@article{Renard_Zanella_2021, title={The Network Effect of Arts Incubators: A Geospatial Perspective}, volume={10}, url={https://artivate.org/index.php/artivate/article/view/157}, DOI={10.34053/artivate.10.2.157}, abstractNote={<p>Although there has been a proliferation of metrics to evaluate arts incubators, the academic field is still developing. Different models and methods of education are applied to the complex phenomena of arts incubators; therefore, it is crucial to measure the effectiveness of education programs from many different perspectives. Our aim is to propose a metric that can estimate the effect of each incubator activity based on the geospatial distribution of its participants. This GIS-based metric will provide a descriptive measure for the quantity and density of the geographical communities affected by the incubator’s activity as well as a socio-economic and demographic benchmarks. Our study investigates 14 US-based arts incubators that offer entrepreneurial training to their associated 1,087 incubatees. The goal of this study is to provide a metric that can assist arts incubators, program directors, arts administrators, and university programs assess program growth as well as funding and marketing efforts.</p>}, number={2}, journal={Artivate: A Journal of Entrepreneurship in the Arts}, author={Renard, Stan and Zanella, Gianluca}, year={2021}, month={Nov.} }