{"title":"Resource constraints and firm innovation: When less is more?","authors":"Shuxing Chen , Tao Shen","doi":"10.1016/j.cjpre.2023.09.006","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper explores the relationship between resource constraints and innovation of new firms. Drawing upon the relevant literature, we incorporate resource constraints as the antecedent to the bricolage-innovation link. Compared to prior studies that treated resource constraints as a one-dimensional variable, we operationalize it along two dimensions: knowledge constraints and financial constraints. Our argument posits that knowledge constraints and financial constraints act as catalysts for innovation in new firms, with bricolage serving as a mediating role. To test our hypotheses, we conducted a survey involving 183 entrepreneurs in the United States. The data analysis demonstrates that bricolage fully mediates the relationship between knowledge constraints and innovation and partially mediates the relationship between financial constraints and innovation. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":45743,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Journal of Population Resources and Environment","volume":"21 3","pages":"Pages 172-180"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9000,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Chinese Journal of Population Resources and Environment","FirstCategoryId":"93","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2325426223000335","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This paper explores the relationship between resource constraints and innovation of new firms. Drawing upon the relevant literature, we incorporate resource constraints as the antecedent to the bricolage-innovation link. Compared to prior studies that treated resource constraints as a one-dimensional variable, we operationalize it along two dimensions: knowledge constraints and financial constraints. Our argument posits that knowledge constraints and financial constraints act as catalysts for innovation in new firms, with bricolage serving as a mediating role. To test our hypotheses, we conducted a survey involving 183 entrepreneurs in the United States. The data analysis demonstrates that bricolage fully mediates the relationship between knowledge constraints and innovation and partially mediates the relationship between financial constraints and innovation. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
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The Chinese Journal of Population, Resources and Environment (CJPRE) is a peer-reviewed international academic journal that publishes original research in the fields of economic, population, resource, and environment studies as they relate to sustainable development. The journal aims to address and evaluate theoretical frameworks, capability building initiatives, strategic goals, ethical values, empirical research, methodologies, and techniques in the field. CJPRE began publication in 1992 and is sponsored by the Chinese Society for Sustainable Development (CSSD), the Research Center for Sustainable Development of Shandong Province, the Administrative Center for China's Agenda 21 (ACCA21), and Shandong Normal University. The Chinese title of the journal was inscribed by the former Chinese leader, Mr. Deng Xiaoping. Initially focused on China's advances in sustainable development, CJPRE now also highlights global developments from both developed and developing countries.
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