External Knowledge Search Strategies in China's Technology Ventures: The Role of Managerial Interpretations and Ties. 中国技术创业型企业的外部知识搜索策略:管理者解释和纽带的作用

Autor: Liu, Jingjiang, Chen, Lu, Kittilaksanawong, Wiboon
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Zdroj: Management & Organization Review; Nov2013, Vol. 9 Issue 3, p437-463, 27p
Abstrakt: Drawing on the threat-rigidity hypothesis, we examine how managerial opportunity and threat interpretations of external environments affect a technology venture's choice of external knowledge search strategies in an emerging market. Results from a sample of 141 technology ventures in China reveal that opportunity interpretation directly and positively influences both the breadth and depth of external search, whereas threat interpretation directly and negatively influences only external search depth. Furthermore, managerial ties strengthen the positive relationship between opportunity interpretation and external search breadth but weaken the positive relationship on external search depth. Managerial ties weaken the negative relationship between threat interpretation and external search breadth but strengthen the negative relationship on external search depth. Implications for both research and practice are offered. 摘要 凭借威胁刚性假设,我们探讨管理者对外部环境的机会解释和威胁解释如何影响新兴市场中技术创业型企业选择外部知识搜索策略。基于中国141个技术创业型企业的研究样本,我们发现:机会解释直接正向影响外部知识搜索的广度和深度,威胁解释直接负向影响外部直搜索的深度。而且,管理者纽带增强机会解释与外部知识搜索广度的正向关系,但是减弱机会解释与外部知识搜索深度的正向关系。管理者纽带减弱威胁解释与外部知识搜索广度的负向关系,但是增强威胁解释与外部知识搜索深度的负向关系。我们提供了这些发现的研究意涵和实践意涵。 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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