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Entrepreneurial orientation and new venture performance: the moderating role of intra- and extra industry social capital (2008)
| Venue: | Academy of Management Journal |
| Citations: | 45 - 1 self |
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@ARTICLE{Stam08entrepreneurialorientation,
author = {Wouter Stam and Tom Elfring},
title = {Entrepreneurial orientation and new venture performance: the moderating role of intra- and extra industry social capital},
journal = {Academy of Management Journal},
year = {2008},
pages = {97--111}
}
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Abstract
This study advances research on entrepreneurial orientation and social capital by examining how the configuration of a founding team’s intra- and extraindustry net-work ties shapes the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and new ven-ture performance. Using an original data set of 90 new ventures in the emerging open source software industry, we found that the combination of high network centrality and extensive bridging ties strengthened the focal link. Among firms with few bridging ties, centrality weakened the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and performance. Overall, these findings contribute to a better understanding of when network centrality represents an asset or a liability for entrepreneurial firms. Although a firm’s entrepreneurial processes may facilitate the pursuit of new entry opportunities that enhance its performance, adopting a strong entrepreneurial orientation is increasingly consid-ered necessary but insufficient for wealth creation by new ventures (Covin & Slevin, 1989; Ireland,
Keyphrases
entrepreneurial orientation extra industry social capital new venture performance new venture social capital firm entrepreneurial process net-work tie founding team intra extensive bridging tie high network centrality entrepreneurial firm wealth creation original data set new ven-ture performance focal link new entry opportunity open source software industry strong entrepreneurial orientation network centrality covin slevin
