Resource combination activities and new venture growth: Exploring the role of effectuation, causation, and entrepreneurs’ gender
研究基于250家中国新创企业数据，发现资源组合活动通过效果逻辑正向促进企业成长，而因果逻辑起负向中介作用，且创业者性别调节了这两种中介效应。
Drawing on effectuation theory and the theory of firm growth, our study introduces effectuation and causation as the mediators to explore the mechanism of resource combination activities and new venture growth. Using a sample of 250 new ventures in China, our research finds that effectuation positively mediates the relationship between resource combination activities and new venture growth; whereas, causation plays a negative mediated role. Furthermore, results show that the entrepreneurs’ gender influences the mediated effect of causation and effectuation. Specifically, female entrepreneurs enhance the positive effect of effectuation; whereas, male entrepreneurs weaken the negative effect of causation.