The effect of international opportunity recognition processes on problem-solving competence: how does past negative entrepreneurial experience matter?

IF 7.6 1区 经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS Oeconomia Copernicana Pub Date : 2022-06-30 DOI:10.24136/oc.2022.017
Eduardo Terán-Yépez, David Jiménez-Castillo, Manuel Sánchez-Pérez
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Research background: Little research addresses how identifying an opportunity in the international market, whether through active search or serendipitous discovery, may have implications for the subsequent gestation behaviors. An emerging body of research suggests addressing this deficiency by focusing on the cognitive and experience-based factors that international entrepreneurs use to develop an opportunity in the foreign market once identified. Purpose of the article: The aim of this study is to explore the role of active and serendipitous international opportunity recognition (IOR) in entrepreneurs? problem-solving skills (problem-solving speed and creativity), as well as the moderating effect of past negative entrepreneurial experience (PNE) on such relationships. Methods: This study used the survey data collection method through an online self-administered questionnaire. Partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) method was used to analyze the results over a sample of Spanish international entrepreneurs. Findings & value added: The results show that entrepreneurs that have identified an international opportunity (IO) actively are better equipped to solve problems speedily than those that have discovered an IO serendipitously. In contrast, entrepreneurs who identified an IO serendipitously are better equipped to solve problems creatively. Furthermore, the impact of active search on problem-solving speed is greater for entrepreneurs without PNE, and the impact of active search on problem-solving creativity is greater for entrepreneurs with PNE. Also, it is found that PNE does not moderate serendipitous IOR relationship with problem-solving competence. These findings are relevant as they indicate that the IOR processes have implications for the subsequent gestation behaviors. Thus, the value added of this study is the combination of cognitive and experience-based factors of the international entrepreneur to enrich the link between IOR processes and IO development. These are two intertwined and interdependent processes, which, however, have been scarcely studied as a whole. The results of this research help international entrepreneurs to understand how and why the way they recognized an IO and having or not PNE influence their problem-solving skills during the IO development phase.
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研究背景:很少有研究涉及在国际市场上识别机会,无论是通过积极搜索还是偶然发现,如何对随后的妊娠行为产生影响。一个新兴的研究机构建议,通过关注国际企业家在确定后用于在外国市场开发机会的认知和经验因素来解决这一不足。本文的目的:本研究的目的是探讨积极和偶然的国际机会识别(IOR)在企业家中的作用?解决问题的技能(解决问题的速度和创造力),以及过去负面创业经验(PNE)对这种关系的调节作用。方法:本研究采用在线自填问卷的方式收集调查数据。采用偏最小二乘结构方程建模(PLS-SEM)方法对西班牙国际企业家样本的结果进行了分析。研究结果和附加值:研究结果表明,积极发现国际机会的企业家比偶然发现国际机遇的企业家更有能力快速解决问题。相比之下,那些偶然发现IO的企业家更有能力创造性地解决问题。此外,对于没有PNE的企业家来说,主动搜索对解决问题速度的影响更大,而对于患有PNE的创业者来说,主动寻找对解决问题创造力的影响更高。此外,研究发现PNE并不能调节偶然IOR与解决问题能力的关系。这些发现是相关的,因为它们表明IOR过程对随后的妊娠行为有影响。因此,本研究的附加值是国际企业家的认知和经验因素的结合,以丰富IOR过程和IO发展之间的联系。这是两个相互交织、相互依存的过程,但很少有人将其作为一个整体加以研究。这项研究的结果有助于国际企业家了解他们识别IO的方式以及是否患有PNE如何以及为什么会影响他们在IO发展阶段解决问题的技能。
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期刊介绍: The Oeconomia Copernicana is an academic quarterly journal aimed at academicians, economic policymakers, and students studying finance, accounting, management, and economics. It publishes academic articles on contemporary issues in economics, finance, banking, accounting, and management from various research perspectives. The journal's mission is to publish advanced theoretical and empirical research that contributes to the development of these disciplines and has practical relevance. The journal encourages the use of various research methods, including falsification of conventional understanding, theory building through inductive or qualitative research, first empirical testing of theories, meta-analysis with theoretical implications, constructive replication, and a combination of qualitative, quantitative, field, laboratory, and meta-analytic approaches. While the journal prioritizes comprehensive manuscripts that include methodological-based theoretical and empirical research with implications for policymaking, it also welcomes submissions focused solely on theory or methodology.
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