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- Johanna Gast
- Katherine Gundolf
- Mickaël Géraudel
Abstract
Da Unternehmertum und Innovationen stark miteinander verknüpft sind, wird in dieser Studie der Zusammenhang zwischen ursprünglichen Gründungsmotivationen von Unternehmern und deren tatsächlichen Produktinnovationen innerhalb der ersten Gründungsjahre untersucht. Basierend auf einer Stichprobe der französischen SINE Datenbank, die vom französischen Nationalen Institut für Statistik und Wirtschaftsplanung zur Verfügung gestellt wurde, wird gezeigt, dass verschiedene Gründungsmotivationen das Produktinnovationsverhalten von Start-ups positiv beeinflussen und dass Gründungsmotivationen damit auch nach der Gründung noch Folgen haben können. So zeigen die Ergebnisse, dass Gründungsmotivationen wie unternehmerisches Denken und Handeln, Verbessern der finanziellen Position, Nutzen einer Geschäftschance oder -idee und Arbeitslosigkeit einen signifikant positiven Effekt auf Produktinnovation im neu gegründeten Unternehmen ausüben. / As it is commonly accepted that entrepreneurship and innovation are strongly linked to each other, we analyze the relationship between the entrepreneurs’ initial motivations to found a new venture and their actual product innovation behavior during the first years after venture creation. Based on a sample from the French SINE database by the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies, we show that distinct entrepreneurial motivations affect product innovation in start-ups positively and that entrepreneurial motivations keep playing a role even after the venture creation process. In doing so, the results reveal that the motivations entrepreneurial thinking and acting, improvement of the financial position, seizing an opportunity or an idea, or unemployment have a significantly positive effect on product innovation behavior within recently founded new ventures.
Suggested Citation
Johanna Gast & Katherine Gundolf & Mickaël Géraudel, 2017.
"Produktinnovation in Start-ups: Die Rolle der Gründungsmotivationen von Unternehmern,"
ZfKE – Zeitschrift für KMU und Entrepreneurship, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, vol. 65(3), pages 123-149.
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RePEc:dah:aeqzfk:v65_y2017_i3_q3_p123-149
DOI: 10.3790/zfke.65.3.123
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