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Business Incubation in Dar es Salaam
Business incubation is increasingly emphasized on development agendas globally
as a tool for entrepreneurship, employment and economic growth. Previous
studies focus on comparing European and US business incubators, and
outcomes of business incubation in sub-Saharan African settings are
comparatively unknown. This paper contributes to the understanding of business
incubation in Tanzania by focusing on three themes of business incubation
identi
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ed from 43 semi-structured interviews with entrepreneurs and people
working with entrepreneurs in Dar es Salaam: 1. The role of the entrepreneur
and how it in
fl
uences business incubation; 2. The business incubator aim and
outcome; 3. Perceived constraints for business incubation in Dar es Salaam.
Findings include: 1. The variety of entrepreneurship demands additional types of
support to generate a valuable contribution; 2. There is a risk that business
incubators become excluding organizations, cementing existing roles in society;
3. Business incubators may compensate for constraints on entrepreneurship, but
it is important to make them
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t local needs