Revisiting the entrepreneurial ventures through the adoption of business incubators by higher education institutions

This paper aims at investigating the extent of adoption of the concept "Business Incubators" within the academic programs in Jordanian public higher education institutions, particularly business faculties. Besides, the current paper investigates the impact of having such initiatives (Business Incubators) on the occurrence of entrepreneurial ventures in the business market. The paper uses a questionnaire survey to gather data from academic staff in these institutions. Wherein, the study includes ten public universities with two hundred and twenty academic staff from business faculties who have participated. The results show that there was a vast consensus among the academic staff that this approach is beneficial and that some institutions have already started to adopt it. Interestingly, results obtained through the census database show high consistency with the results obtained from analysing the data that have been collected through the questionnaire. Practical and theoretical implications are discussed as well as the limitations and directions for future researches.