The dynamic construction of an incubation context: a practice theory perspective

Amba Maria Erkelens (), Neil Aaron Thompson () and Dominic Chalmers ()
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Amba Maria Erkelens: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Neil Aaron Thompson: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Dominic Chalmers: University of Glasgow

Small Business Economics, 2024, vol. 62, issue 2, No 7, 583-605

Abstract: Abstract To deepen theory on the interplay between entrepreneurship and context, recent scholarship calls for more understanding on how entrepreneurs and stakeholders collectively do “contexts.” In this study, we examine how a dynamic and flexible incubation context is constructed by joint efforts between entrepreneurs and incubator management. Findings from a 4-month ethnography point to four practices—onboarding, gathering, lunching, and feedbacking—through which entrepreneurs and incubator management maintain a productive balance between agency and structure on a daily basis. These findings have several theoretical implications for theory on incubation processes and the entrepreneurship-context nexus.

Keywords: Contextualization; Practice theory; Entrepreneurial support organization; Incubator; Social entrepreneurship (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L26 L31 M13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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