Impact of entrepreneurial orientation on the performance of new ventures in China: the roles of entrepreneurial bricolage and opportunity recognition

Purpose>This study aims to examine how entrepreneurial orientation affects new venture performance in a dynamic environment. The authors examine whether entrepreneurial bricolage and opportunity recognition mediate the effect of entrepreneurial orientation on new venture performance and whether environmental dynamics moderate the above effects.Design/methodology/approach>This study uses questionnaires to collect data. The sample includes responses of managers from 274 new Chinese ventures. Regression analysis and bootstrapping are used to test the hypotheses.Findings>Entrepreneurial bricolage and opportunity recognition play mediating roles between entrepreneurial orientation and new venture performance. Environmental dynamism positively moderates the relationship between opportunity recognition and new venture performance.Practical implications>In a dynamic environment, new ventures should strengthen their entrepreneurial orientation, which would gradually improve their performance by improving their entrepreneurial bricolage and opportunity recognition ability.Originality/value>This study innovatively explains the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and new venture performance from the perspectives of “flexible solutions to current problems” and “discovering and grasping potential new opportunities.” It does so by using the concepts of entrepreneurial bricolage and entrepreneurial opportunity identification in the context of a dynamic environment.

Distance learning during COVID-19: Differences in environmental dynamics between rural and major suburban elementary schools

COVID-19 forced schools to look at education differently within a matter of days. Some schools were prepared, and education flowed continuously, while others were left scrambling. Numerous initiatives have encouraged distance learning during the quarantine period to help students continue in their education. Utilizing a mixed-methods design, this study looks at elementary schools located in two different types of school districts (major suburban and rural), and the environmental dynamics that affected distance learning during COVID-19 school closures. Teachers from both types of schools were asked to complete a survey with 24 Likert-like items, and four open response items.The analysis indicated that major suburban schools rated community and home environmental factors higher than the rural schools, showing that they considered community and home factors to be less of a negative impact than their rural counterparts. However, when considering the schools' environmental dynamics, there was only a four-point difference between the major suburban and rural schools' ratings. When the open-ended items were evaluated, three central themes emerged;(a) technology availability and dependability;(b) parental support availability and capability;and finally, (c) teacher training and support. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)