Title: Impact of business incubation support on startups performance in India

Authors: Anjali Dubey; Archana Shrivastava

Addresses: Institute of Technology and Science, Ghaziabad, India; Jaypee Business School, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida, India ' Jaypee Business School, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida, India

Abstract: Startups, like other businesses, had a greater failure rate owing to a reputation, networks, lack of resources, credibility, inventiveness, or marketing expertise needed to produce and sell goods. As a result, the study focuses on quantifying the influence of business incubation on startup performance and determining if business incubation is advantageous to startup performance. We made use of structural equation modelling (SEM), and a conceptual model had been proposed that focus on the impact of the incubation support on startup performance. The findings revealed that the significance and success of business incubation programmes influence a start up's motivation to participate in them. Therefore, it is recommended to improve the quality of the business incubator's services and facilities to promote startup participation in business incubator programmes. This study, similar to other research on company incubation, can be utilised to confirm the beneficial effects of incubation programmes on startup performance.

Keywords: business incubation support; startup performance; structural equation modelling; SEM.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBG.2025.146220

International Journal of Business and Globalisation, 2025 Vol.40 No.2, pp.169 - 186

Received: 15 Aug 2022
Received in revised form: 19 Aug 2022
Accepted: 19 Aug 2022
Published online: 13 May 2025 *

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