The impact of entrepreneurial overconfidence on incubator effectiveness
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2023
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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’ overconfidence impacts the
utilization of incubator resources and influences 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 startups. 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’ overconfidence 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.
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Tang, M., Huang, H., Walsh, G., & Guerrero, M. (2023). The impact of entrepreneurial overconfidence on incubator effectiveness. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 48(1), 416- 440. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10961-022-09938-w
Keywords
Overconfidence, Incubation performance, Entrepreneurial learning, Incubator governance