scholarly journals COVID-19: COSTLY SIGNALS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL BRICOLAGE FOR SMES SURVIVABILITY FROM THE VIEW OF THE FINANCIAL-BASED CROWDFUNDING IN MALAYSIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
SITI FATIMAH MOHD KASSIM ◽  
◽  
KALSOM ABD. WAHAB ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Entrepreneurial Bricolage ◽  
Costly Signals

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

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinchun Wang ◽  
Xiaoyu Yu ◽  
Xiaotong Meng
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
Resource Constraints ◽  
New Ventures ◽  
New Products ◽  
New Product ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
Entrepreneurial Bricolage ◽  
Founding Team ◽  
Npd Performance

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.

Design of a University-Based Venture Gestation Program (UVGP)

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (01) ◽  
pp. 1-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hoe Chin Goi ◽  
Jiro Kokuryo
Keyword(s):  
Design Science ◽  
Business Plan ◽  
Design Principles ◽  
Solution Model ◽  
Dynamic Capability ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Competency Development ◽  
Entrepreneurial Bricolage ◽  
Science Methodology

Design science methodology was used to develop and test a University-based Venture Gestation Program (UVGP), the model built after identifying key problems and reactions to them in student based gestation ventures. The model relied on a three-year longitudinal comparative case study of a successful and an unsuccessful student venture team. The teams came from the same university and were winners of business plan contests in 2012 and 2013. Although the teams were very similar to begin with, analyses revealed that different responses to three shared problems were key determinants of venture gestation success, and failure. Based on these observations, three design principles, termed tenure, competence compatibility and entrepreneurial bricolage, were adapted to derive a solution model, the Venture Gestation Model (VGM), with the aim of improving chances of venture success. To develop the model, the study drew on dynamic capability theory, and subsequently yielded the UVGP which provided concrete tools (prescriptions) toward gestation venture success. As a means of testing the designed solution, an evaluation of the program was conducted by observing the gestation venture of the 2014 winner of the annual contest. Findings show that gestation success depends more on the effectiveness of the program in increasing awareness of internal problems than on reactions to external changes. However, the prescription on competency development requires revision to overcome inadequacy issues.

How does the evolution of an organization's multiple-dominant-logic system affect its ambidextrous innovation?

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 545-569
Author(s):  
Haifen Lin ◽  
Tingchen Qu
Keyword(s):  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Internal Resources ◽  
Dominant Logic ◽  
Influence Mechanism ◽  
Entrepreneurial Bricolage ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Logic System ◽  
The Way

PurposeThis paper aims to address how an organization's multiple-dominant-logic system evolves as it grows and how does this evolution affect the way managers choose to balance ambidextrous innovation.Design/methodology/approachThis paper adopts an interpretive and exploratory case study on the mechanism of how the multiple-dominant-logic system influences the decision of balanced ambidextrous innovation. Considering that the multiple-dominant-logic system will change with the development of a firm, this paper focuses on exploring how the evolution of multiple-dominant-logic system affects the way managers choose to balance ambidextrous innovation. The authors spent almost two years collecting data from M-grass Ecology and following the evolution and innovation through semi-structured interviews, archival data and observation. Then they set up a framework showing the influence mechanism by analyzing the data through a four-step process.FindingsThis research points out that an organization's multiple-dominant-logic system may change for several times in its growth. It provides a model for the evolution of a multiple-dominant-logic system. It confirms that firms' multiple-dominant-logic system is not immutable, but evolves with the change of the firm's internal resources and external environment. Also, it finds that under the influence of different multiple-dominant-logic architectures, mangers choose different ways to balance ambidextrous innovation. In this process, appropriate entrepreneurial bricolage plays a significant role in balancing ambidextrous innovation.Originality/valueThe findings offer some valuable insights for further research on dominant logics and ambidextrous innovation and hold important implications for managers making a decision.

The Popular Army of the Republic, Fall 1936–39

Desertion ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 114-140
Author(s):  
Théodore McLauchlin
Keyword(s):  
Armed Forces ◽  
The State ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Costly Signals ◽  
Military Discipline

This chapter investigates the militia summer of 1936, which had been a summer of both chaos and valor in the defense of the Republic. It describes the militias that arose to fight the rebels, which varied widely in their insistence that combatants send costly signals of commitment to fight. It also clarifies how the Republic transformed its armed forces to regularize them and put power back in the hands of the state by imposing military discipline and a single command structure on its militia forces. The chapter argues that the new discipline rules imposed costly signals of commitment on volunteers, requiring that they sign on to more demanding forms of warfare. It discusses the Republic's recruitment of less-committed troops by imposing conscription at the same time.

How Do Observers Assess Resolve?

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua D Kertzer ◽  
Jonathan Renshon ◽  
Keren Yarhi-Milo
Keyword(s):  
Decision Makers ◽  
Credibility Theory ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Integrative Framework ◽  
Research Designs ◽  
The Us ◽  
Alternative Research ◽  
Conjoint Experiment ◽  
Costly Signals ◽  
Ordinary Citizens

ABSTRACTDespite a plethora of theoretical frameworks, IR scholars have struggled with the question of how observers assess resolve. We make two important contributions in this direction. Conceptually, we develop an integrative framework that unites otherwise disconnected theories, viewing them as a set of heuristics actors use to simplify information-rich environments. Methodologically, we employ a conjoint experiment that provides empirical traction impossible to obtain using alternative research designs. We find that ordinary citizens are ‘intuitive deterrence theorists’ who focus to a great extent on capabilities, stakes, signals and past actions in judging resolve. We also find that observers see democracies as less resolved than autocracies (not more), casting doubt on key propositions of democratic credibility theory. Finally, a conceptual replication shows that a group of elite decision makers converge with the US public in how they interpret costly signals, and in viewing democracies as less resolved than autocracies.

Signals, strongholds, and support: Political party protests in South Africa

Politics ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 026339572093502
Author(s):  
Jacob S Lewis
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
African National Congress ◽  
African Politics ◽  
Credible Commitments ◽  
National Elections ◽  
Protest Movements ◽  
The People ◽  
South African Politics ◽  
Costly Signals ◽  
Opposition Parties

South African politics are in a period of transition: the dominant African National Congress (ANC) is in decline, support for opposition parties has been rising, and voters have been disengaging rapidly from the electoral process. As protest movements have become more common and more powerful, established political parties have increasingly led their own protests, often addressing the same issues that citizens rise up about. This phenomenon has been understudied but has important ramifications for the future of South African politics. This article addresses this gap in the literature, arguing that party-led protests can be interpreted as costly signals of credible commitments to address the very issues that citizens are upset about. In a time when established parties are losing support, they may turn to these costly protests to demonstrate their commitment to addressing the needs of the people. Using counts of party-led protests and riots as well as election outcomes in the 2004, 2009, 2014, and 2019 national elections, this article demonstrates that party-led protests primarily target stronghold municipalities. In doing so, they positively correlate with vote-shares during elections. This boon accrues primarily to the opposition parties, but not the incumbent ANC.

The functional role of entrepreneurial orientation and entrepreneurial bricolage in ensuring sustainable entrepreneurship

2016 ◽  
Vol 39 (12) ◽  
pp. 1616-1638 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ho Chea Hooi ◽  
Noor Hazlina Ahmad ◽  
Azlan Amran ◽  
Syed Abidur Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Sustainable Entrepreneurship ◽  
International Regulation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Upper Echelons Theory ◽  
Entrepreneurial Bricolage ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
Corporate Social

Purpose The purpose of the study is to delve the influencing factors of sustainable entrepreneurship among SMEs in Malaysia. The heightened awareness in sustainable development coupled with globalisation has created immense aspiration, enthusiasm and interest in the trajectory of sustainable entrepreneurship. With this set of circumstances, the objective of the study is to explore the possible predictive factors that enhance sustainable entrepreneurship among Malaysian small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach This study examined the relationships between sustainable entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial orientation, sustainability orientation and entrepreneurial bricolage through the lens of a resource-based view, upper echelons theory and corporate social responsibility. A total of 102 responses from a survey instrument from Malaysian SMEs were analysed using partial least squares-structural equation modelling. Findings The results indicated that the entrepreneurial orientation is associated with the degree of sustainable entrepreneurship, and is mediated by the role and degree of entrepreneurial bricolage. Originality/value This study highlights the importance of sustainable entrepreneurship among SMEs with respect to the heightened societal and environmental awareness among consumers and international regulation concerning environmental protection.

Social benefits of luxury brands as costly signals of wealth and status

2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 343-355 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rob M.A. Nelissen ◽  
Marijn H.C. Meijers
Keyword(s):  
Social Benefits ◽  
Luxury Brands ◽  
Costly Signals
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