Tang, Mingfeng and Huang, Hao and Walsh, Grace and Guerrero, Maribel (2023) The impact of entrepreneurial overconfidence on incubator effectiveness. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 48 (1). pp. 416-440. ISSN 0892-9912

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Abstract

The low utilization of incubator resources has been subject to much academic attention within entrepreneurship research. This study explores how entrepreneurs’ overconfdence impacts the utilization of incubator resources and infuences incubation performance. Based on interviews with 8 incubators and questionnaires from 184 entrepreneurs, the findings show a negative relationship between entrepreneurs’ overconfidence and the incubation performance of start-ups. This finding emerges in the context of incubation management through the fully mediating role of entrepreneurial learning. As a moderator, the contract control of the incubator weakens the negative relationship between entrepreneurs’ overconfdence and entrepreneurial learning. The microcosm of the incubator context allows the researchers to examine the internal agent interaction. This paper explores the related literature, presents the research study, discusses the findings and provides avenues for future scholarly research on this topic.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Overconfidence; Incubation performance; Entrepreneurial learning; Incubator governance;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Institutes > Innovation Value Institute, IVI
Item ID:	18699
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10961-022-09938-w
Depositing User:	Grace Walsh
Date Deposited:	27 Jun 2024 14:39
Journal or Publication Title:	The Journal of Technology Transfer
Publisher:	Springer Link
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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