The networked business incubator—leveraging entrepreneurial agency?

Bøllingtoft, Anne; Ulhøi, John P.

doi:10.1016/j.jbusvent.2003.12.005

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“…For instance, many alliances are explicitly created to increase access to ideas and technologies developed by others, allowing firms to speed up the development of their capabilities (Kogut, 1988;Mowery and Sampat, 1999). Likewise, young firms join business incubators and seek access to well-connected venture capitalists in part to gain access to good practices by others (Bollingtoft and Ulhoi, 2005). Lastly, the discussion of which type of network structure-for example, dense networks versus small-world networks (Schilling and Phelps, 2006)-allows for the most productive information flow, generally assumes that gaining more access to information and having the ability to copy and assimilate information thus gathered is a valuable undertaking.…”

Section: Prior Work On Imitationmentioning

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How Much to Copy? Determinants of Effective Imitation Breadth

Csaszar

Siggelkow

2010

Organization Science

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It is a common and frequently implicit assumption in the literature on knowledge transfer and organizational learning that imitating practices from high-performing firms has a positive impact on the imitating firm. Although a large body of research has identified obstacles to successful imitation, not much is known about what breadth of imitation is most effective. In this paper, we use a simulation model to explore how context and firm similarity, interdependence among practices, context and firm similarity, and time horizon interact in nontrivial ways to determine the payoffs that arise from different breadths of imitation. The results of the model allow us to qualify and refine predictions of the extant literature on imitation. In particular, the results shed light on the conditions under which increases in imitation breadth, and hence investments that facilitate the faithful copying of more practices, are valuable. In addition, the results of the model highlight that imitation can serve two different functions-mimicking high performers, and generating search by dislodging a firm from its current set of practices-each requiring different organizational routines for its successful implementation. How much to copy? The contingent value of imitation capabilities Abstract: It is a common (and frequently implicit) assumption in the literature on knowledge exchange and organizational learning that imitating practices from high-performing firms has a positive impact on the imitating firm. While a large body of research has pointed out obstacles to successful imitation, very little is known about what degree of imitation is most effective. In this paper, we use a simulation model to explore the role that interdependence among practices, firm-similarity, and time horizon play in influencing the value of different degrees of imitation, and show how they interact in non-trivial ways.For instance, we find that in the presence of interactions, the most effective imitation strategy between similar firms with long time horizons is the worst strategy for short time horizons. One implication of our results is that even if a firm has the capability to copy all practices from a high-performing firm, this will only occasionally be the most appropriate imitation strategy. We also show that imitation can serve two different functions-mimicking high performers and dislodging a firm from its current set of practiceseach one requiring very different organizational routines for its successful implementation. Lastly, we use the model to shed light on three previous disputes in the literature: the controversy between slow and fast learning, whether imitation is effective only at the start of operations or on a continuing basis, and whether firm similarity increases or decreases learning opportunities.

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Section: Prior Work On Imitationmentioning

confidence: 99%

How Much to Copy? Determinants of Effective Imitation Breadth

Csaszar

Siggelkow

2010

Organization Science

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148

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“…Also, these insights may be useful for the design of programs addressed to promote entrepreneurial activity, and especially those driven by innovation. For instance, governments can exploit the potential of SPO related to the voluntary spirit (VOL) by developing incubator centers (Bøllingtoft and Ulhøi 2005).…”

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Social progress orientation and innovative entrepreneurship: an international analysis

2016

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The full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-pro t purposes provided that:• a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.Please consult the full DRO policy for further details. Abstract: Using the institutional approach, this paper examines the influence of social progress orientation on innovative entrepreneurship from an international perspective. Using a multiple linear regression model with cross-sectional information from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, the Indices of Social Development, the World Values Survey, the Hofstede Centre, the United Nations Development Programme and World Development Indicators, we find that social progress orientation dimensions such as voluntary spirit, survival vs. self-expression values and power distance were related to entrepreneurial activity. More specifically, the main findings demonstrate that high voluntary spirit had a positive and statistically significant impact on innovative early-stage entrepreneurial activity (TEA). In addition, necessity-driven TEA is highly discouraged in those societies with high voluntary spirit and self-expression values, whereas larger power distance increased the entrepreneurial activity driven by necessity. Based on these results, this study advances the literature by introducing and analyzing the concept of social progress orientation, by examining the factors that influence innovative entrepreneurial activity in light of an institutional approach. Also, this research could be useful for designing policies to foster entrepreneurial activity in different national and regional environments.

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“…First and foremost, this sector comprised internet-based services that provided network goods associated with particularly high first-mover advantages. With the emergence of the New Economy between 1995 and 2001, a new investor type gained traction, the so-called "networked incubators" (Hansen et al 2000;Bøllingtoft and Ulhøi 2005;Bruneel et al 2012, 112). Hansen et al (2000, 76) showed that these investors focused in particular on internet-based services and central locations, which enabled these start-ups to access internal and external networks.…”

Section: The Development Of Business Incubationmentioning

confidence: 99%