ABSTRACT
This article points out the Resource-based View (RBV) field as an important theoretical approach to understanding the management of incubators of technology-based companies (IEBTs), given that these organizations need to access a number of internal and external resources, tangible and intangible, which, combined, make the process of innovation feasible. Theoretical and empirical studies already address mainly issues related to the results achieved by incubated companies. However, a concern in understanding the internal organization of IEBTs cannot be seen in the literature, beyond their features and identifying how management collects and handles the resources needed to meet their goals. It started from a literature review of the main texts published since the late 1990s on the RBV to appropriate their contribution to the understanding of organizations as a set of resources and expertise. It sought to also published studies on IEBTs to identify the main features developed and accessed by them. This analysis reveals that the incubators are a wide range of resources and, therefore, it is important that managers identify, organize, combine and exploit specific features that clearly create competitive advantage. By this light, the performance difference observed in these incubators is explained by way of handling resources. The focus on resources accessed and developed by IEBTs pointed to the need for a specific analysis about the skills in handling these resources to ensure the sustainability of these organizations.
Resource-based View; Incubators; Competitive advantages
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