Management Research Seminar Series presents: "The Multi-Dimensional Performances of Incubators: Validating a Specific Evaluation Model"

Chaffik Bakkali
Ph.D. Candidate
Montpellier 1 University

Thursday, May 3, 2012
10:00 to 12:00
Desmarais Building
DMS 7170

About the Presentation

Evaluating the performance of incubators is currently the subject of increasing debate. After a review of the literature on the subject, we will highlight the current lack of clarity around how incubators are evaluated. This can be explained by the difficulty to be found in defining relevant performance indicators. Previous studies have also had too great a tendency to examine the performances of incubators from a single point of view. In order to go beyond this, we have developed a new approach inspired by the balanced scorecard. Our contribution lies in the multi-dimensional nature of the evaluation model that we propose. To test this model, we sent out a questionnaire to 109 directors of French incubators. Our results show that it is relevant to approach the performances of incubators from the point of view of a multi-dimensional model based on the balanced scorecard.

About the Speaker

Chaffik Bakkali is a Ph.D. candidate in Management Science at Montpellier 1 University (France) since October 2009. His research focuses on evaluating the performance of business incubators. He and his doctoral supervisors at Montpellier 1, Professors Karim Messeghem and Sylvie Sammut, have presented several academic papers in a number of international conferences on management and entrepreneurship (ICSB, RENT, EURAM). Chaffik has taught financial analysis in Montpellier 1 University for the past 3 years. He is currently completing a three-month research stay in at the University of Ottawa’s Telfer School of Management under the supervision of Professor Martine Spence.

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