Technology Business Incubators in China and India: a comparative analysis

Technology Business Incubators (TBIs) in China and India are compared by employing an analytical framework that combines the national system of innovation concept and a modified TBI integrative framework. Two research questions are investigated: What are the management polices & practices of, and incubation services offered by the TBIs in China and India?, and How successful are the TBI’s in China and India? Findings reveal that there are a number of similarities (including objectives, selection criteria for tenants, funding of new ventures, and basic services provided) and differences (including ownership/ legal status, structure and governance, funding, value added and specialists services, incubation period, number of TBIs, tenants, employees, and revenues) between China and India. Both systems evolved due to specific national context, which led to most of these differences.