Analysis of the Influence of Entrepreneurial Apprehension and Entrepreneurial Strategic Orientation on Breakthrough Innovation

Qiliang Wang, Qingquan Jiang () and Hongxia Yu ()
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Qiliang Wang: College of Business, Quzhou University, Quzhou 324000, China
Qingquan Jiang: School of Economics & Management, Xiamen University of Technology, Xiamen 361024, China
Hongxia Yu: School of Economics & Management, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 9, 1-14

Abstract: At present, there are few studies on breakthrough innovation (BI) involving entrepreneurial apprehension (EA). The purpose of this study is to identify how entrepreneurial apprehension affects breakthrough innovation. Based on the theory of planned behavior, the paper constructs a theoretical conceptual model of the influence of entrepreneurial apprehension and entrepreneurial strategic orientation (ESO) on breakthrough innovation and proposes corresponding research hypotheses, while using SPSS to conduct regression analysis of 216 valid questionnaires from high-tech enterprises in Yangtze River Delta. The results show that entrepreneurial apprehension can promote breakthrough innovation, but that entrepreneurial strategic orientation plays a partially mediating role in the process of entrepreneurial apprehension influencing breakthrough innovation. The incorporation of entrepreneurial apprehension into the study of breakthrough innovation complements and improves on the theory of entrepreneurial motivation for breakthrough innovation, and the study of entrepreneurial apprehension effectively expands the content of entrepreneurship theory. The paper concludes with the most important managerial implications and outlook for future research.

Keywords: entrepreneurship; entrepreneurial apprehension; entrepreneurial strategic orientation; breakthrough innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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