Performance Indicators of Technology Incubators

Nowadays, evaluation of the incubators is one of important issues in the national innovation system field of research. Since incubators characterized by particular features, new frameworks are required for evaluating them. Proceeding of national/regional/sectorial innovation systems is one of the aims of technology incubators, thus it may be necessary to adopt an approach emphasizing innovation capabilities.This paper attempts to identify and prioritize the incubators' performance indicators; therefore, by Literature review and considering role of innovation capabilities approach, 27 performance indicators are identified and then prioritized by factor analysis. Eventually the 27 indicators are categorized into seven groups of 1) Directing activities; 2) Granted facilities and incubatees' welfare; 3) Executive and facilitation policies of incubator; 4) lncubatees' achievements; 5) Incubator's staff; 6) incubation; and 7) lncubatees' performance monitoring.