Effective Knowledge Governance At Technology Business Incubators: A Process View
Srivastava A.K. Maurya D.
2026World Scientific
Journal of Information and Knowledge Management
2026
Business incubators have been adopted as a driver of “startups” growth. As a platform to learn from diverse stakeholders, the effectiveness of business incubators critically depends upon their ability to enable knowledge creation and transfer. However, little is known about the governance of knowledge processes that lead to effective knowledge transfer from experts and practitioners to startups. This paper investigates micro-level processes of knowledge governance at a decade-old technology business incubator (TBI) in India. Adopting the nested case-analysis approach, this paper applies process tracing using in-depth interviews of key stakeholders. Building on transaction cost, social exchange and knowledge transfer theory, a framework of effective knowledge governance is proposed. This paper argues that an effective alignment between the nature of knowledge transactions, governance needs and governance mechanisms is crucial. This alignment process continues dynamically. Non-alignment leads to knowledge hazards and, consequently, results in poor performance of startups.
governance alignment , Knowledge governance , knowledge management , knowledge transfer , startups’ performance , technology business incubators
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Indian Institute of Management, Bodh Gaya, India
Graduate School of Public Policy Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan
Indian Institute of Management
Graduate School of Public Policy Nazarbayev University
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