Resource mobilization in entrepreneurial firms

被引:97
作者
Villanueva, Jaume [1 ]
Van de Ven, Andrew H. [2 ]
Sapienza, Harry J. [2 ]
机构
[1] Santa Clara Univ, Leavey Sch Business, Santa Clara, CA 95050 USA
[2] Univ Minnesota, Carlson Sch Management, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
关键词
New ventures; Resource mobilization; Power; Resource dependence; Interorganizational relations; Social embeddedness; POWER; DEPENDENCE; PERFORMANCE; GOVERNANCE;
D O I
10.1016/j.jbusvent.2010.09.001
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
We test the relative influence of power and social embeddedness in mobilizing resources between newly-formed businesses and other organizations by re-examining longitudinal data from the Van de yen and Walker (1984) study of interorganizational relations. We find that resource flows to entrepreneurial ventures are predicted by the total dependence between parties engaged in the creation of value: they are not predicted by dependence advantage (or disadvantage) between the parties. We discuss the implications and propose that a theory of joint resource mobilization may be more useful than a theory of unilateral resource acquisition for understanding how new ventures access external resources. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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页码:19 / 30
页数:12
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