Conceptual and Empirical Themes regarding the Design of Technology Transfer Programs: A Review of Wood Utilization Research in the United States

Table 4

Factors influencing the success of public and private business incubators, by ranked importance of factor. 2007.

Factor	Public incubators	Private incubators
Financial support	1	1
Links to financial resources	2	6
Marketing	3	5
Networking with strategic partners	4	2
International collaborators	5	4
Intellectual property rights protection	6	3
Legal counseling	7	7
Strategic counseling	8	7
Market information	9	8
Access to labor pool	10	13
Management support	11	11
Networking of facilities	12	9
Source of technological information	13	14
Professional network	14	10
Advanced training and studies	14	15
Connections with suppliers	15	16
Available suitable space	16	12
Access to inputs	17	16

Note: 1 = highest importance, 17 = lowest importance.
Source: adapted from [15].