실리콘밸리 창업보육 프로그램 운영방식 :산호세시 사례

This study investigates the business incubating program operated by the City of the San Jose, a heart city of Silicon Valley. Previous research on business incubators and incubating programs has paid much attention on the characteristics of tenants new ventures, those of business incubators, and diverse relationships between business incubator’ services and its tenant companies. There are few studies on motivations, governance structure and performances of business incubating programs operated by regional governments. Based on business incubating program of the City of San Jose, this paper traces motivations, development processes, governance structure, overall performances including recent restructuring of business incubating programs. This study focuses on business incubating program objectives, different roles among key stake-holders and budget issues on incubating program. The results suggest policy implications on business incubating programs in Korea.