题目: Does new venture team power hierarchy enhance or impair new venture performance? A contingency perspective

演讲人: 冯雯，浙江大学管理学院

时间：2021年01月05日 星期二14:30-16:00

地点：同济大厦A楼901会议室

演讲摘要：

Power hierarchy has the potential to both benefit and harm the functioning of new venture teams (NVTs) and hence new venture performance. Integrating structural contingency theory with the literature on power hierarchy, we propose that the effect of NVT power hierarchy on new venture performance is contingent on NVT homogeneity (as indicated by functional background homogeneity and shared team experience) and the powerholder’s prior founding experience. Specifically, we propose that the effect of NVT power hierarchy on new venture performance will be positive when NVT homogeneity is low but negative when NVT homogeneity is high. Furthermore, this positive (negative) effect under low (high) NVT homogeneity will be strengthened by the powerholder’s prior founding experience. Based on a five-year panel data of 285 new Internet ventures listed on the National Equities Exchange and Quotations (NEEQ) in China combined with qualitative fieldwork, our hypotheses received general support. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of our findings on how NVTs should design power structures to achieve optimal new venture performance.

演讲嘉宾简介：

冯雯博士毕业于浙江大学管理学院领导力与组织管理学系，她的研究聚焦于创业团队、权力与地位以及数字化转型中的团队动力学。她的研究成果发表在Journal of Business Venturing、《心理学报》等国内外组织行为与创新创业领域的重要期刊上。