Entrepreneurial spawning and knowledge-based perspective: a meta-analysis

Robert P. Garrett, Chao Miao, Shanshan Qian () and Tae Jun Bae
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Robert P. Garrett: University of Louisville
Chao Miao: Wilkes University
Shanshan Qian: Towson University
Tae Jun Bae: Hofstra University

Small Business Economics, 2017, vol. 49, issue 2, No 6, 355-378

Abstract: Abstract Entrepreneurial spawning is the transitory process by which employees of an existing firm leave their employment to initiate a new business venture. There is a lack of consensus regarding the predictors of entrepreneurial spawning. We used meta-analysis to analyze 28 studies (with 128 effect sizes) to examine the predictors of entrepreneurial spawning. Based on knowledge-based perspective, we hypothesize that employee characteristics (age, education, and job position) and parent firm characteristics (firm age, firm performance, and firm diversity) are significantly related to entrepreneurial spawning. We identified two inverted U-shaped relationships (age and tenure with entrepreneurial spawning) based on our meta-analytic hierarchical multiple regression analyses. Based on labor market rigidity perspectives, we also examined how country region (North America versus Europe) moderates the relationships between employee characteristics and entrepreneurial spawning and between parent firm characteristics and entrepreneurial spawning. Our paper provides theoretical and practical implications.

Keywords: Entrepreneurial spawning; Entrepreneurial career; Entrepreneurial entry; Meta-analysis; Knowledge spillover theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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