External Knowledge Search Strategies in China's Technology Ventures: The Role of Managerial Interpretations and Ties
基于威胁刚性假说，研究中国科技企业管理者对外部环境的机遇与威胁解释如何影响外部知识搜索的广度与深度，以及管理者关系如何调节这一过程。
Abstract Drawing on the threat-rigidity hypothesis, we examine how managerial opportunity and threat interpretations of external environments affect a technology venture's choice of external knowledge search strategies in an emerging market. Results from a sample of 141 technology ventures in China reveal that opportunity interpretation directly and positively influences both the breadth and depth of external search, whereas threat interpretation directly and negatively influences only external search depth. Furthermore, managerial ties strengthen the positive relationship between opportunity interpretation and external search breadth but weaken the positive relationship on external search depth. Managerial ties weaken the negative relationship between threat interpretation and external search breadth but strengthen the negative relationship on external search depth. Implications for both research and practice are offered.