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Understanding the relationship between networks, startup risk-taking behaviour, and digitalization: the role of ecosystem coopetition

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  • Yang, Junping
  • Zhu, Min
  • Zhang, Mengjie
  • Yao, Kai

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Technology that develops rapidly has profoundly affected the business field and reshaped some behaviours of corporations, and the discussion on startup risk-taking behaviour in the new era is still insufficient. Based on social network theory and social capital theory, this article studies how social networks and entrepreneurial ecosystems support startup risk-taking behaviour. This article cuts into this issue through the perspective of coopetition. Based on 737 responses, this article employs regression and fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis to explore the relationships between networks, ecosystem coopetition, and risk-taking behaviour. Results indicate that networks and coopetition may stimulate startup risk-taking behaviour, and coopetition may weaken the impacts of networks. There are replacement effects between different characteristics of networks, and there are several configurations, which may lead to high-level risk-taking. This article may help us understand startup risk-taking behaviour in the digital era and the positive impacts of ecosystems.

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  • Yang, Junping & Zhu, Min & Zhang, Mengjie & Yao, Kai, 2024. "Understanding the relationship between networks, startup risk-taking behaviour, and digitalization: the role of ecosystem coopetition," Journal of Management & Organization, Cambridge University Press, vol. 30(6), pages 2275-2299, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jomorg:v:30:y:2024:i:6:p:2275-2299_33
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