C. Li
The Relationship Between Resource Acquisition Methods and Firm Performance in Chinese New Ventures: The Intermediate Effect of Learning Capability
Li, C.; Hughes, M.; Yin, M.
Authors
M. Hughes
M. Yin
Abstract
Despite the omnipresent popularity of the resource-based view of the firm, our understanding of how firms convert resource acquisition into performance returns remains something of a black box. We seek to unpack this problem in this study. Building on the resource-based view and combining insights from organizational learning theory, this paper develops a theoretical model consisting of seven hypotheses in which resource purchase, resource attraction, and resource internal development are positively related to new venture performance, and in which learning capability mediates these relationships. We also posit that resource acquisition methods augment the learning capability of the firm en route to securing superior new venture performance. We test these hypotheses using survey data from new ventures in China. The results indicate that all three methods of resource acquisition have positive effects on new venture performance, that resource attraction and internal development have positive effects on learning capability in new ventures, and that learning capability mediates the relationship between these two resource acquisition practices and new venture performance. We put forward implications for theory and practice to close the work.
Citation
Li, C., Hughes, M., & Yin, M. (2014). The Relationship Between Resource Acquisition Methods and Firm Performance in Chinese New Ventures: The Intermediate Effect of Learning Capability. Journal of Small Business Management, 52(3), 365-389. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsbm.12039
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Jul 1, 2014 |
Deposit Date | Sep 6, 2012 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 29, 2024 |
Journal | Journal of Small Business Management |
Print ISSN | 0047-2778 |
Electronic ISSN | 1540-627X |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis Group |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 52 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 365-389 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1111/jsbm.12039 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1504023 |
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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Cai, L., Hughes, M. and Yin, M. (2014), The Relationship between Resource Acquisition Methods and Firm Performance in Chinese New Ventures: The Intermediate Effect of Learning Capability. Journal of Small Business Management, 52 (3): 365–389, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jsbm.12039. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.
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