Huang Bo, Song Jianmin, Jing Yanguo, Xie Yi, Li Yuyu
School of Economics and Business Administration, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China.
Faculty of Business, Computing and Digital Industries, Leeds Trinity University, Coventry, United Kingdom.
Front Psychol. 2022 Sep 29;13:940273. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.940273. eCollection 2022.
Although lean search is seen as an important action in lean startup, previous studies have less knowledge on how to realize it, especially in the face of traditional plans that cannot cope with sudden changes in the environment. To fill the research gap, this study investigates the effects of improvisation (exploitative, explorative, and ambidextrous improvisation) on lean search. Meanwhile, this research also discusses the moderating effects of entrepreneurial team heterogeneity and the environmental uncertainty to identify the boundary conditions of this relationship. Supported by the cross-sectional data from 203 Chinese startups, the results show that explorative and ambidextrous improvisation are positively associated with lean search. However, the effect of exploitative improvisation on lean search is unsupported. Additionally, technology uncertainty positively moderates the relationship between exploitative improvisation and lean search. Market uncertainty positively moderates the relationship between explorative improvisation and lean search. However, the entrepreneurial team heterogeneity negatively moderates the relationship between ambidextrous improvisation and lean search. These findings contribute to understanding how startups could conduct lean search in a rapidly changing environment, which provides theoretical guidance for improving the success rate of startups.
尽管精益探索被视为精益创业中的一项重要行动，但以往的研究对如何实现精益探索了解较少，尤其是在面对无法应对环境突然变化的传统计划时。为了填补这一研究空白，本研究考察了即兴发挥（利用性、探索性和二元性即兴发挥）对精益探索的影响。同时，本研究还探讨了创业团队异质性和环境不确定性的调节作用，以确定这种关系的边界条件。在来自203家中国初创企业的横截面数据支持下，结果表明探索性和二元性即兴发挥与精益探索呈正相关。然而，利用性即兴发挥对精益探索的影响未得到支持。此外，技术不确定性正向调节利用性即兴发挥与精益探索之间的关系。市场不确定性正向调节探索性即兴发挥与精益探索之间的关系。然而，创业团队异质性负向调节二元性即兴发挥与精益探索之间的关系。这些发现有助于理解初创企业如何在快速变化的环境中进行精益探索，为提高初创企业的成功率提供了理论指导。
