Business incubator management and entrepreneur collaboration with R&D milieus: Does the regional context matter?. (February 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Aarstad, Jarle; Jakobsen, Stig-Erik; Foss, Lene
• Is Part Of: International journal of entrepreneurship and innovation. Volume 23:Number 1(2022)
• Page Start: 28
• Page End: 38
• Publication Date: 2022-02
• Subjects: business incubation -- entrepreneurship -- R&D collaboration -- regional innovation systems; Entrepreneurship -- Periodicals; Business -- Periodicals; Entrepreneurship; Business; Periodicals; 338.0405
• DOI: 10.1177/14657503211030808
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1465-7503

Abstract

We study whether business incubator management collaboration with R&D milieus affects incubated entrepreneurs to also collaborate with R&D milieus in different regional contexts. Empirically, we analyse 281 Norwegian entrepreneurs in 32 different business incubators. Incubator collaboration with R&D milieus increases entrepreneur collaboration with R&D milieus in sparsely but not densely populated regions. Also, education level increases collaboration with R&D milieus (plus investor milieus and international customers). Entrepreneur collaboration with R&D milieus is positively associated with market orientation and perceptual performance but tends to delay enterprise development.