Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the early development stages of International New Ventures (INVs). Specifically, the authors explore how INVs acquire and leverage four kinds of capital – strategic, managerial, financial and social – to recognise a foreign opportunity,...

Purpose – Despite recognition of the value of networking, there has been little research into the networks of female entrepreneurial practitioners, particularly in the science, engineering and technology (SET) sectors, viewed traditionally as male‐dominated. This paper aims to provide...

Purpose – Using stakeholder theory the paper seeks to investigate how technology incubators manage and balance the expectations of stakeholders, and the effect on the shaping of technology incubators and their chances of success. Design/methodology/approach – Incubator programmes have been...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the nature of the incubator manager (IM)‐client, client‐client and client‐IM‐client relationships that facilitate incubation activity. Design/methodology/approach – A case study methodology was adopted for undertaking the empirical...

Purpose – This paper seeks to provide insights into key areas of business support used by technology entrepreneurs who start businesses in north west Wales. Design/methodology/approach – This research uses a qualitative research approach and a purposive sample of eight small technology firms...

Purpose – This paper focuses on the university science park incubator element of the technology transfer process where knowledge in a variety of forms needs to be retained and maintained. The aim is to investigate the networking competencies of stakeholders involved in the university...