Finding value in geographic diversity through prior experience and knowledge integration: a study of ventures’ innovative performance
研究发现新创企业知识网络的地理多样性过高会损害创新绩效，但创业者的广泛职业经验和企业的知识整合能力能缓解这一负面效应。
Prior research indicates that entrepreneurs with new ventures should build knowledge networks that grant access to a variety of geographic knowledge sources if they are to enhance their innovative performance. In this article, we explore entrepreneurs’ abilities to reap the benefits of the geographical configuration of their knowledge networks. Controlling for a wide range of firm-level factors, we find that a too diverse network geographically speaking, negatively impacts innovative performance. This main effect is, however, positively moderated by entrepreneurs’ breadth of prior career experience and their ventures’ knowledge integration capability.