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Disentangling the Effects of New Venture Team Functional Heterogeneity on New Venture Performance

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  • Uwe Cantner

    (School of Economics and Business Administration, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena)

  • Maximilian Goethner

    (Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Department of Economics, DFG-GK-1411 "The Economics of Innovative Change")

  • Michael Stuetzer

    (Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Department of Economics, DFG-GK-1411 "The Economics of Innovative Change")

Abstract

Previous research on entrepreneurial teams has failed to settle the controversy over whether team heterogeneity helps or hinders new venture performance. Reconciling this inconsistency, this paper suggests a new conceptual approach to disentangle differential effects of team heterogeneity by modeling two separate heterogeneity dimensions, namely knowledge scope and knowledge disparity. Analyzing unique data on functional experiences of the members of 337 start-up teams, we find support for our contention of team heterogeneity as a two-dimensional concept. Results suggest that knowledge disparity negatively relates to both start-ups' entrepreneurial and innovative performance. In contrast, we find knowledge scope to positively affect entrepreneurial performance, while it shows an inverse U-shaped relationship to innovative start-up performance.

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  • Uwe Cantner & Maximilian Goethner & Michael Stuetzer, 2010. "Disentangling the Effects of New Venture Team Functional Heterogeneity on New Venture Performance," Jena Economics Research Papers 2010-029, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena.
    • Handle: RePEc:jrp:jrpwrp:2010-029
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    2. Mark T. Schenkel & Rodney R. D'Souza & Charles H. Matthews, 2012. "Entrepreneurial Capital: Examining Linkages In Human And Social Capital Of New Ventures," Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 17(02), pages 1-25.
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    4. Jolien Roelandt & Petra Andries & Mirjam Knockaert, 2022. "The contribution of board experience to opportunity development in high-tech ventures," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 58(3), pages 1627-1645, March.
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    6. Elisabeth Bublitz & Michael Fritsch & Michael Wyrwich, 2015. "Balanced Skills and the City: An Analysis of the Relationship between Entrepreneurial Skill Balance, Thickness, and Innovation," Economic Geography, Clark University, vol. 91(4), pages 475-508, October.
    7. Uwe Cantner & Tina Wolf, 2018. "The Selective Nature of Innovator Networks: From the Nascent to the Early Growth Phase of the Organizational Life Cycle," Studies on Entrepreneurship, Structural Change and Industrial Dynamics, in: Serena Cubico & Giuseppe Favretto & João Leitão & Uwe Cantner (ed.), Entrepreneurship and the Industry Life Cycle, pages 175-204, Springer.
    8. Rosendahl Huber, Laura & Sloof, Randolph & van Praag, Mirjam C., 2014. "Jacks-of-All-Trades? The Effect of Balanced Skills on Team Performance," IZA Discussion Papers 8237, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    9. Laura Lecluyse & Mirjam Knockaert & Annelore Huyghe, 2023. "It is not because it is offered that it is used: an investigation into firm-level determinants of use intensity of buffering services in science parks," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 61(1), pages 85-104, June.

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    Keywords

    Entrepreneurial teams; New venture performance; Team heterogeneity; Team diversity;
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    JEL classification:

    • L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
    • M13 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - New Firms; Startups
    • L25 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Performance

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