The Different Relationship of High-Tech and Low-Tech New Venture Teams´ Competencies with Venture Performances

Author

Ye, Yujian ; Xue, Xueqi ; Shen, Lan

Author_Institution

Sch. of Manage., Hangzhou Dianzi Univ.

Volume

1

fYear

2006

fDate

21-23 June 2006

Firstpage

91

Lastpage

95

Abstract

This paper tests the relationships between competencies of new venture teams (NVTs) and venture performances in high-tech firms are different from those of low-tech fields. Results show that there is no significant relationship between competencies and performances in low-tech sample. Contrarily in high-tech sample: 1) NVT´s leader´s strategy competency relates to business growth and relationship competency relates to invest efficiency and business growth; 2) Member level´s member individual competency, member complementary competency and balanced role distribution all relate to all venture performances; 3) Team level´s team knowledge, team skill and team attitude all are related to business growth

Keywords

investment; team working; NVTs leader strategy competency; balanced role distribution; business growth; high-tech firms; invest efficiency; low-tech new venture teams; member complementary competency; member individual competency; relationship competency; team attitude; team level team knowledge; team skill; venture performances; Communication industry; Companies; Demography; Innovation management; Knowledge management; Manufacturing; Performance evaluation; Resource management; Testing; US Government;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Management of Innovation and Technology, 2006 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Singapore, China

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0147-X

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0148-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMIT.2006.262226

Filename

4035800