Abstract
Entrepreneurial support is the provision of valuable resources to entrepreneurs by organizations designed to accelerate the establishment of a startup, improve its survival chances and long-term growth. Given the heterogeneity of entrepreneurship support providers, it is challenging to understand who is providing how and by whom entrepreneurs are being supported. This paper presents an inductive study based on five business incubators located in Greece. We identify six aspects of each incubator with each one representing a unique way of supporting entrepreneurs. We reveal that these emergent incubation models mix several defining aspects of entrepreneurship support sources beyond business incubators, such as business accelerators, and angel investors, blurring commonly accepted definitions and taxonomies. We contribute to the entrepreneurship support literature showing empirically that types of support are not tied to the sources of support. We finalize with implications for future business incubator managers, prospective tenants, and public policy makers.
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