企业家出身背景与创新投入的关系研究  

A research on the relationship between entrepreneur background and innovation input

作　　者：高勇强[1] 聂雨朦 何晓斌 Gao Yongqiang;Nie Yumeng;He Xiaobin(School of Management,Huazhong University of Science and Technology,Wuhan 430074,Hubei,China;School of Social Sciences,Tsinghua University,Beijing 100084,China)

机构地区：[1]华中科技大学管理学院,湖北武汉430074 [2]清华大学社会科学学院,北京100084

出　　处：《科研管理》2023年第3期158-166,共9页Science Research Management

基　　金：国家自然科学基金重点项目:“基于跨界共享的组织竞合与突破性创新机制研究”(71832004,2019.01-2023.12)。

摘　　要：企业家个人经历对企业的战略决策如创新投入有重要影响,然而现有研究极少关注企业家的出身或初始社会阶层。本文基于烙印理论和社会阶层领域研究文献,分析了企业家初始社会阶层对创新投入的影响。来自2014年全国民(私)营企业调查数据的实证检验显示:相比于非农民企业家,农民企业家在创新上投入更多。此外,企业家创业前的工作经历(销售工作vs其他工作)和企业内的员工培训投入显著调节了农民企业家的创新投入。研究表明:企业家的初始社会阶层会给企业家留下与所处阶层相对应的“烙印”,塑造其风险偏好,进而影响其对创新活动的态度。Technological innovation not only contributes to economic update and national strength from a macro perspective,but also determines a firm's survival,comparative advantages and market value from a micro perspective.Given its importance,firm innovation has always been a hot topic in academia.In China,private firms are active players in the market,and understanding their innovative decisions can be of great account under the policy of Mass Entrepreneurship and Innovation.Existing literature has found that firm innovation can be influenced by the personal traits of decision-makers(entrepreneurs or CEOs),such as age,education,military experience,career experience,overseas experience,perceived parents'social status,native place and political connection.However,we still know little about whether the original social hierarchy of entrepreneurs plays a role in firm innovative decisions.In this study,we focus on farmer-sourced entrepreneurs and their firms'innovation input aiming to fill the research gap.By integrating imprinting theory and literature on social hierarchy,this study examines the effect of entrepreneurs'original social hierarchy on firm innovation input.Imprinting theory has argued that early life experiences can leave persistent imprint on individuals,which can influence individuals'attitudes and beliefs throughout their lives.Social hierarchy research states that people who grew up in low social hierarchy are more risk-prone.Compared with the high social hierarchy,the low social hierarchy possesses much less in terms of resources,status,opportunities,etc.This may lead them to form a mindset of"nothing to lose"in risky decisions.They would pay more attention to the potential benefits instead of potential loss when taking risks.In the Chinese context,farmers are in a relatively low social hierarchy.They own less than urban residents in the aspects of income,education,and perceived social status.Therefore,we propose that farm-sourced entrepreneurs are more risk-prone and are likely to invest more in firm inno

关 键 词：农民企业家 研发投入 烙印理论 社会阶层 

分 类 号：F272.3[经济管理—企业管理]