A. Raza
Institutional adversity, external knowledge sources, and new ventures' innovation: An institutional polycentrism theory perspective
Raza, A.; Saeed, S.; Yosafzai, S.; Shahid, M.U.; Muffatto, M.
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Abstract
Why do some new ventures thrive while others fail? In this study, we investigate the unique relationship between external knowledge sourcing of new ventures and its innovative outcomes, and its contextual embeddedness. The investigation is based on the Knowledge-based view and theory of institutional polycentrism across entrepreneurs, nested in different institutional contexts. Our framework generates hypothesis about the negative impact of higher levels of institutional adversity, on new venture's innovation at the national level. We then found the contingent role of adversity in institutions based on the relationship between external knowledge sourcing and new venture innovation. We examine this question using data from 28,660 entrepreneurs from 47 countries. We use Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, Freedom House, IEF, POLCON and Political Risk Services data for 2009–2013. We apply multilevel estimation framework to test our hypotheses. We find the new ventures that have high level of external knowledge sourcing tend to be more innovative: the ones that search widely through different external sources. Further, we find that the benefits to external knowledge sourcing depend on institutional environmental conditions, however new venture innovation should ensure the external knowledge sourcing are used robustly to develop a resource mechanism to deal with the institutional adversity.
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Raza, A., Saeed, S., Yosafzai, S., Shahid, M., & Muffatto, M. (2020). Institutional adversity, external knowledge sources, and new ventures' innovation: An institutional polycentrism theory perspective. Industrial Marketing Management, 90, 633-647. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2020.03.018
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Mar 18, 2020 |
Online Publication Date | Mar 26, 2020 |
Publication Date | 2020-10 |
Deposit Date | May 11, 2020 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 26, 2022 |
Journal | Industrial Marketing Management |
Print ISSN | 0019-8501 |
Electronic ISSN | 1873-2062 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 90 |
Pages | 633-647 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2020.03.018 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1271065 |
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