Knowledge Transfer in Virtual Business Incubators

• Authors: Tatevik Reit

Title variants

PL

Transfer wiedzy w wirtualnych inkubatorach przedsiębiorczości

Abstracts

PL

Cel: wirtualne inkubatory przedsiębiorczości (VBIs – Virtual Business Incubators) stają się coraz częstszym zjawiskiem, ponieważ rola cyfryzacji w kontekście przedsiębiorczości ma coraz większe znaczenie. Trwająca pandemia COVID-19 dodatkowo podkreśliła wagę rozwiązań wirtualnych. Aby być skutecznymi, wirtualne inkubatory przedsiębiorczości muszą opierać się na efektywnym transferze wiedzy (KT – Knowledge Transfer). Celem niniejszego opracowania jest identyfikacja czynników wpływających na transfer wiedzy w wirtualnych inkubatorach przedsiębiorczości oraz określenie, w jakim kierunku czynniki te wpływają na KT. Metodologia: zastosowano jakościowe studium pojedynczego przypadku w ramach działającego na skalę międzynarodową wirtualnego inkubatora przedsiębiorczości, z wykorzystaniem 12 półstrukturalnych wywiadów z kierownictwem i pracownikami inkubatora oraz podmiotami korzystającymi z jego usług. Wyniki: wyniki badań sugerują, że precyzyjna komunikacja, słabe więzi, heterogeniczne konteksty i niskie zaangażowanie wpływają na transfer wiedzy w wirtualnych inkubatorach przedsiębiorczości, przy czym każdy z tych czynników wpływa na transfer w inny sposób. Ograniczenia /implikacje badawcze: jako badanie jakościowe może być narażone na stronniczość badacza i uprzedzenia kulturowe. Oryginalność/wartość: niniejsze badanie rozszerza opisową, konceptualną literaturę dotyczącą VBI o temat dynamicznych procesów zachodzących w inkubatorze. Nowe spojrzenie na poziom dynamiczny umożliwia precyzyjną interwencję w przebieg KT, pozwalając na analizę i teoretyczne zrozumienie wyzwań i mocnych stron oraz praktyczne podejście do nich. Jest to niezbędne do skutecznego działania procesów VBI.

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Purpose: Virtual business incubators (VBIs) have become a rising phenomenon, as the role of digitalization in the entrepreneurial context has been gaining increasing relevance. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic additionally underlines the importance of virtual solutions per se. To be effective, virtual business incubators must rely on effective knowledge transfer (KT). This paper aims to identify factors influencing knowledge transfer in virtual business incubators and to determine in which direction these factors influence KT. Methodology: For this purpose, a qualitative single case study is applied within an internationally acting virtual business incubator, using 12 semi-structured interviews with incubator management and staff, as well as incubatees. Findings: The findings suggest that precise communication, weak ties, heterogeneous contexts, and low engagement all influence knowledge transfer in virtual business incubators, each in a different way outlined in the paper. Research limitations/Implications: As a qualitative study, this research might be exposed to researcher bias and cultural bias. Originality/Value: This study extends the descriptive, conceptual VBI literature by adding the level of dynamic processes within the incubator. These new insights into the dynamic level enable precise intervention in the course of the KT, allowing challenges and strengths to be analyzed and understood theoretically and addressed and strengthened practically. This is indispensable to the successful operations of VBI processes.

Keywords

EN

virtual business incubator; knowledge transfer; knowledge; business incubator

PL

wirtualny inkubator przedsiębiorczości; transfer wiedzy; wiedza; inkubator przedsiębiorczości

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski. Wydawnictwo Naukowe Wydziału Zarządzania
• Journal: Problemy Zarządzania
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 20
• Issue: 1/2022 (95)
• Pages: 173-190

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Tatevik Reit

• University of Bremen, Germany

• https://orcid.org/0000000349527754

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Identifiers

DOI

10.7172/1644-9584.95.8

Biblioteka Nauki

2098415