Incubation matters: Measuring the effect of business incubators on the innovation performance of start‐ups
研究了企业孵化器对初创企业创新绩效的影响，发现孵化效应显著提升创新绩效，并正向调节内部技术能力和有限合作组合的作用。
This article explores the role of business incubators on the innovation performance of start‐ups; in addition, we also investigate how the incubation effect moderates other important factors driving their innovation performance. The empirical evidence comes from a sample of firms located in Northern Italy belonging to the manufacturing (mechanical engineering firms) and service sectors (knowledge‐intensive business services). The results suggest that the incubation effect is very important in shaping the innovation performance of new ventures (measured as a percentage of sales of new‐to‐market innovations). Moreover, it positively moderates the impact of (1) the internal technical capabilities and (2) the adoption of a limited portfolio of collaborations for innovation.