Incubation support for academia-based entrepreneurship: an empirical study

="abstract-subheading">Purpose The purpose of this study is to determine the components of support capability in academia-based business incubators (BIs) in higher education establishments in India to generate successful start-ups. Using both resource-based theory and resource-dependence theory, the study demonstrates how BIs provide support capability to mitigate market risks and optimize start-up sustainability and performance. ="abstract-subheading">Design/methodology/approach This study investigates how BIs obtain many resources to achieve start-up support capability by conducting a study in government-supported, academically backed BIs. Using partial least squares-structural equation modelling, a survey of start-up owners from these BIs was carried out to evaluate the linkages. ="abstract-subheading">Findings The aspects of academic-based BIs’ support capabilities were discovered in the current study. In addition, support capacity was identified in this study as a higher-order factor, and its link to connected aspects of support offered by the academic institution supporting BIs is described. ="abstract-subheading">Originality/value By establishing the precise characteristics of BIs’ support capability and explaining them as a higher-order element, the work adds to the body of knowledge. It improves knowledge of BIs’ potential to help start-ups’ performance and sustainability.