The Role of Trust as Mediator between Contract, Information and Knowledge within Business Incubators

Benjamin Vedel () and Ines Gabarret
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Benjamin Vedel: LEM - Lille économie management - UMR 9221 - UA - Université d'Artois - UCL - Université catholique de Lille - Université de Lille - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Ines Gabarret: EDC Paris

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Abstract: The relationship between the incubator team and the tenants is very important to the success of the incubation process. A good relationship is based on cooperation and both parties need to be committed (Rice, 2002). From a monitoring point of view, incubator managers can use two mechanisms to build good relationships with their tenants: the contract and trust. We analysed 177 incubated firms using multiple regression analysis and a structural equation methodology. Our results show that trust acts as a mediator between the contract and both information disclosure and knowledge acquisition.

Keywords: Business incubation; trust; information disclosure; contract specificity; knowledge; mediation; multiple regression analysis; structural equation methodology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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Published in International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 2014, 23 (4)

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