ENTREPRENEURSHIP INCUBATORS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH. AN ACROSS-COUNTRIES EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS -- ENTREPRENEURSHIP INCUBATORS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH. AN ACROSS-COUNTRIES EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS -- CONTENTS -- Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION -- 1.1. Motivation -- 1.2. Structure of the Book -- Chapter 2 A TIME - TYPE APPROACH TO INCUBATORS DEVELOPMENT -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. The Evolution of Business Incubators Definitions -- 2.3. A Time - Type Approach to the Evolution of Business Incubators -- Chapter 3 ON AN INCLUSIVE THEORIZATION OF THE INCUBATORS - ECONOMIC GROWTH RELATIONSHIP -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Incubators and Economic Development: Background Knowledge -- 3.2.1. On the Theorization of Business Incubators -- 3.2.2. On the Impact of Business Incubators to Economic Development -- 3.3. On an Inclusive Theorization of Incubators -- 3.3.1. Identifying the Interrelationships between Incubators and Economic Development: A Three-dimensional Context -- 3.3.2. Operationalizing and Empirically Testing the Endowment Effects Hypothesis -- Chapter 4 ANALYZING INCUBATION ACTIVITY AS AN ENDOGENOUS GROWTH PARAMETER -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Incubation Activity and Economic Growth as a Two-way Relationship -- 4.2.1. Empirical Model and Econometric Estimation Techniques -- 4.3. Data and Variables -- 4.3.1. Data and Sources -- 4.3.2. Variables -- Economic Growth -- Incubation Activity -- Instrumental Variables -- Chapter 5 ON THE GEOGRAPHY OF INCUBATION ACTIVITY: THE DISTRIBUTION OF INCUBATORS ACROSS COUNTRIES -- 5.1. Business Incubators in Six Main Groups of Countries -- North America Countries -- South America Countries -- Far East Countries -- Africa, Middle East and other Countries -- Eastern Europe Countries -- Western Europe Countries -- 5.2. Technology Parks in Six Main Groups of Countries -- North America Countries -- South America Countries.

Far East Countries -- Africa, Middle East and other Countries -- Eastern Europe Countries -- Western Europe Countries -- Chapter 6 TESTING FOR THE ENDOWMENT EFFECTS HYPOTHESIS -- 6.1. Incubators and Economic Growth: An across Countries Qualitative Comparative Analysis -- 6.1.1. Intensity of Business Incubators Activity across Countries -- 6.1.2. Intensity of Technology Parks Activity across Countries -- 6.2. Incubators and Economic Growth: An across Countries Quantitative Comparative Analysis -- 6.2.1. Empirical Model Estimation and Results -- 6.2.2. Discussion -- Chapter 7 TOWARDS A CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- Blank Page.