Entrepreneurial Bricolage and New Product Development Performance in New Ventures: The Contingent Effects of Founding Team Involvement

Wang Xinchun (), Yu Xiaoyu () and Meng Xiaotong ()
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Wang Xinchun: John Chambers College of Business and Economics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 26506-6201, USA
Yu Xiaoyu: School of Management, Shanghai University, 200444, Shanghai, China
Meng Xiaotong: School of Management, Shanghai University, 200444, Shanghai, China

Entrepreneurship Research Journal, 2023, vol. 13, issue 4, 813-839

Abstract: New product development (NPD) performance is a key determinant of a new venture’s success. However, compared with established firms, new ventures often suffer from resource constraints when developing new products. Entrepreneurial bricolage is reported in the literature as an alternative strategic option that enables managers to overcome resource constraints when developing new products. However, because new ventures are often founded by an entrepreneurial team, the effectiveness and efficiency of using bricolage to improve NPD performance might be contingent on how the founding team plays its roles in this process. Using data from 323 new ventures in China, we find support for the critical role of entrepreneurial bricolage in improving NPD success under resource constraints. More importantly, our results reveal that the bricolage strategy is more likely to benefit a venture when the founding team is composed of members with diverse functional backgrounds and is not heavily involved in strategic decision-making.

Keywords: entrepreneurial bricolage; new product development; new venture success; new venture founding team (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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