Modelos de incubación de empresas: Estudio de casos en la Educación Superior de Honduras.

Abstract

This article aims to identify the incubator models that are used in Honduran higher education, based on the two pure theoretical models proposed by Bollati (2015), the traditional incubation model and the technology based incubation model, For the definition of these models, a series of variables considered as good practices of incubators defined in Nodriza (2005) are taken into consideration, such as the operational model, type of service, financing, type of networks, busi-ness model and legal status. of the incubator.

The research was carried out with a qualitative approach, under an exploratory design using the multiple case study methodology (Yin, 2009). The data collection was carried out in 2 stages, the first stage included the review of scientific articles and the official websites of the universities, and the second stage consisted of interviews with managers of the business incubators, through a guided conversation format.

Among the results we find that five out of twenty Honduran universities have a business incubator running, the next finding that the research reveals is that the prevailing incubation model is the traditional one.

In conclusion, it is estimated that the entrepreneurial ecosystem at the level of higher education in Honduras is still in its initial phases, with well established admission criteria and focused on entrepreneurs from their universities, dependent on their physical spaces and the networks that are generated. around these, and where it has not yet been possible to begin the transformation process towards virtual incubators.