Surviving through Incubation Based on Entrepreneurship-Specific Human Capital Development: The Moderating Role of Tenants’ Network Involvement

Li Zhang, Ping Gao, Yongtao Zhou, Yuchuan Zhang and Junhua Wang
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Li Zhang: Business School, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China
Ping Gao: Global Development Institute, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
Yongtao Zhou: Business School, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China
Yuchuan Zhang: Business School, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China
Junhua Wang: Business School, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 10, 1-19

Abstract: Drawing upon human capital theory and the co-production view of business support processes, this paper investigates the moderating effects of network involvement on entrepreneurship-specific human capital (ESHC) that determines the tenants’ survival in an incubator. Longitudinal data between 2006 and 2009 of 71 ventures located in an incubator in China have been collected and analyzed. The research confirms that network involvement strengthens the influence of entrepreneurial experience on tenants’ successful graduation, but does not impact the relationship between entrepreneurial family background and tenants’ graduation.

Keywords: China; entrepreneurship-specific human capital; incubator; incubation services; network involvement; tenants’ graduation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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