Business Incubators: A Strategy for College Sustainability in Higher Education An Exploratory Study at Al-Kunooz University College / Basra

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Business Incubators: A Strategy for College Sustainability in Higher Education An Exploratory Study at Al-Kunooz University College / Basra Muslim Alawi Alsaad Abstract Business incubators are referred to as a powerful technical tool in economic development that promotes the concept of growth through creativity in the application of technology, supports economic development strategies, The main objective of the business incubation program is to present the successful companies that make the program able to provide financial returns, depending on its own capabilities , Al-Kunooz University College selected as field of study, because its one of the important private sector colleges at the level of Basra Governorate in particular, and at the level of Iraq in general, it fully meets the requirements for university teaching, the problem was summarized in question: (Can the incubator, as a comprehensive strategy, contribute to improving the performance of the college and maintaining its sustainability) , The research followed the case study method, and Al-Kunooz College was the subject of study as the case study field, The concept of incubators and the method of their college assistance were adapted according to the concept that is compatible with the Iraqi university environment, The research used the questionnaire tool to measure the main and sub-study variables, and the relationship between them, the tool also tested to ensure its suitability for measurement. The search reached a set of results , the most important of them is ( The possibility of using the incubation team instead of the incubators in Iraqi university colleges. ). Full Text: PDF DOI: 10.15640/jsbed.v9n1a1