Collective and Individual Social Capital and the Impact on Incubator Tenants’ Graduation

Abstract Incubator tenants usually lack established business relationships and legitimacy. Incubators, therefore, aim to aid in forming meaningful that will contribute their development. The literature on incubator tenants, including development, naturally focuses when they are an incubator. Valuable insights have been made how network-based incubation influences the performance of tenants. However, relationship between networks is ambiguous, choice measure plays important role. Gradation a clear indicator venture development Nonetheless, few studies focused impact tenants’ graduation. This study social capital graduation It explores by investigating collective individual A structural equation model was employed based data from incubators Wuhan Donghu High-Tech Zone. study’s contributions as follows: first, it provides into bonding bridging Second, sheds light different roles Third, description heterogeneous mechanisms association with