Dynamic capabilities and entrepreneurial performance of Chinese start-ups: the mediating roles of managerial attitude towards risk and entrepreneurial behaviour. Issue 3 (27th May 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Shi, Zhe; Yuan, Ling; Lee, Soo Hee
• Is Part Of: Asia Pacific business review. Volume 28:Issue 3(2022)
• Page Start: 354
• Page End: 379
• Publication Date: 2022-05-27
• Subjects: Chinese start-ups -- dynamic capabilities -- entrepreneurial behaviour -- managerial attitude towards risk -- entrepreneurial performance; Asia -- Commerce -- Periodicals; 338.095
• DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2020.1854983
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1360-2381

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This paper analyses the sequential mediation effects of managerial attitude towards risk and entrepreneurial behaviour on the relationship between dynamic capabilities and entrepreneurial performance in the Chinese context. Our proposed model explains the key micro-level mechanisms through which dynamic capabilities drive entrepreneurial performance and the varying effects of entrepreneurial orientation dimensions on performance, thus, enabling decision-makers to understand how to utilize dynamic capabilities to achieve desirable performance. Drawing on survey data of 250 new ventures across different industries in China, we find that dynamic capabilities have both a direct positive effect and an indirect effect on entrepreneurial performance through the chain mediation effects of managerial attitude towards risk and entrepreneurial behaviour.