Business Model Innovation and Young Firm Performance: The Role of Founder Personality
研究了商业模式创新对年轻企业绩效的影响，以及创始人工作狂和自恋特质如何强化这一关系，基于俄罗斯205家年轻企业的数据。
This article seeks to analyze the relationship between business model innovation (BMI) and young firm performance, and the impact of founder's personal characteristics on this relationship. Drawing on the resource-based view and strategic leadership theory, we examine the moderating role of founder workaholism on the relationship between BMI and young firm performance and the moderating effect of founder narcissism on the moderating role of founder workaholism on the BMI–young firm performance relationship. Using a sample of 205 young firms from Russia, we demonstrate that BMI positively relates to young firm performance, whereas founder narcissism and workaholism have a reinforcing effect on this relationship. We discuss the implications of our study for both theory and practice.