Introduction; Business Incubation and Incubator Mechanisms; Science Parks and Incubators in North America; A Look Inside Accelerators: Building Businesses in the United Kingdom; Inter-incubator Relationships and New-venture Performance in China's Technology Business Incubators; Science Parks and Incubators in Brazil; Assessing the Value Added of Business Incubators for Innovative SMEs in Russia; Business Incubation Models and New Venture Failure Management Practices: Evidence from Sweden; Technology Business Incubation and the Role of Government: Examples From South East Asia; Business Incubators as a Conducive Environment for the Growth of Young Tunisian Firms?; An Exploratory View on Business Incubation in South Africa with a Focus on the Selection Process; Success Factors of Business Accelerators; Science Parks and Incubators: Observations, Synthesis and Future Research; Conclusion.