%0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2019 %T Is Joining a Business Incubator or Accelerator Always a Good Thing? %A Kristina Lukosiute %A Søren Jensen %A Stoyan Tanev %K accelerator %K Canada %K Denmark %K disadvantages %K incubator %K Lithuania %K new venture %K start-up %X Business incubators and accelerators are often hailed as essential tools for fostering growth in startups. However, not only do entrepreneurs often face the question of which incubator or accelerator to join, we suggest that they should also question whether or not to join one at all. Is joining a business incubator or accelerator always a good thing? In this article, we investigate some of the negative outcomes entrepreneurs can experience when engaging with an incubator or accelerator. We apply a cross-case analysis of empirical observations from qualitative interviews with Danish and Canadian entrepreneurs to arrive at a set of recommendations that entrepreneurs should keep in mind when considering such an engagement. These points are further qualified based on informal interviews with four serial entrepreneurs. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 9 %P 5-15 %8 07/2019 %G eng %U https://timreview.ca/article/1251 %N 7 %1 University of Southern Denmark Kristina Lukosiute is a business and innovation practitioner helping new companies articulate viable business models and competitive marketing strategies. She holds an MSc in Engineering Product Development and Innovation from the University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, and the present article is based on her thesis work. %2 University of Southern Denmark Søren Jensen is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Southern Denmark. Previously, he worked in a seed-financing company analyzing technology business ideas. As an investment analyst, his special interests lay within intellectual property and technology assessment. He now teaches intellectual property and entrepreneurial business understanding. %3 Carleton University Stoyan Tanev, PhD, MSc, MEng, MA, is Associate Professor of Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management associated with the Technology Innovation Management (TIM) Program and Sprott School of Business at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. Before re-joining Carleton University, Dr. Tanev was part of the Innovation and Design Engineering Section in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Odense, Denmark. Dr. Tanev has a multidisciplinary background including an MSc in Physics (Sofia University, Bulgaria), a PhD in Physics (1995, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris, France, co-awarded by Sofia University, Bulgaria), an MEng in Technology Management (2005, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada), an MA in Orthodox Theology (2009, University of Sherbrooke, Montreal Campus, QC, Canada), and a PhD in Theology (2012, Sofia University, Bulgaria). Dr. Tanev’s current research interests are in the fields of technology entrepreneurship and innovation management, design principles and growth modes of global technology startups, business analytics, and data/text mining. He also has an interest in interdisciplinary epistemological issues on the interface of philosophy of religion, Orthodox theology, and the natural and social sciences. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1251 %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2014 %T Disruptive Innovation vs Disruptive Technology: The Disruptive Potential of the Value Propositions of 3D Printing Technology Startups %A Finn Hahn %A Søren Jensen %A Stoyan Tanev %K 3D printing technology %K additive manufacturing %K disruptive innovation %K value proposition %X This article describes an empirical study focusing on the classification of existing business opportunities in the 3D printing technology sector. The authors address three research questions. First, how do technology startups integrate new 3D printing technologies into specific market offers? Second, which value propositions are most attractive in terms of interest from the public and investors? Third, how does the degree of disruptiveness of value propositions relate to the degree of interest from the public and investors? The most notable finding is the link between the business traction of 3D printing technology startups and the degree of disruptiveness of their value propositions. Thus, the article provides empirical support for the conceptualization of the degree of disruptiveness of the value proposition as a metric for the evaluation of the business potential of new technology startups. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 4 %P 27-36 %8 12/2014 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/855 %N 12 %1 Egatec A/S Finn Hahn is a Product Development Engineer at Egatec A/S in Odense, Denmark. He holds an MSc (Eng) degree in Product Development & Innovation from the University of Southern Denmark and a BEng in Interaction Design. His special interest is in shaping technology in a way that technology products and systems become more meaningful to people. Finn is also working with entrepreneurship and business-development strategies where he is trying to incorporate the insights gained in the area of interaction design. %2 University of Southern Denmark Søren Jensen is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Southern Denmark. Previously, he worked in a seed-financing company analyzing technology business ideas. As investment analyst, his special interests lay within intellectual property and technology assessment. He now teaches intellectual property and entrepreneurial business understanding. Søren is also Head of the PDI MSC engineering program, an interdisciplinary engineering program training students to act on the border between technical and business understanding. %3 University of Southern Denmark Stoyan Tanev is an Associate Professor in the Department of Technology and Innovation at the University of Southern Denmark, Odense, as well as Adjunct Professor in the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, where he was previously a faculty member in the Technology Innovation Management Program. He has a MSc and a PhD in Physics jointly from the University Pierre and Marie Curie in Paris, France, and the University of Sofia, Bulgaria. He also holds a PhD in Theology from the University of Sofia, Bulgaria, an MEng in Technology Innovation Management from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, and an MA from the University of Sherbrooke, Canada. He has multidisciplinary research interests with a focus on the fields of technology entrepreneurship and innovation management, born-global technology startups, business model design, and value co-creation. Dr. Tanev is a Senior IEEE member, and he is a member of the editorial boards of the Technology Innovation Management Review and the International Journal of Actor-Network Theory and Technological Innovation. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/855