声明
LIST OF ACRONYMS
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
1.1Background of theStudy
1.2 Research Problem
1.3Research Objectives, Questions and Significance
1.3.1 Research Objectives
1.3.2 Research Questions
1.3.3Significance of the Research
1.4 Research Content
1.5 Study Roadmap
1.6 Study Methodological Description
1.7Innovation of the Research
1.8Thesis Structure and Organization
CHAPTER 2 THEORETICAL UNDERPINNING AND LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Definitions of Key Terms
2.1.1 Entrepreneurship
2.1.2 Entrepreneur Behavior
2.1.3 Network
2.1.4 Innovation
2.1.5 Self-organization
2.2Relevant Theories underpinning the Study
2.2.1 Human Capital Theory
2.2.2 Resource-basedTheory
2.2.3 Social Network Theory
2.2.4 Innovation Theory
2.3 Literature Review
2.3.1 Entrepreneurship Development in China since the Opening up Policy
2.3.2The Effect of Innovativeness on Competitive Advantage and Venture Performance
2.3.3The Effect of Network Behavioron Self-organized Venture Performance
2.3.4 Guanxi
2.2.5Social Network as a means for Self-organized Business Ventures
2.3.6The effect of Tacit Knowledge on Network Behavior and Venture Performance
2.3.7The Effect of Social Capitalon Network Behavior and Venture Performance
2.3.8The Effect of Competitive Advantageon Innovativeness and Venture Performance
2.3.9The Effect of Human Capitalon Innovativeness and Competitive Advantage
CHAPTER 3 CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK AND HYPOTHESES DEVELOPMENT
3.1 Introduction
3.1.1 Entrepreneur Behavior Mechanisms
3.1.2 Tacit Knowledge
3.1.3 Social Capital
3.1.4 Competitive Advantage
3.1.5 Human Capital
3.1.6 Self-organized Business Venture Performance
3.2 Hypotheses Development and Formulation
3.2.1 The Relationship between Network Behavior and Venture Performance
3.3.2Social Capital,Network Behavior and Self-organized Venture Performance Relationships
3.3.3Network Behavior,Tacit knowledge and Venture Performance Relationships
3.3.4The Relationship Between Innovative Behavior and Venture Performance
3.3.5 Competitive Advantage,Innovativeness and Startup Performance Relationships
3.3.6 Human Capital, Innovativeness and Venture Performance Relationships
CHAPTER4 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
4.1 Positivist View
4.2 Empirical-analytic Approach
4.3 Research Design
4.3.1 Data Collection Methods
4.3.2 Questionnaire Development
4.3.3 Survey Administration and Sample Selection
4.4 Ethical Considerations
4.5Procedure of Analysis and Application of Models
4.5.1 Structural Equation Modeling(AMOS)
4.5.2 Logistic Regression
CHAPTER 5 ANALYSIS ON ENTREPRENEUR BEHAVIOUR MECHANISMS ON SELF-ORGANISED VENTURE PERFORMANCE(STUDY 1)
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Materials and Methods
5.3Results on Entrepreneur Network Behavior Mechanism
5.3.1Path Analysis of the Structural Model
5.3.2 Mediation Analysis
5.3.4Testing of Hypotheses
5.4Factor Analysis on Innovative behavior Mechanisms
5.5Results on Innovative Behavior Mechanisms
5.5.1Path Analysis of the Structural Model
5.5.2The Model’s Total,Direct and Indirect Effects
5.5.3 Mediation Analysis
5.5.4Testing of Hypotheses
CHAPTER 6 ANALYSIS ON THE EFFECT OF HUMAN CAPITAL ON INNOVATIVENESS AND VENTURE PERFORMANCE (CASE STUDY 2)
6.1The link between Innovativeness, Competitive Advantage and Human Capital
6.2Materials and Methods
6.3Study and Theoretical Models
6.4Measurement of Study Variables
6.5 Descriptive Statistics
6.6 Outcome of Logistic Regression
6.7 Cross Examination of Hypotheses against Empirical Results
CHAPTER 7 STUDY RESULTS DISCUSSION
7.1Entrepreneur Network Behavior and Self-organized Venture Performance
7.1.1 The Link Between Network Behavior and Venture Performance
7.1.2 The Role of Social Capital in Network and Venture Performance
7.1.3 The Association Between Network,Tacit Knowledge Acquisition and Venture Performance
7.2 Innovative Behavior and Startup Venture Performance
7.2.1The Connection Between Entrepreneur Innovativeness and Startup Performance
7.2.2 Innovative Behavior,Competitive Advantage and Startups Performance
7.3Human Capital,Innovative Behavior and Venture Performance
7.4Discussion on Hypotheses
CHAPTER 8 CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS
8.1 Conclusions
8.2The Contribution,Implications and Recommendations of the Study
8.2.1Contribution of the Study
8.2.2Implications of the Study
8.2.3Study Recommendations
8.3The way Forward for Future Research
8.4Study Limitations
参考文献
THESIS FUNDING
致谢
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
APPENDIX
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