Exploring the Moderating Effect of Interpersonal Emotion Regulation Between the Integration of Opportunity and Resource and Entrepreneurial Performance

Abstract

This study explains how start-ups obtain a high accumulated performance by aligning and employing an integration between opportunities and resources (IOR) in a dynamic environment and whether these potential benefits are associated with interpersonal emotion regulation. Using 274 enterprise samples, the findings confirm that an IOR has a significant positive effect on entrepreneurial performance. In addition, positive emotion and interpersonal relationship regulation positively moderate the relationship between IOR and entrepreneurial performance. This paper proposes a new concept of the IOR and measures it for the first time. Then, the relationship was explored between the IOR, interpersonal emotion regulation, and entrepreneurial performance. This research not only systematically integrates opportunities and resources and avoids their separation but also helps to reveal the context of entrepreneurship research, enrich entrepreneurship theory, and expand the boundaries.

Relationship between green entrepreneurship orientation, integration of opportunity and resource capacities and sustainable competitive advantage

“…The relationship between opportunities and resources is complex, but the research on them is fragmented. The introduction of the IORC helps to clarify the connection between opportunities and resources, and makes them form an “integration effect” in the process of entrepreneurship ( Li et al, 2021 ). Reviewing the existing research, Shane and Venkataraman (2000) argued that the essence of entrepreneurial behavior is opportunity identification and opportunity utilization Brown et al (2001) and Baker and Nelson (2005) , pointed out that resource development can solve the resource constraints in the early stage of entrepreneurship, and Ge et al (2016) outlined the connotation of “the opportunity in resource” and “the resource in opportunity” from a systematic perspective.…”

“…Reviewing the existing research, Shane and Venkataraman (2000) argued that the essence of entrepreneurial behavior is opportunity identification and opportunity utilization Brown et al (2001) and Baker and Nelson (2005) , pointed out that resource development can solve the resource constraints in the early stage of entrepreneurship, and Ge et al (2016) outlined the connotation of “the opportunity in resource” and “the resource in opportunity” from a systematic perspective. Based on this, this paper takes internal and external resources as the dividing line and divides the interaction between resources and opportunities into two parts ( Li et al, 2021 ): internal integration (ITI) and external integration (ETI), as shown in Figure 1 .…”

“…ITI and ETI are distinguished based on the internal and external properties of the resource. ITI focuses on internal resource and opportunity creation, which means that enterprises create opportunities through resource patchwork and seize opportunities through resource integration ( Li et al, 2021 ). ETI, on the other hand, emphasizes the role of external resource acquisition and opportunity discovery.…”

“…The essence of entrepreneurship is to realize the maximum value of opportunity under resource constraints ( Jiang et al, 2018 ). Therefore, start-ups must follow the core rules of entrepreneurship and attach importance to matching the two core elements of opportunity and resources ( Li et al, 2021 ). There have been many studies on how to match these elements from a single perspective of either opportunity or resources.…”

Creating Extraordinary From Ordinary: High Resource Efficiency of Underdog Entrepreneurs and Its Mechanism

“…Third, this paper reveals the boundary conditions of the underdog status affecting resource efficiency. Existing research has shown that integrating an opportunity and resource perspective can improve entrepreneurial performance in individuals with high levels of vocational interests, grit, and regulated emotions ( Arco-Tirado et al, 2019 ; Bergner, 2020 ; Li et al, 2021 ). This research shifts the benefit of a group of underdog entrepreneurs from internal psychological capital to external environmental-related factors.…”