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Nana, A., Laviolette, \u00c9. M., & Theodoraki, C. (2026). Preincubation practices as sourcing in entrepreneurial ecosystems: A dynamic capability perspective. Journal of Business Research, 203, Article 115829. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jbusres.2025.115829<\/p>\n

Previous research has highlighted the strategic role of incubators in entrepreneurial ecosystems, but has often overlooked their evolving nature, offering paradoxical results on preincubation practices such as tenant identification and screening. To address this gap, this paper presents an in-depth case study of a public regional incubator, analyzing preincubation through the lens of dynamic capability theory. The findings conceptualize tenant identification and screening as sensing and seizing capabilities which contribute to ecosystem reconfiguration dynamics by fostering collaboration, mutualizing and endowing resources, forming tenants, and transferring technology. By framing these practices as entrepreneurial sourcing \u2212 an evolutionary and cross-boundary process \u2212 the study advances understanding of how incubators continuously adapt with(in) their ecosystems. It also extends dynamic capability theory to the preincubation stage, revealing how incubators align their organizational processes with ecosystem-level transformation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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