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The influence of IT and knowledge capabilities on the survival of university IT startups

The influence of IT and knowledge capabilities on the survival of university IT startups Despite continuing interest in the role of university incubators in fostering IT entrepreneurship, empirical evidence on the link between incubation and IT startup survival has been mixed. This paper offers a fresh, unifying perspective by examining how university startups' IT-enabled agility relates to their survival. We use the resource-based view, dynamic capabilities and new product development (NPD) literatures to create a conceptual framework of the impact of startup firms' knowledge assets, technology capabilities, agility and innovation on their survival. Our framework suggests that startups' survival rates increase when they use dynamic IT knowledge capabilities to pursue innovations with emerging technology capabilities in rapidly evolving IT markets. Implications for university incubator research, policy and management are discussed. Keywords: university incubators; dynamic capabilities; IT capabilities; knowledge capabilities; IT-enabled innovation; IT entrepreneurship; university startups; startup performance. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Oppong-Tawiah, D. and Chan, Y.E. (2016) `The influence of IT and knowledge capabilities on the survival of university IT startups', Int. J. Technoentrepreneurship, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp.150­172. Biographical notes: Divinus Oppong-Tawiah is a Doctoral student in Management, specialising in Information Systems at the Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University. He holds a BSc (Electrical Engineering) http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Journal of Technoentrepreneurship Inderscience Publishers

The influence of IT and knowledge capabilities on the survival of university IT startups

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Inderscience Publishers
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Copyright © 2016 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
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1746-5370
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1746-5389
DOI
10.1504/IJTE.2016.080265
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Abstract

Despite continuing interest in the role of university incubators in fostering IT entrepreneurship, empirical evidence on the link between incubation and IT startup survival has been mixed. This paper offers a fresh, unifying perspective by examining how university startups' IT-enabled agility relates to their survival. We use the resource-based view, dynamic capabilities and new product development (NPD) literatures to create a conceptual framework of the impact of startup firms' knowledge assets, technology capabilities, agility and innovation on their survival. Our framework suggests that startups' survival rates increase when they use dynamic IT knowledge capabilities to pursue innovations with emerging technology capabilities in rapidly evolving IT markets. Implications for university incubator research, policy and management are discussed. Keywords: university incubators; dynamic capabilities; IT capabilities; knowledge capabilities; IT-enabled innovation; IT entrepreneurship; university startups; startup performance. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Oppong-Tawiah, D. and Chan, Y.E. (2016) `The influence of IT and knowledge capabilities on the survival of university IT startups', Int. J. Technoentrepreneurship, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp.150­172. Biographical notes: Divinus Oppong-Tawiah is a Doctoral student in Management, specialising in Information Systems at the Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University. He holds a BSc (Electrical Engineering)

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International Journal of Technoentrepreneurship – Inderscience Publishers

Published: Jan 1, 2016

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