Entrepreneurial team formation and evolution in technology ventures: Looking beyond the top management team
基于阶段和知识视角，通过六个案例研究科技创业企业团队演化过程，发现团队演化与不同发展阶段的知识需求变化相关，并强调非高层管理员工的关键作用。
Drawing on a stage-based and knowledge-based view, this study investigates the process of team evolution in technology ventures, paying attention to top managers and other team members. In-depth analysis of six cases shows that team evolution is linked to the changing knowledge needs technology ventures face when proceeding through different development stages. In each stage, they add (1) complementary or (2) more of the same knowledge to their existing knowledge base by hiring top managers as well as non-top management employees, and redirect team members whose knowledge is no longer crucial. In particular, the study highlights the crucial role of non-top management employees for technology ventures' development.