This book explores how new ideas can be transformed

into successful businesses, through the nurturing of

Business Incubators.

But what is a Business Incubator? The answers come

from experts from ESCP Europe, a leading business

management institution in Europe, and from the Arthur

D. Little consulting firm. The two have joined forces to

publish this wide-ranging, detailed account of how and

where in the world the concept works best.

Start-up companies cobbled together by young entrepreneurs

are placed under one roof in order to share

services and resources. This allows them to play major

roles in IT, life sciences, industry and a host of other

fields in both developing and developed countries.

How does Business Incubation (BI) work? How do

young entrepreneurs, often operating on a shoestring,

succeed in attracting major financing from the public

or private sectors, or from public-private-partnerships

(PPPs)? Some make it all the way to the stock market,

while others crash.

Never before has global Bl been so well documented

in a single book. This is a must-read for all those already

involved in making the world a bigger and better, and

perhaps more profitable place, and also for those

about to graduate and seeking to take the next step.