Which Entrepreneurs are Coachable and Why?
研究利用大学孵化器中高增长创业公司的数据，发现公司特征能预测哪些公司会遵循建议，但这些“可指导”的公司并不更可能取得积极成果，因为拒绝建议可能源于固执或拥有外部难以观察的能力。
Is coachability a usable concept for startups? Using a dataset on high-growth startups in a prominent university incubator, we show that firm characteristics do predict which firms are likely to follow advice but that these “coachable” firms are not more likely to achieve positive outcomes. The reason is that advice may be rejected either because the firm is stubborn and uncoachable, or because the firm possesses capabilities related to the advice which is hard for outsiders to observe.