The purpose of this paper is to propose that business incubators can be natural and valuable extensions of engineering schools. The paper reviews experience gained through the Cape Technikon’s chemical engineering business development programme. It recommends a return to technical education by entrepreneurs. Engineering education is directed primarily at freedom from poverty, disease and oppres...

We used an array of genetic detection methods to test the hypothesis that incubation of pink salmon embryos in an oiled substrate induces genetic damage. Mortality and abnormality rates were higher for embryos in oiled incubators than for those in unoiled incubators. Despite high statistical power, we found no relationship between exposure to oil and incidence of genetic damage detectable by fl...

We combine theory and evidence on incubator accelerator programmes their effects urban economic development. These structured co-working have grown rapidly. However, a rich descriptive literature reveals little about impact participants or surrounding areas. situate in conceptual framework of co-location tools, theorise objectives benefits report findings from systematic, OECD-wide reviews the ...

Business incubators have been highlighted as vital contributors and value-creation organizations to entrepreneurs during their venture developments by offering them multiple resources specialized support. Notwithstanding, several authors call attention the significant literature gap concerning research focusing on entrepreneurs’ daily lived incubation experiences understand perspectives incubat...

Several forms of social learning rely on the direct or indirect evaluation of the fitness of cultural traits. Here we argue, via a simple agent-based model, that payoff uncertainty, that is, the correlation between a trait and the signal used to evaluate its fitness, plays a pivotal role in the spread of beneficial innovation. More specifically, we examine how this correlation affects the evolu...