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Impact of Business Incubators on Sustainable Entrepreneurship Growth with Mediation Effect

  • Naveed Ahmed , Cai Li EMAIL logo , Sikandar Ali Qalati ORCID logo , Habib ur Rehman , Asadullah Khan ORCID logo and Faisal Rana
Published/Copyright: February 9, 2022

Abstract

This study aims to measure and investigates the mediating effect of business incubators (BIs) and the influence of training programs, capital support, and networking services on sustainable entrepreneurship growth (SEG). A mediated conceptual model is constructed to simplify the effect and influences of variables taken in this study. A quantitative research method is employed on a sample size of 567. A survey questionnaire was used as an instrument to collect data from incubator centers and entrepreneurs. The method of bootstrapping, partial least squares (software 3.2.8) Algorithms, and structural equation models were used. In findings, the positive and significant influence of networking services, capital support, and training programs were identified on SEG. Also, the relationship between networking services, capital support, training programs, and SEG was mediated by BIs.


Corresponding author: Cai Li, School of Management, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China, E-mail:

Funding source: Perception of fairness in self-organized mass entrepreneurship Jiangsu Province Graduate Scientific Research Innovation Project

Award Identifier / Grant number: 4061160023

Funding source: Study on Bottleneck and Innovation of Post-industrial Intellectual capital development in Jiangsu Province Jiangsu Province Social Science Foundation Project. Interactive effect between Self-Organized Innovation and Industrial cluster, Jiangsu Province Graduate Scientific Research Innovation Project

Award Identifier / Grant number: No. 14JD009

Funding source: Self-organized cluster entrepreneurship behaviour reform, evolution and promotion strategies study China. National Social Science Foundation

Award Identifier / Grant number: No. 16BGL028

Acknowledgment

The authors pay their gratefulness to the self-organized cluster entrepreneurship behavior reform, evolution, and promotion strategies study (No. 16BGL028), China. National Social Science Foundation. (2) Study on Bottleneck and Innovation of Post-industrial Intellectual capital development in Jiangsu Province (No. 14JD009), Jiangsu Province Social Science Foundation Project. The interactive effect between Self-Organized Innovation and Industrial cluster, Jiangsu Province Graduate Scientific Research Innovation Project. (3) Perception of fairness in self-organized mass entrepreneurship (4061160023), Jiangsu Province Graduate Scientific Research Innovation Project.

  1. Conflicts of Interest: The authors declare no conflict of interest in this work.

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Received: 2019-05-04
Accepted: 2020-04-23
Published Online: 2022-02-09

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