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Innovation or Imitation in New Ventures?: Contingent Effects of Dysfunctional Competition

Innovation or Imitation in New Ventures?: Contingent Effects of Dysfunctional Competition

Biao Chen, Yu Sun, Yuchao Ding, Yang Liu
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 21
ISBN13: 9781799834953|ISBN10: 1799834956|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799834960|EISBN13: 9781799834977
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-3495-3.ch011
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Chen, Biao, et al. "Innovation or Imitation in New Ventures?: Contingent Effects of Dysfunctional Competition." Sustainability in the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: Operating Mechanisms and Enterprise Growth, edited by Yang Gao, et al., IGI Global, 2020, pp. 231-251. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-3495-3.ch011

APA

Chen, B., Sun, Y., Ding, Y., & Liu, Y. (2020). Innovation or Imitation in New Ventures?: Contingent Effects of Dysfunctional Competition. In Y. Gao, S. Tsai, X. Du, & C. Xin (Eds.), Sustainability in the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: Operating Mechanisms and Enterprise Growth (pp. 231-251). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-3495-3.ch011

Chicago

Chen, Biao, et al. "Innovation or Imitation in New Ventures?: Contingent Effects of Dysfunctional Competition." In Sustainability in the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: Operating Mechanisms and Enterprise Growth, edited by Yang Gao, et al., 231-251. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-3495-3.ch011

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Abstract

The authors examine the effects of innovation and imitation strategies on new venture competitive advantage during both technological and market turbulence. In turn, they test the moderating effects of dysfunctional competition in these settings. Using data collected from 153 new ventures in China, they find that innovation and imitation strategies have positive effects on new venture competitive advantage. Furthermore, they find that dysfunctional competition increases the positive relationship between imitation strategies and new venture competitive advantage in these settings. However, the negative moderating effects of dysfunctional competition are partly verified. And they find that the consumption attitudes of the younger generation in China may explain why the theory is inconsistent with the empirical results. The theoretical and practical implications of the findings are discussed.

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