The Mechanism of Entrepreneurs’ Social Networks on Innovative Startups’ Innovation Performance Considering the Moderating Effect of the Entrepreneurial Competence and Motivation

IF 2 4区管理学 Q3 BUSINESS

Entrepreneurship Research Journal Pub Date : 2021-07-05 DOI:10.1515/erj-2020-0541

Junguang Gao, Yuan Cheng, Hui He, Fuzhen Gu

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Abstract

Abstract Innovative startups can bring many benefits to society. Drawing on the social network theory (SNT) and resource-based view (RBV), with mix methods approach, this paper argues that as the primary path for startups acquiring external resources, social networks are beneficial to improving innovative startups’ innovation performance. Using a large amount of data from GEM (Global Entrepreneurship Monitor), this paper first runs correlation analysis and regression analysis to empirically analyze entrepreneurs’ social networks’ impact on China’s innovative startups’ innovation performance. The results show that both formal and informal social networks are positively correlated with innovative startups’ innovation performance. Then we consider the moderating effect of entrepreneurial competence and motivation. And the results show both entrepreneurial competence and motivation positively moderate the correlation above. Second, to explore the above correlation’s internal mechanism, we conduct semi-structured interviews with 14 entrepreneurs. Drawing on the resource management theory (RMT) and the process of cross-border knowledge search and assimilation, the mechanism model of entrepreneurs’ social networks on startups’ innovation performance is proposed through content analysis.

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企业家社会网络对创新型创业公司创新绩效的影响机制:创业能力和创业动机的调节作用

创新型创业公司可以给社会带来很多好处。本文借鉴社会网络理论(SNT)和资源基础理论(RBV)，运用混合方法，认为社会网络作为创业公司获取外部资源的主要途径，有利于提高创新型创业公司的创新绩效。本文首先利用GEM (Global Entrepreneurship Monitor)的大量数据，运用相关分析和回归分析，实证分析了企业家社交网络对中国创新型创业公司创新绩效的影响。结果表明，正式和非正式社会网络与创新创业公司的创新绩效均呈正相关。然后考虑创业能力和创业动机的调节作用。结果表明，创业能力和创业动机正调节了上述相关关系。其次，为了探究上述相关性的内在机制，我们对14位企业家进行了半结构化访谈。借鉴资源管理理论和跨界知识搜索与同化过程，通过内容分析，提出企业家社会网络对创业公司创新绩效影响的机制模型。

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Entrepreneurship Research Journal BUSINESS-

CiteScore

4.50

自引率

21.10%

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期刊介绍： Entrepreneurship Research Journal (ERJ) was launched with an Inaugural Issue in 2011. Professor Ramona Zachary at Baruch College and Professor Chandra Mishra at Florida Atlantic University introduce a new forum for scholarly discussion on entrepreneurs and their activities, contexts, processes, strategies, and outcomes. Positioned as the premier new research journal within the field of entrepreneurship, ERJ seeks to encourage a scholarly exchange between researchers from any field of study who focus on entrepreneurs, and will include both theoretical and empirical articles, with priority being given to high quality theoretical and empirical papers that have managerial or public policy orientation as well as ramifications for entrepreneurship research overall. Topics: -Research Modeling, Design, and Methods: entrepreneurship theories and conceptualizations, entrepreneurship research methods. -The Individuals-Opportunities-Resources Nexus: nascent entrepreneurs, opportunity recognition, drivers of value creation, and emergence, innovation and technology entrepreneurs, entrepreneurial risk and reward, entrepreneurial cognition and behavior. -Inclusive of Near Environments: family entrepreneurship, networks, teams and alliances, venture capital and angel investor groups, entrepreneurial communities, hubs, clusters and public policy, social entrepreneurship. -Distinct Entrepreneurial Stage or Setting: entrepreneurial growth and strategy, boards, governance and leadership, corporate entrepreneurship, international and emerging market entrepreneurship.