Analysis of Startups and the Role of Incubators: the Case of Selected Firms in Addis Ababa
| dc.contributor.advisor | Asres Abitie (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bethelhem Tekalegne | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-03-29T07:02:43Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-03-29T07:02:43Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-02-20 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper is intended to analyze the startup ecosystem in Addis Ababa and the role incubators play. It started with determining factors that affect the success of startups, measurement of success for the startups, and the moderating role of incubators based on literary articles by different scholars in the field. A model incubating firm, iceaddis is chosen to collect data on incubated startups. 159 responses are collected from 90 incubated startups in different sectors. Explanatory and Descriptive research designs are applied and a Five-point Likert Scale questionnaire is used to record responses. The questionnaire mainly contains questions related to factors affecting the success of startups which is measured by a) access to finance b) business model c) marketing strategy d) quality of product or service provision e) management skills and f) government policy, the next set of questions are related to the measurement of success for the startups, finally the role of incubators is tried to be captured with various questions. The data gathered is then entered into SPSS for analysis. Descriptive and Inferential statistics, classic linear regression model, and moderated regression are used to do further analysis. The final result suggested that all the success factors and moderator has a positive relationship with the success of startups. However, a significant relationship can not be proven between the two variables; quality of product or service provision and government policy with the success of startups. On the other hand, the moderating role of incubator is proved with the significant increment of explanatory power of the factors to the success of startups. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/2636 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | AAU | |
| dc.title | Analysis of Startups and the Role of Incubators: the Case of Selected Firms in Addis Ababa | |
| dc.type | Thesis |