.

Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Regional evaluation of the quality of business environment form the viewpoint of the potential for the deleopment and transfer of innovations