An evolution of development of business-incubators and their role are in the vital functions of small enterprise

Abstract

In modern conditions for providing effective activity of domestic small and middle enterprises it is necessary to know experience of business-incubators implementation in highly developed countries as a progressive form of business activity organization, which is based on innovations. It is investigated, that business-incubators are able to provide favourable organizationally-economic conditions for small and midsize businesses development, to promote the competitiveness of enterprises and companies at the market by the grant of all-round help to the businessmen at all stages of enterprises’ organization and functioning. It is analysed in the article, that three models of business-incubators were formed as a result of evolution’s development: unprofitable organizations (granting standard, limit set of services); commercialization of research-and-developments (realization of knowledge and technologies transferring, providing competitiveness on regional and national levels); Internet-incubators (providing conditions for the growth of science-intensive business; granting information services and networking have become basic functions; the orientation of incubators’ activity is aimed to profit). As a result of the theoretical research, the understanding of the essentially different categories of virtual incubators has been studied and formed: Incubator of Ideas – Internet-incubator as a company specializing in creating startups for the purpose of their further sale to investors and Infrastructure Incubator – Internet-incubator which provides opportunities to organize company representation in the Internet.