An Empirical Study on the Relationship between Entrepreneurial Resources and Entrepreneurial Competence

Abstract

This paper takes the entrepreneurs as the research object from ’s colleges and universities and past 5 years graduates. Based on 285 onsite investigation data, this paper pays attention to the mechanism of entrepreneurial resource’s influences on Entrepreneurial Performance, and introduces Entrepreneurial Ability as the intermediary variable to test the effect of Entrepreneurial Resources on Entrepreneurial Performance. The results show that Entrepreneurial Resources (Operating Resources, Human Resources and Technical Resources, Financial Resources) have a significant impact on Entrepreneurial Performance (Survival Performance, Innovation Development Performance); Entrepreneurial Ability plays a mediating role between Entrepreneurial Resources and Entrepreneurial Performance. Meanwhile, Entrepreneurial Ability partially intermediates among Human and Technical Resources, Operational Resources and Entrepreneurial Performance, and completely intermediates between Financial Resources and Entrepreneurial Performance. Referring to the above research, the author proposes several pieces of inspiration and suggestion in developing provincial Innovation and entrepreneurship to enhance the competitive strength of university students' innovational and Entrepreneurial Ability in Hebei Province.