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| With current high unemployment and underemployment rates, most government in developed and developing countries alike , are giving the highest priority to job creation, self-employment and enterprise creation, with the belief that micro,small and medium enterprise development will be the engine of growth. This page provides a guide to the best sites on business incubators, enterprise creation and self employment initiatives. |
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 National Business Incubation Association Home PageThe National Business Incubation Association provides members with the resources needed to develop and manage successful business incubators. NBIA members are incubator developers and managers; business assistance professionals, university -related research park managers, corporate joint venture partners; professional business service providers; venture capital investors; economic development professionals. A "MUST" site . Do not miss their link to members homepages and their HOT list.
Best Practice in Business Incubator ManagementIf business incubators are to deliver economic development benefits, then more attention needs to be paid to promoting business growth among incubator clients. This Australian report treats this issue by identifying best practice by business incubators in facilitating the development of competitive growth businesses. The report looks in-depth at eight case studies of leading business incubator programs to provide detailed appreciation of program design and incubator operations. Four of these programs are Australian and four are drawn from the United States. InfoDev's Incubator InitiativeInfoDev's Incubator Initiative, launched in 2002 with resources from the Government of Japan, is aimed at fostering entrepreneurship and private sector development in developing countries through the establishment of a network of incubators to facilitate the emergence and development of small and medium size Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) enterprises. Interesting site. Do not miss the InfoDev Incubator Support Center and its section on resources.
SEDI: Self Employment Development InitiativeOne of SEDI goals is to develop, test and provide information based, micro enterprise development tools to assist local municipalities to facilitate and promote the start up and growth of local micro enterprises. A truly great site for anyone interested in self employment program and business startups.
Business Incubator Development Program (BID)The Business Incubator Development (BID) Program is a USAID funded program managed by International Technology Research Institute (ITRI) of Loyola College in Baltimore, Maryland. The BID Program is creating opportunities for small business growth in Ukraine by establishing incubators that will provide consulting services, access to office equipment and training, assistance in accessing credit, and physical building space. Apart from providing general info on the program, the main value of the site is the section on Technology Incubator Resources which covers several countries. ELAN : French Network of Business Incubators Managers
Mostly a network directory of Business Incubators Managers
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