Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
Alf Sætre, E. Brun (2013)
Ambiguity And Learning In The Innovation Process: Managing Exploitation-Exploitation By Balancing Creativity And Constraint RevisitedInternational Journal of Innovation and Technology Management, 10
Henrik Berglund, Tomas Hellström, Sören Sjölander (2007)
Entrepreneurial learning and the role of venture capitalistsVenture Capital, 9
Anne Bøllingtoft (2012)
The bottom-up business incubator: Leverage to networking and cooperation practices in a self-generated, entrepreneurial-enabled environmentTechnovation, 32
(1971)
Analyzing social settings : a guide to qualitative observation and analysis
E. Brun, Alf Sætre, Martin Gjelsvik (2008)
Benefits of Ambiguity in New Product Development
Mine Karatas‐Ozkan, W. Murphy, David Rae (2005)
University Incubators in the UKThe International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, 6
E. Chell (2014)
The critical incident technique
H. Tsoukas, M. Hatch (2001)
Complex Thinking, Complex Practice: The Case for a Narrative Approach to Organizational ComplexityHuman Relations, 54
R. Smilor (1987)
Commercializing Technology Through New Business IncubatorsResearch management, 30
H. Chesbrough (2003)
Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating and Profiting from Technology
H. Sapienza, M. Korsgaard (1996)
Procedural justice in entrepreneur-investor relationsAcademy of Management Journal, 39
Andrew Ven, H. En (2006)
Engaged Scholarship: a Guide for Organizational and Social Research Oxford University Press, Forthcoming 2007
Alf Sætre, J. Sørnes, L. Browning, K. Stephens (2007)
Enacting Media Use in Organizations, 2
J. Cope (2005)
Toward a Dynamic Learning Perspective of EntrepreneurshipEntrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 29
E. Brun, Alf Sætre (2009)
Managing Ambiguity in New Product Development ProjectsWiley-Blackwell: Creativity & Innovation Management
David Allen, Richard McCluskey (1991)
Structure, Policy, Services, and Performance in the Business Incubator IndustryEntrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 15
Janine Nahapiet, S. Ghoshal (1998)
Social Capital, Intellectual Capital, and the Organizational AdvantageAcademy of Management Review, 23
K. Eisenhardt, Melissa Graebner (2007)
Theory Building From Cases: Opportunities And ChallengesAcademy of Management Journal, 50
C. Barrow (1998)
Incubators: A Realist's Guide to the World's New Business Accelerators
Are Branstad (2010)
A study of management tasks and stakeholders in a hybrid corporate incubatorEuropean Journal of Innovation Management, 13
H. Sherman, David Chappell (1998)
Methodological Challenges in Evaluating Business Incubator OutcomesEconomic Development Quarterly, 12
E. Brun, Alf Sætre (2008)
Ambiguity Reduction In New Product Development ProjectsInternational Journal of Innovation Management, 12
K. Eisenhardt (1989)
Building theories from case study researchSTUDI ORGANIZZATIVI
A. Endres, C. Woods (2007)
The case for more “subjectivist” research on how entrepreneurs create opportunitiesInternational Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research, 13
Robert Sullivan (2000)
Entrepreneurial learning and mentoringInternational Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research, 6
Sarfraz Mian (1996)
Assessing value-added contributions of university technology business incubators to tenant firmsResearch Policy, 25
A. Ven (1992)
Suggestions for studying strategy process: A research noteLong Range Planning, 26
R. Smilor (1997)
Entrepreneurship: Reflections on a subversive activityJournal of Business Venturing, 12
R. Stake (1995)
The art of case study research
Alf Sætre (2003)
Entrepreneurial perspectives on informal venture capitalVenture Capital, 5
Henry Mintzberg (1974)
The Nature of Managerial WorkOperational Research Quarterly (1970-1977), 25
E. Brun, Alf Sætre, Martin Gjelsvik (2009)
Classification of ambiguity in new product development projectsEuropean Journal of Innovation Management, 12
Nicolaj Siggelkow (2007)
Persuasion with case studiesRevista Eletrônica de Estratégia e Negócios, 1
Caroline Bartel, R. Garud (2009)
The Role of Narratives in Sustaining Organizational InnovationOrgan. Sci., 20
H. Sapienza, M. Korsgaard, Daniel Forbes (2003)
THE SELF-DETERMINATION MOTIVE AND ENTREPRENEURS' CHOICE OF FINANCING, 6
David Rae (2000)
Understanding entrepreneurial learning: a question of how?International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research, 6
R. Parks, P. Baker, L. Kiser, Ronald Oakerson, E. Ostrom, V. Ostrom, S. Percy, Martha Vandivort, Gordon Whitaker, Rick Wilson (1981)
CONSUMERS AS COPRODUCERS OF PUBLIC SERVICES: SOME ECONOMIC AND INSTITUTIONAL CONSIDERATIONSPolicy Studies Journal, 9
M. Korsgaard, D. Schweiger, H. Sapienza (1995)
Building Commitment, Attachment, and Trust in Strategic Decision-Making Teams: The Role of Procedural JusticeAcademy of Management Journal, 38
I. Nonaka, H. Takeuchi (1995)
How Japanese Companies Create the Dynamics of Innovation
J. Flanagan (1954)
The critical incident technique.Psychological bulletin, 51 4
P. Steyn, A. Toit (2013)
Perceptions on the of use of a corporate business incubator to enhance knowledge management at ESKOM : managementSouth African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences, 10
T. Nishiguchi, I. Nonaka, G. Krogh (2000)
Knowledge Creation: A Source of ValueAcademy of Management Review, 26
M. Lehrer, Andrea Ordanini, R. DeFillippi, M. Miozzo (2012)
Challenging the orthodoxy of value co-creation theory: A contingent view of co-production in design-intensive business servicesEuropean Management Journal, 30
B. Becker, O. Gassmann (2006)
Gaining Leverage Effects from Knowledge Modes within Corporate IncubatorsERPN: Knowledge (Topic)
Morten Hansen, J. Berger, N. Nohria (2000)
The State of the Incubator Marketspace
A. Gibb (1997)
Small Firms' Training and Competitiveness. Building Upon the Small business as a Learning OrganisationInternational Small Business Journal, 15
M. Miles, A. Huberman (1994)
Qualitative Data Analysis: An Expanded Sourcebook
M. Colombo, Marco Delmastro (2002)
How effective are technology incubators?: Evidence from ItalyResearch Policy, 31
Alf Sætre, E. Brun (2012)
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT OF INNOVATION: MANAGING EXPLORATION-EXPLOITATION BY BALANCING CREATIVITY AND CONSTRAINTInternational Journal of Innovation and Technology Management, 09
A. Johansson (2004)
Narrating the EntrepreneurInternational Small Business Journal, 22
M. Rice (2002)
Co-production of business assistance in business incubators An exploratory studyJournal of Business Venturing, 17
C. Medlin (2007)
Case Study Research
Charles Ragin, H. Becker (1992)
What Is a Case?: Exploring the Foundations of Social Inquiry
S. Gollasch, M. David, M. Voigt, E. Dragsund, C. Hewitt, Y. Fukuyo (2007)
Critical review of the IMO international convention on the management of ships’ ballast water and sedimentsHarmful Algae, 6
R. Harrison, M. Dibben, C. Mason (1997)
The Role of Trust in the Informal Investor's Investment Decision: An Exploratory AnalysisEntrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 21
D. Soetanto, Sarah Jack (2013)
Business incubators and the networks of technology-based firmsThe Journal of Technology Transfer, 38
M. Evald, T. Bager (2008)
Managing venture team relationships in corporate incubators: a case study of network dynamics and political rivalry in a high-tech incubatorInternational Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 4
D. Higgins, C. Aspinall (2011)
Learning to learn: a case for developing small firm owner/managersJournal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 18
J. Cope (2003)
Entrepreneurial Learning and Critical ReflectionManagement Learning, 34
M. Hughes, R. Morgan (2007)
Stimulating dynamic value: social capital and business incubation as a pathway to competitive successLong Range Planning, 40
G. Haines, J. Madill, A. Riding (2003)
Informal Investment in Canada: Financing Small Business GrowthJournal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship, 16
O. Gassmann, Ellen Enkel (2004)
Towards a Theory of Open Innovation: Three Core Process Archetypes
Morten Hansen, H. Chesbrough, N. Nohria, D. Sull (2000)
Networked incubators. Hothouses of the new economy.Harvard business review, 78 5
R. Merton (1968)
The Matthew Effect in ScienceScience, 159
J. Wiggins, D. Gibson (2003)
Overview of US incubators and the case of the Austin Technology IncubatorInternational Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, 3
Purpose – Corporate incubation is a type of business incubation designed to assist small firms to develop using know-how available in large companies. The purpose of this paper is to explicate how incubation services can be co-produced and describe the contributions and conditions influencing learning and firm development. Design/methodology/approach – The study used a longitudinal single-case method to analyze a small firm’s development process during four years of incubation. The authors recorded and analyzed interviews with the incubator manager and the entrepreneur, and with incubator staff and external stakeholders. Findings – The incubator provided knowledge- and network-based services. These services emphasized the need for the entrepreneurs to be both proactive and receptive to counseling. Although the incubator and the entrepreneurs made progress in developing the company, a dispute over ownership shares threatened to break down the incubation process. Research limitations/implications – Taking evidence from a longitudinal case study, this paper exemplifies and emphasizes that incubation can be a process of interdependent service production in which entrepreneurs are active contributors. Future research should explore how managers and entrepreneurs handle the ambiguities of valuation of incubator contributions. Practical implications – For managers it is important to take seriously the key task of communicating the value of the incubator’s contribution to the companies they recruit. For entrepreneurs it is important to find ways to estimate potential for value added from the incubator. Originality/value – This paper provides a processual understanding of the dynamics of incubator co-production, not found in extant literature.
Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development – Emerald Publishing
Published: Feb 15, 2016
Read and print from thousands of top scholarly journals.
Already have an account? Log in
Bookmark this article. You can see your Bookmarks on your DeepDyve Library.
To save an article, log in first, or sign up for a DeepDyve account if you don’t already have one.
Copy and paste the desired citation format or use the link below to download a file formatted for EndNote
Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
All DeepDyve websites use cookies to improve your online experience. They were placed on your computer when you launched this website. You can change your cookie settings through your browser.