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Affärsrådgivare i en inkubator: En utmanande ledarroll baserad på tillit
University West, School of Business, Economics and IT.
2022 (Swedish)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [sv]

En alltmer föränderlig värld ställer höga krav på entreprenörskap i form av nya och växande företag för att möta morgondagens utmaningar. För att få kunskap om vad som krävs av en affärsrådgivaren i en inkubator för att bli framgångsrik intervjuades nio affärsrådgivare i tre olika inkubatorer med syftet att kunna bidra till ökad förståelse hur rollen kan behöva utvecklas framöver. Även en VD för en inkubator intervjuades för att förstå den framtida strategiska inriktningen på rollen. Analysen av rollen genomfördes med hjälp av Mintzbergs ledarmodell.

Studien visar att affärsrådgivaren har en informell ledarroll där den behöver skapa en tillitsfull relation med entreprenören för att kunna åstadkomma ett resultat, där studien resulterade i en modell för hur man skapar tillit. Ett tranformativt ledarskap med ett coachande förhållningssätt bidrar också till att öka tilliten mellan parterna. Affärsrådgivaren och entreprenören gör en kunskapsresa tillsammans som bidrar till utveckling av både entreprenör och affärsidé. Om affärsidén får genomslag på marknaden skapas nya innovationer.

Framtida forskning skulle kunna undersöka hur kommersialiseringsprocessen i inkubatorn även skulle kunna nyttjas i andra delar av samhället.

Abstract [en]

An increasing changing world puts higher demands on entrepreneurship in the form of newly started and growing companies to meet tomorrow´s challenges. To get knowledge of what is required of a business adviser in an incubator in order to be successful nine business advisers from three different incubators were interviewed with the objective to increase the understanding of how the role could develop in the future. Also, one Managing Director of an incubator was interviewed to understand the future strategic direction of the role. An analysis of the role was conducted with the help of Mintzberg´s leadership model.

The study shows that the business adviser has an informal leadership role in which he/she need to establish a trustful relationship with the entrepreneur to be able to achieve a result, where the study resulted in a model on how trust is formed. A transformative leadership with a coaching approach also contributes to establish a trustful relationship between the parties. The business adviser and the entrepreneur make a knowledge journey together that contributes to development of both the entrepreneur and the business idea. If the business idea comes true an innovation is created.

Future research could investigate how the commercialisation process in an incubator could be utilised also in other parts of society.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2022. , p. 51
Keywords [en]
Business advisor, entrepreneur, incubator, legitimacy, trust, knowledge
Keywords [sv]
Affärsrådgivare, entreprenör, inkubator, legitimitet, tillit, kunskap
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Business Administration
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-18736Local ID: EXF610OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hv-18736DiVA, id: diva2:1677705
Subject / course
Business administration
Educational program
Magisterprogram i ledarskap
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Available from: 2022-08-18 Created: 2022-06-28 Last updated: 2022-08-18Bibliographically approved

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