Creating Communities of Practice

<div>1. Introduction: An Overview of the Research</div><div>1.1 Introduction</div><div>1.2 The Study of INNOSPACE</div><div>2. Business Incubation</div><div>2.1 Introduction and Background</div><div>2.2 Definitions of Business Incubation</div><div>2.3 Examining Business Incubation</div>2.4 University-Based Incubation (UBI)<div>2.4.1 UBIs and the Management Team</div><div>2.5 Summary</div><div>3. Entrepreneurship, Opportunities and Entrepreneurial Learning</div><div>3.1 Introduction</div><div>3.2 Defining Entrepreneurship</div><div>3.2.1 Defining Opportunity Identification</div>3.2.2 Prior Knowledge<div>3.3 Perspectives on Entrepreneurial Learning</div><div>3.3.1 Entrepreneurial Learning</div><div>3.3.2 Experiential Learning Theory</div><div>3.4 Entrepreneurial Learning in the Context of an Incubator</div><div>3.4.1 Learning in Communities of Practice</div><div>3.4.2 A Learning Model</div>3.5 Summary<div>4. Research Methods&nbsp;</div><div>4.1 Introduction&nbsp;</div><div>4.2 Researching Entrepreneurship</div><div>4.3 Research Approach</div><div>4.3.1 The Case Study Organisation</div><div>4.4 Interviews with Incubatees and the Management Team</div><div>4.5 Data Analysis</div><div>4.6 Summary</div><div>5. The INNOSPACE Experience</div><div>5.1 Introduction</div><div>5.2 Six Individual Pathways</div><div>5.2.1 Andy’s Experience: INNOSPACE as a Transitional Phase</div><div>5.2.2 Jane’s Experience: INNOSPACE Separating Work and Home</div><div>5.2.3 Ian’s Experience: INNOSPACE as a Physical and Social Space</div><div>5.2.4 Tony’s Experience: INNOSPACE as a Talent Pool</div><div>5.2.5 Paul’s Experience: INNOSPACE as Resource Repository</div><div>5.2.6 Kath’s Experience: INNOSPACE as a Driver of Entrepreneurial Spirit</div><div>5.3 Analysis: The Incubation Process</div><div>5.3.1 Pathways through INNOSPACE</div><div>5.3.2 Business Support</div><div>5.3.3 The Social Aspects of Business Incubation</div><div>5.3.4 Collaboration between Tenants</div><div>5.4 Summary</div><div>6. The Role of Prior Knowledge in Opportunity Identification</div><div>6.1 Introduction</div><div>6.2 Prior Knowledge</div><div>6.2.1 Prior Knowledge of Markets</div>6.2.2 Prior Knowledge of Customer Problems<div>6.2.3 Personal Interests</div><div>6.2.4 Prior Knowledge of Markets and Customer Problems</div><div>6.2.5 Prior Knowledge of Markets and Means to Serve Markets</div><div>6.2.6 Prior Knowledge of Markets and Personal Interests</div><div>6.2.7 Prior Knowledge of Customer Problems and Means to Serve Markets</div><div>6.2.8 Prior Knowledge of Markets, Customer Problems & Means to Serve Markets</div><div>6.2.9 Prior Knowledge of Markets, Customer Problems & Personal Interests</div><div>6.3 Analysis: Prior Knowledge and Opportunity Identification</div><div>6.3.1 Stream 1: Change and Innovation</div><div>6.3.2 Stream 2: Knowledge Transfer</div><div>6.3.3 Stream 3: Knowledge Replication</div><div>6.4 Summary</div><div>7. Learning and Opportunity Development in INNOSPACE</div><div>7.1 Introduction</div><div>7.2 Opportunity Development and Entrepreneurial Learning</div><div>7.2.1 Andy: Learning about Customer Problems</div><div>7.2.2 Jane: Learning New Business Skills</div><div>7.2.3 Ian: Learning about Networking</div><div>7.2.4 Tony: Learning how to Serve Customers</div><div>7.2.5 Paul: Learning about Markets</div><div>7.2.6 Kath: Learning from Others</div><div>7.3 Analysis: Entrepreneurial Learning and Opportunity Development</div><div>7.3.1 The Exploitation of Prior Knowledge</div><div>7.3.2 Transformation of Identity and Opportunities</div><div>7.3.3 Acquisition of Skills and Competencies</div><div>7.4 Summary: The INNOSPACE Learning Community</div><div>8. Discussion: The INNOSPACE Community of Practice</div><div>8.1 Introduction&nbsp;</div><div>8.2 Entrepreneurial Learning and Business Incubation</div><div>8.2.1 The Business Incubation Process</div><div>8.2.2 Entrepreneurs, Prior Knowledge and Opportunity Identification</div><div>8.2.3 Entrepreneurial Learning in a Business Incubator</div><div>8.3 Reconceptualising Entrepreneurial Learning and Opportunity Development</div><div>8.3.1 INNOSPACE as a Community of Practice</div><div>8.4 Summary</div><div>9. Conclusion: Contribution, Implications and Future Research</div><div>9.1 Introduction</div><div>9.2 Contribution to Knowledge</div>9.3 Implications of the Research<div>9.3.1 Implications for Incubation Managers (IM)</div><div>9.3.2 Implications for Prospective and Existing Incubatees</div><div>9.3.3 Implications for Policy-makers</div><div>9.4 Reflexive Research Account</div><div>9.5 Summary and Future Research</div><div>10. Postscript: Creating and Managing a University-based Incubator&nbsp;</div><div>10.1 Introduction: Initiating INNOSPACE</div><div>10.2 The Evolution of INNOSPACE</div><div>10.3 Managing INNOSPACE</div><div>10.4 INNOSPACE: Envisioning a Community of Practice</div><div>10.5 INNOSPACE: The Move to Maturity (2014-2019)</div><div>10.6 INNOSPACE Case Studies</div><div>10.6.1 Lee McAteer: Invasion Camp Group</div><div>10.6.2 Fiona McKay: Lightbulb Leadership Solutions</div><div>10.6.3 Nick Richardson: The Insights People</div><div>10.6.4 Jamie Bettles: Pagoda Project</div><div>10.6.5 Dan Sodergren: Great Marketing Works & YourFLOCK</div><div>10.6.6 Rob Woollen: Rightway Wellbeing Ltd.</div><div>10.6.7 Summary: Building Successful Companies</div>10.7 Conclusion: Fulfilling the original vision?<div><br></div>