{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2158683058","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0266242607078563","title":"Building Futures or Stealing Secrets?","display_name":"Building Futures or Stealing Secrets?","publication_year":2007,"publication_date":"2007-07-19","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2158683058","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0266242607078563","mag":"2158683058"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1177/0266242607078563","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0266242607078563","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0266242607078563","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S107859553","display_name":"International Small Business Journal Researching Entrepreneurship","issn_l":"0266-2426","issn":["0266-2426","1741-2870"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-a","anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","erih-plus","fnege-2","jufo-2","norway-1","poland-140","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5031719891","display_name":"Maura McAdam","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2203-5485","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2203-5485"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I126231945","display_name":"Queen's University Belfast","ror":"https://ror.org/00hswnk62","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I126231945"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Maura Mcadam","raw_affiliation_strings":["Queen's University Belfast, UK,"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Queen's University Belfast, UK,","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I126231945"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5039052298","display_name":"Susan Marlow","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4550-3747","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4550-3747"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I66943878","display_name":"De Montfort University","ror":"https://ror.org/0312pnr83","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I66943878"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Susan Marlow","raw_affiliation_strings":["De Montfort University, UK,"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"De Montfort University, UK,","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I66943878"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5031719891","https://openalex.org/A5039052298"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I126231945","https://openalex.org/I66943878"],"apc_list":{"value":3900,"currency":"USD","value_usd":3900},"apc_paid":null,"fwci":8.2768,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":144,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.96676412,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":96,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":"25","issue":"4","first_page":"361","last_page":"382"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10058","display_name":"Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences","score":0.9990000128746033,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1405","display_name":"Management of Technology and Innovation"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10058","display_name":"Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences","score":0.9990000128746033,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1405","display_name":"Management of Technology and Innovation"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12851","display_name":"Firm Innovation and Growth","score":0.0003000000142492354,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2002","display_name":"Economics and Econometrics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/20","display_name":"Economics, Econometrics and Finance"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11903","display_name":"Private Equity and Venture Capital","score":0.0003000000142492354,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1402","display_name":"Accounting"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/business-incubators","display_name":"business incubators","score":0.9950000047683716},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/startup-support","display_name":"startup support","score":0.6840000152587891},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/intellectual-property-protection","display_name":"intellectual property protection","score":0.8370000123977661},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/privacy","display_name":"privacy","score":0.4869999885559082},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/competitive-strategy","display_name":"competitive strategy","score":0.8259999752044678},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/business-networks","display_name":"business networks","score":0.7580000162124634},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/business-growth","display_name":"business growth","score":0.47200000286102295},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/small-business-support","display_name":"small business support","score":0.4090000092983246}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C21905920","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q900452","display_name":"Incubator","level":2,"score":0.884798526763916},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.7292579412460327},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780224610","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1530061","display_name":"Credibility","level":2,"score":0.6610671877861023},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C84309077","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3908516","display_name":"Entrepreneurship","level":2,"score":0.6273730993270874},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162853370","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39809","display_name":"Marketing","level":1,"score":0.5648452043533325},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C90673727","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q901718","display_name":"Product (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.5042811632156372},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C34974158","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131257","display_name":"Intellectual property","level":2,"score":0.4652109444141388},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C106306483","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q183984","display_name":"Futures contract","level":2,"score":0.4596308171749115},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C122637931","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118084","display_name":"Unit (ring theory)","level":2,"score":0.4378495514392853},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C98045186","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205663","display_name":"Process (computing)","level":2,"score":0.4294310212135315},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39549134","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133080","display_name":"Public relations","level":1,"score":0.35935360193252563},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C10138342","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43015","display_name":"Finance","level":1,"score":0.17733341455459595},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C89423630","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7193","display_name":"Microbiology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C145420912","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q853077","display_name":"Mathematics education","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2524010","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8087","display_name":"Geometry","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1177/0266242607078563","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0266242607078563","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0266242607078563","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S107859553","display_name":"International Small Business Journal Researching Entrepreneurship","issn_l":"0266-2426","issn":["0266-2426","1741-2870"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-a","anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","erih-plus","fnege-2","jufo-2","norway-1","poland-140","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:dora.dmu.ac.uk:2086/3321","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/2086/3321","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400394","display_name":"DMU Open Research Archive (De Montfort University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I66943878","host_organization_name":"De Montfort University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I66943878"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:www.dora.dmu.ac.uk:2086/3321","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/2086/3321","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400394","display_name":"DMU Open Research Archive (De Montfort University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I66943878","host_organization_name":"De Montfort University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I66943878"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.4943999946117401,"display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9"},{"score":0.48510000109672546,"display_name":"Decent work and economic growth","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/8"}],"sustainable_development_goals_aurora":[{"score":0.6700000166893005,"display_name":"Decent work and economic growth","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/8"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":66,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W72417591","https://openalex.org/W203111083","https://openalex.org/W386498111","https://openalex.org/W644524056","https://openalex.org/W655914889","https://openalex.org/W1492835342","https://openalex.org/W1507501762","https://openalex.org/W1515996566","https://openalex.org/W1517701247","https://openalex.org/W1529346709","https://openalex.org/W1559523998","https://openalex.org/W1581199048","https://openalex.org/W1608531082","https://openalex.org/W1827167151","https://openalex.org/W1973213692","https://openalex.org/W1973821774","https://openalex.org/W1976696305","https://openalex.org/W1978940247","https://openalex.org/W1984645053","https://openalex.org/W1987235421","https://openalex.org/W1997337145","https://openalex.org/W1999216122","https://openalex.org/W2002851044","https://openalex.org/W2003214223","https://openalex.org/W2006198625","https://openalex.org/W2013253683","https://openalex.org/W2014219527","https://openalex.org/W2014457459","https://openalex.org/W2020433320","https://openalex.org/W2026540417","https://openalex.org/W2031127400","https://openalex.org/W2042196282","https://openalex.org/W2049141155","https://openalex.org/W2072498568","https://openalex.org/W2075198352","https://openalex.org/W2077669923","https://openalex.org/W2090426548","https://openalex.org/W2091900879","https://openalex.org/W2093409130","https://openalex.org/W2100493403","https://openalex.org/W2105755540","https://openalex.org/W2113596387","https://openalex.org/W2120521067","https://openalex.org/W2122465344","https://openalex.org/W2135068375","https://openalex.org/W2144496951","https://openalex.org/W2155021302","https://openalex.org/W2169429494","https://openalex.org/W2280844534","https://openalex.org/W2321650456","https://openalex.org/W2412669253","https://openalex.org/W2489371474","https://openalex.org/W2547724338","https://openalex.org/W2607646583","https://openalex.org/W2774553192","https://openalex.org/W2917972436","https://openalex.org/W2970651841","https://openalex.org/W3172510915","https://openalex.org/W4210256641","https://openalex.org/W4231928396","https://openalex.org/W4239189107","https://openalex.org/W4243174206","https://openalex.org/W4244387885","https://openalex.org/W4251437670","https://openalex.org/W6678685520","https://openalex.org/W6814023108"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2017808705","https://openalex.org/W3141519165","https://openalex.org/W2606545624","https://openalex.org/W2107644508","https://openalex.org/W4402927021","https://openalex.org/W1586612672","https://openalex.org/W7074252289","https://openalex.org/W81665118","https://openalex.org/W4402926985","https://openalex.org/W1591920793"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Business":[0],"incubator":[1,52,108,156],"units":[2],"are":[3,46],"an":[4],"effective":[5],"support":[6,151],"mechanism":[7],"for":[8],"new":[9],"entrepreneurial":[10],"firms":[11,94,131],"in":[12,82],"that":[13,91,128],"they":[14],"provide":[15],"basic":[16],"facilities,":[17],"office":[18],"space,":[19],"administrative":[20],"staff":[21],"and":[22,29,39,64,96,101,121,152],"expert":[23],"managers":[24],"during":[25],"the":[26,65,69,83,93,116,130,135,147,155],"volatile":[27],"start-up":[28],"growth":[30],"process.":[31],"This":[32],"enables":[33],"entrepreneurs":[34],"to":[35,51,60,67,98,137],"reduce":[36],"operating":[37],"costs":[38],"focus":[40],"their":[41],"attention":[42],"upon":[43],"product":[44],"development.There":[45],"also":[47,126],"many":[48],"intangible":[49],"benefits":[50],"placement":[53],"such":[54,79],"as":[55,92,129],"enhanced":[56],"firm":[57],"credibility,":[58],"access":[59],"established":[61],"business":[62],"networks":[63],"opportunity":[66],"share":[68],"challenges":[70],"of":[71,78,85,118,150],"entrepreneurship":[72],"with":[73],"peers.":[74],"From":[75],"this":[76],"study":[77],"a":[80],"unit":[81],"Republic":[84],"Ireland":[86],"however,":[87],"it":[88],"became":[89,132],"apparent":[90],"grew":[95],"sought":[97],"enhance":[99],"credibility":[100],"protect":[102],"market":[103],"share,":[104],"disadvantages":[105],"emerged":[106],"regarding":[107],"placement.":[109],"Firm":[110],"proximity":[111],"created":[112],"tensions":[113],"concerning":[114],"privacy,":[115],"protection":[117],"intellectual":[119],"property":[120],"competitive":[122],"strategies.":[123],"It":[124],"was":[125],"evident":[127],"more":[133],"mature,":[134],"need":[136],"develop":[138],"independent,":[139],"secure":[140],"internal":[141],"systems":[142],"could":[143],"be":[144],"impeded":[145],"by":[146],"ready":[148],"availability":[149],"advice":[153],"from":[154],"management":[157],"team.":[158]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":13},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":10},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":10},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":13},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":9}],"updated_date":"2026-10-12T09:40:04.860316","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}