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Strengthening of Business SMEs and Technology Business Incubators
1.2. Research Objectives
The objectives of this project are as follows 1. To design an ASEAN Integrated model of business and technology incubator that would:
• provide an effective and efficient support for entrepreneurship development; and • enable networking amongst SME business and technology incubators in ASEAN
Member States. 2. To establish the ASEAN Incubator Networking through workshops, hyperlink websites
and mailing lists.
1.3. Indicators And Measures
1. Establishment of an ASEAN integrated model of business and technology Incubator, and the successful convening of the Workshop.
2. Acceptance of the model by the ASEAN Member States AMSs.
1.4. Outputs
1. All 10 AMSs endorse the model. 2. At least 10 incubators in AMSs adopting the model.
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2.1. Consultative Meeting and Model Study
Consultative meeting with Japanese resource person was planned as the first activity, followed up by auditing the successful incubators and SMEs clients in Japan as the model study by project
coordinator, project manager, one project staff, and two selected AMS incubator managers who had strong motivation in joining the project, and Japanese resource persons. List of visited TBIs in
Japan were provided by the Japanese resource persons : Prof Takeru Ohe from Waseda University, and Prof Shigeo Kagami from Tokyo University.
Consultative meeting with the Japanese resource person was carried out in Jakarta with the full staff of the research project attended the meeting, and other local key persons in business and
technology incubation.
The research questionnaires for the technology business incubators from now on will be abbreviated as TBIs and the incubator client SMEs were listed in details at Appendix 1.
2.2. Base Line Study
The next step was survey of TBI and SMEs clients at each AMS. Information about TBIs in AMS was accessed from ASEAN SME WG website, the Focal Points of the ASEAN SME WG, international
network of incubators such as APIN Asia Pacific Incubator Network, national network of incubators Association of Indonesian Business Incubators, Thai Business Incubator and Science
Park Association, and National Incubator Network Association of Malaysia. Minimum 5 TBIs from each AMS was sent the Research Design along with the questionnaires through the Focal
Points, except Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Myanmar. Based on the feedback from the Focal Points and direct networking with TBIs, minimum 3 TBIs were selected as respondents for this project.
The selected three TBI respondents in each AMS were visited, and interviewed by the Project Team, except Myanmar, Lao PDR, and Cambodia which were assigned to have only two respondents each
: incubator and or institutions that had strong motivation to establish a TBI. Minimum two SMEs clients from each incubator respondent, one on-going and one graduate, were also sampled as
respondents. Prior to the survey visit, the TBI respondents were informed and requested of their approval to join the project as the respondents, to participate in developing the integrated model,
and to state their willingness as candidates in adopting the models. SMEs clients were selected by their TBI managers.
The TBI respondents were invited to act also as part of the Survey Team together with the Project Team visiting the other TBI respondents at AMS other than their own country. By this method,
the seed of ASEAN TBI Network started to form to give foundation of the network development. Survey was conducted by two methods, with filling up the research questionnaires, and with
in-depth interview carried out by the Survey Team comprises of Project Team, and other TBI respondent managers.
RESEARCH DESIGN
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Further criteria for the selected TBI respondents in each AMS were as follows 1. Have strong motivation in TBI development and collaboration networking in ASEAN, and fully
committed in a. Providing data and information about the TBI potency, competitiveness, and problems.
b. Contribute in ideas and concept of an integrated TBI model for ASEAN. c. Commit in adopting the would be developed integrated TBI model for ASEAN.
2. Have been operating for minimum 2 years except for Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Myanmar, and have the following facility and services.
a. Incubator office. b. Space for resident clients.
c. Business consultancy. d. Nurturing enterprises.
e. Access to financial institution, and business network. f.
Technology development and transfer for SMEs clients. 3. Have minimum 20 clients, both residents, and non-residents.
2.3. Formulation of TBI Model
