Incubation Centres


What is a Business incubator?


Business incubators are programs designed to accelerate the successful development of entrepreneurial 
companies through an array of business support resources and services, developed and orchestrated by incubator
 management and offered both in the incubator and through its network of contacts. Incubators vary in the way they
 deliver their services, in their organizational structure, and in the types of clients they serve. Successful completion
 of a business incubation program increases the likelihood that a start-up company will stay in business for the long
 term: Historically, 87% of incubator graduates stay in business.


Business incubation has been identified as a means of meeting a variety of economic and 
socioeconomic policy needs, which may include
• Creating jobs and wealth
• Fostering a community's entrepreneurial climate
• Technology commercialization
• Diversifying local economies
• Building or accelerating growth of local industry clusters
• Business creation and retention
• Encouraging women or minority entrepreneurship
• Identifying potential spin-in or spin-out business opportunities
• Community revitalization
About one-third of business incubation programs are sponsored by economic development 
organizations. Government entities (such as cities or counties) account for 21% of program 
sponsors. Another 20% are sponsored by academic institutions, including two- and four-year 
colleges, universities, and technical colleges.

History of Incubators

The formal concept of business incubation began in the USA in 1959 when Joseph Mancuso
 opened the Batavia Industrial Center in a Batavia, New York, warehouse. Incubation expanded in 
the U.S. in the 1980s and spread to the UK and Europe through various related forms (e.g. 
innovation centres, pépinières d’entreprises, technopoles/science parks).
The U.S.-based National Business Incubation Association estimates that there are about 5,000 
incubators worldwide. As of October 2006, there were more than 1,400 incubators in North 
America, up from only 12 in 1980. Her Majesty's Treasury identified around 25 incubation 
environments in the UK in 1997; by 2005, UKBI identified around 270 incubation environments 
across the country. A study funded by the European Commission in 2002 identified around 900 
incubation environments in Western Europe.[8]
Incubation activity has not been limited to developed countries; incubation environments are 
now being implemented in developing countries and raising interest for financial support from 
organisations such as UNIDO and the World Bank.

INCUBATION CENTRES


(IASP Headquarters) Parque Technológico AndalucÍa-Sede Social 29590 Campanillas (Málaga), 
Spain
Tel: (+34) 95 20 28303 
Fax: (+34) 95 20 20464

WAINOVA coordinates 25 associations of science / technology parks and innovation-based
 incubators all over the world. Its mission is to contribute to the world's economic and 
 social development by promoting innovation, technology transfer and the establishment of
 innovation-based companies.

The German Association of Innovation-, Technology and Business Incubation Centers was
 established in August 1988. ADT organizes exchange of information and experience between
 Innovation, Technology and Business Incubation Centers as well as Science and Technology
 Parks in Germany and develops international cooperation with partner organisations and center
 s abroad. ADT supports the establishing and running of centres and represents the interests of
 its members in parliament, government, economic associations and media.
Member Contact: Andrea Glaser [glaser@adt-online.de] 

List of Incubation Centers in India

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Here is a list of Incubation Centers in India. Hope this helps to give you a starting point if you 
intend to start your own company…
Technology Business Incubator, Birla Institute of Technology, Pilani
Entrepreneurship Cell, IIT Kharagpur
Center for Entrepreneurship, SP Jain Institute of Management & Research
C-TIDES, IIT Madras
TeNeT, IIT Madras
TIME IS, Delhi
Science & Technology Entrepreneurs Park, JSS Academy of Technical Education, NOIDA
Entrepreneurship Development Cell, IIT Roorkee


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