The dynamic construction of an incubation context: a practice theory perspective
通过4个月的民族志研究,揭示了创业者和孵化器管理者通过四种日常实践(入职、聚会、午餐、反馈)共同构建动态灵活的孵化情境,平衡能动性与结构。
Abstract To deepen theory on the interplay between entrepreneurship and context, recent scholarship calls for more understanding on how entrepreneurs and stakeholders collectively do “contexts.” In this study, we examine how a dynamic and flexible incubation context is constructed by joint efforts between entrepreneurs and incubator management. Findings from a 4-month ethnography point to four practices—onboarding, gathering, lunching, and feedbacking—through which entrepreneurs and incubator management maintain a productive balance between agency and structure on a daily basis. These findings have several theoretical implications for theory on incubation processes and the entrepreneurship-context nexus.