Influence of entrepreneurs' personality and personal characteristics on new venture performance: A fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (12) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Fangwei Zhu ◽  
Shiguang Sun ◽  
Mouxuan Sun
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Fuzzy Set ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Joint Effect ◽  
New Venture ◽  
Venture Performance ◽  
New Venture Performance

Entrepreneurs' personality and personal characteristics are both important for the success or failure of a new venture. We analyzed data from 120 entrepreneurs using fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis to investigate the joint effects of innovativeness, risk taking, need for achievement, educational attainment, proactiveness, and work engagement on new venture performance. Findings indicate that high performance in a new venture does not depend solely on entrepreneurs' personality or personal characteristics but, rather, emerges from their joint effect. We identified seven configurations of new venture high performance, which will provide valuable references for both practitioners and researchers.

scholarly journals Chief Executive Officer Proactive Personality and Acquisitions: A Fuzzy Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis of China's Listed Firms

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gang Yang ◽  
Xueyan Bai ◽  
Shiyu Yang
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Fuzzy Set ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Chief Executive ◽  
Proactive Personality ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Three Solutions ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Upper Echelons Theory

The role of the CEO in an enterprise's management decisions renders their individual characteristics influential in decisions about mergers and acquisitions (M&As). Personal characteristics are based on many aspects, therefore, we provide a multi-angle insight into the personal characteristics of managers. Drawing on the upper echelons theory, we examine whether CEOs' proactive personality affects merger and acquisition decisions. The fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) is performed using a sample of 64 listed firms in China for the period 2010–2019. There are three solutions for cross-industry mergers, and five for intra-industry mergers. The results suggest that: (a) proactive and overconfident CEOs are inclined toward cross-industry mergers; (b) non-proactive and low-educated CEOs are inclined toward intra-industry mergers; (c) emerging industry enterprises tend to choose intra-industry mergers; (d) overconfident CEOs are more likely to undertake cross-industry mergers in traditional industries.

scholarly journals ENTREPRENEURSHIP THEORY

2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Lilik Rudianto
Keyword(s):  
Value Creation ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
New Venture ◽  
Economic Sector ◽  
Venture Performance ◽  
Entrepreneurship Theory ◽  
Process Perspective ◽  
S Model ◽  
New Venture Performance

The objective of this paper is to assess the basis of the entrepreneurial theories. It discusses the process of entrepreneurship, and models of entrepreneurship are also assessed. These are the simple Hollenbeck–Whitener model, Sanberg’s model, and the preliminary VCP model. Additionally, it explores the abilities, skills, aptitudes, and entrepreneurial competencies from a process perspective. The process of entrepreneurship can be illustrated as being central to the duties performed to maintain the progress of the economic sector. This process is supported by people who search for new and more efficient ways to achieve their business objectives. There is a belief concerning the creation of entrepreneurship that is focused on the inherent, personal characteristics of the entrepreneur. That it is not a new thing for entrepreneurs to display several universal characteristic and knowledge related to their community, and this makes them different from others. New venture performance (NVP) is a function of the characteristics of the entrepreneur (E), the structure of the industry in which the venture competes (IS), and its business strategy (S). Keywords:      Process of entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial traits, new venture performance (NVP), value creation performance (VCP).

scholarly journals Buddhist entrepreneurs and new venture performance: the mediating role of entrepreneurial risk-taking

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 713-727 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiyang Liu ◽  
Zuhui Xu ◽  
Zhao Zhou ◽  
Yong Li
Keyword(s):  
Risk Taking ◽  
New Venture ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Venture Performance ◽  
New Venture Performance

scholarly journals Technology Entrepreneurship and the Performance of Enterprises in the Conditions of Covid-19 Pandemic: The Fuzzy Set Analysis of Waste to Energy Enterprises in Poland

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (13) ◽  
pp. 3891
Author(s):  
Piotr Kordel ◽  
Radosław Wolniak
Keyword(s):  
Fuzzy Set ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Flexible Structures ◽  
Implementation Strategies ◽  
Waste To Energy ◽  
Energy Industry ◽  
Technology Entrepreneurship ◽  
Research Results ◽  
The Impact

This article’s aim is to explain the impact of technology entrepreneurship phenomenon on waste management enterprise performance in the conditions of COVID-19 pandemic. The concept of technology entrepreneurship according to the configuration approach and the category of high-performance organization are the theoretical bases of empirical investigation. For the implementation of empirical research, Fuzzy set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (FsQCA) was adopted. The research sample included a group of producers of Refused Derived Fuel (RDF) as a central part of the waste to energy industry located in Poland. The research results showed that the waste to energy sector is highly immune to pandemic threats. While during COVID-19, the basic economic parameters (i.e., sales, profitability and employment) of the entire industry in Poland clearly decreased, the same parameters in the case of the waste to energy industry remained at the same level. The research results allow the formulation of two high-performance models of technology entrepreneurship in the waste to energy industry under COVID-19 conditions. The first model is based on traditional technologies and hierarchical organizational structures, and the second is using innovative technologies and flexible structures. Both technology entrepreneurship models are determined by their emergence as complementary to implementation strategies and the opportunity-oriented allocation of resources within business model portfolios.

scholarly journals The influence of ethical judgements on acceptance and non-acceptance of wearables and insideables: Fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 67 ◽  
pp. 101689
Author(s):  
Jorge de Andrés-Sánchez ◽  
Mario Arias-Oliva ◽  
Jorge Pelegrín-Borondo ◽  
Ala’ Ali Mohammad Almahameed
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Fuzzy Set ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis

scholarly journals It takes two to tango: the interplay between decision logics, communication strategies and social media engagement in start-ups

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Rudeloff ◽  
Stefanie Pakura ◽  
Fabian Eggers ◽  
Thomas Niemand
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Fuzzy Set ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Communication Strategies ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Communication Models ◽  
Social Media Engagement ◽  
Start Ups

AbstractThis manuscript analyzes start-ups’ usage of different communication strategies (information, response, involvement), their underlying decision logics (effectuation, causation, strategy absence) and respective social media success. A multitude of studies have been published on the decision logics of entrepreneurs as well as on different communication strategies. Decision logics and according strategies and actions are closely connected. Still, research on the interplay between the two areas is largely missing. This applies in particular to the effect of different decision logics and communication models on social media success. Through a combination of case studies with fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis this exploratory study demonstrates that different combinations of causal and absence of strategy decision logics can be equally successful when it comes to social media engagement, whereas effectuation is detrimental for success. Furthermore, we find that two-way-communication is essential to create engagement, while information strategy alone cannot lead to social media success. This study provides new insights into the role of decision logics and connects effectuation theory with the communication literature, a field that has been dominated by causal approaches.

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