Technological incubators and the social construction of innovation networks: an Israeli case study

Rothschild, Leora; Darr, Asaf

doi:10.1016/s0166-4972(03)00064-6

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“…While research has initially ignored the role of informal networks, Rothschild and Darr (2005) highlight the role of informal networks of innovation. In their case study of a research university and an affiliated technological incubator they find that a variety of strong and meaningful ties exist, which are to a large degree based on informal contacts between the parties involved.…”

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Business incubators and accelerators: a co-citation analysis-based, systematic literature review

Hausberg

Korreck²

2018

J Technol Transf

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A long and rich research tradition exists on the phenomenon of business incubators since this kind of venture support institution first emerged. One can observe an increasing heterogeneity of incubation beyond the traditional mainstream focus on regional development and university-based incubators. In the last decade, in particular the phenomenon of accelerators as a particular form of incubators received increasing research interest. A few literature reviews started summarizing the field, but left some important issues unanswered. This systematic review study contributes to this effort deriving current themes and a research agenda. We find that open innovation and social capital theory increasingly complement the resource-based view as frameworks to understand business incubation. Moreover, the phenomenon of private corporate incubators and accelerators gains traction, both in entrepreneurship theory and practice.

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Section: Mediationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Business incubators and accelerators: a co-citation analysis-based, systematic literature review

Hausberg

Korreck²

2018

J Technol Transf

218

193

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“…As a result, the start-up network typically consists of relationships with several actors (Hansen et al 2000;Rothschild and Darr 2005;Schwartz and Hornych 2010;Tötterman and Sten 2005). We are interested in the part of the network that is affected by network-based incubation.…”

Section: Reviewing the Network-based Incubation Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Although considerable value is assigned to the network, it remains unclear where precisely this value comes from. The studies that do take an analytical approach usually study only a specific relationship with a certain actor, such as the university (Hansen et al 2000;Rothaermel and Thursby 2005b;Rothschild and Darr 2005), other start-ups (Cooper et al 2012) and suppliers or clients (Ebbers 2013). Although these studies clarify the relationship of focus, they are generally unable to compare the relative importance of different types of relationship.…”

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How network-based incubation helps start-up performance: a systematic review against the background of management theories

2016

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The literature on how network-based incubation influences the performance of technology-based start-ups has recently grown considerably and provided valuable insights. However, at the same time this literature has become quite fragmented, inconsistently conceptualised, and theoretically underdeveloped. Therefore, this article uses three management theories to structure the literature, improve the theoretical underpinning and develop an agenda for further research. The management theories are the resourcebased view, knowledge-based view, organisational learning, and social capital theory. We find that the network-based incubation literature has convincingly shown that networkbased incubation provides start-ups with resources, capabilities, knowledge, learning and social capital. However, the influence of these intermediary benefits on start-up performance is ambiguous. There is a considerable opportunity to advance the network-based incubation literature with contemporary insights from management theories. We propose an agenda for further research on network-based incubation that leads to a fine-grained model of the mechanisms and impact of network-based incubation that goes beyond taken for granted assumptions about the positive impact of network-based incubation.

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“…These incubation programmes are often organized in the form of "incubator organizations" which describes a company into which an entrepreneur gains professional knowledge prior to becoming self-standing entrepreneur (Jøgenson, 2014). Figure 1 shows a simple conceptualization of conventional incubators based on (Rothschild & Darr, 2005). A more improved schematic presentation of incubators can be found in Wonglimpiyarat, (2016).…”

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“…This strength of physical incubators lies on their spatial proximity to universities and research institutions (Cormier, 2003;Rubin & Stead, 2011;Vyakarnam & Myint, 2011). Traditionally, knowledge was created in universities and then incubated before being transferred to industries (Rothschild & Darr, 2005;Bröchner & Lagerqvist, 2016). Proximity therefore, facilitates the flow of tacit knowledge from the university or research institute into the incubator firms (Vyakarnam & Myint, 2011).…”

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Informal Construction Practices as Knowledge Incubators: A Conceptual Framework

Alananga

Mselle

2017

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Informal learning in construction projects offers opportunities for learning in a manner that could be likened to conventional incubation. However, whether the two concepts are similar or closely related in terms of their intended/unintended outcome is not well investigated. A guided literature review based on 20 pre-specified incubation issues has revealed that conventional incubators and informal learning-by-doing practices in construction projects in developing countries are likely to be similar on three issues; "rationale for their existence", "their employment prospect" and their respective characteristics of "graduates and graduation qualifications". As learning mechanism the two, differ substantially in the remaining 17 issues specifically on those relating to support services that accompany learning. Conventional incubators provide services and functions that facilitate the growth of firms and entrepreneurs while actors involved explicitly understands the learning objectives while informal learning-by-doing practices do not require the double-coincidence of learning intentions between the mentor and the mentee. Furthermore, unlike conventional incubators which are physical or virtue spaces, informal learning-by-doing, utilises physical spaces (informal construction sites) only as tools in the knowledge transfer process and skilled craftsmen, social networks and knowledge development are integrated as incubators. It is ISSN 2162-4860 2018 http://ber.macrothink.org 14 therefore, imperative for governments in developing countries to nurture informal construction practices so as to incubate innovative skills thus creating an incubator-like environment within the informal setting. Business and Economic Research

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Technological incubators and the social construction of innovation networks: an Israeli case study

Cited by 124 publications

References 11 publications

Business incubators and accelerators: a co-citation analysis-based, systematic literature review

Business incubators and accelerators: a co-citation analysis-based, systematic literature review

How network-based incubation helps start-up performance: a systematic review against the background of management theories

Informal Construction Practices as Knowledge Incubators: A Conceptual Framework

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