Abstract This paper aims at investigating the extent of adoption of the concept “Business Incubators” within the academic programs in Jordanian public higher education institutions, particularly business faculties. Besides, the current paper investigates the impact of having such initiatives (Business Incubators) on the occurrence of entrepreneurial ventures in the business market. The paper uses a questionnaire survey to gather data from academic staff in these institutions. Wherein, the study includes ten public universities with two hundred and twenty academic staff from business faculties who have participated. The results show that there was a vast consensus among the academic staff that this approach is beneficial and that some institutions have already started to adopt it. Interestingly, results obtained through the census database show high consistency with the results obtained from analysing the data that have been collected through the questionnaire. Practical and theoretical implications are discussed as well as the limitations and directions for future researches.

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通过高等教育机构采用企业孵化器重新审视创业企业

摘要 本文旨在调查约旦公立高等教育机构，特别是商学院的学术课程中“商业孵化器”概念的采用程度。此外，本文调查了此类举措（企业孵化器）对企业市场中创业企业发生的影响。本文使用问卷调查从这些机构的学术人员那里收集数据。其中，该研究包括10所公立大学，222名来自商学院的学术人员参与。结果表明，学术人员普遍认为这种方法是有益的，并且一些机构已经开始采用它。有趣的是，通过人口普查数据库获得的结果与对通过调查问卷收集的数据进行分析所获得的结果高度一致。讨论了实践和理论意义，以及未来研究的局限性和方向。