The art of asking the tiger for its skin: How it entrepreneurial firms leverage political institutional resources in emerging economies

Jin Chen, Bernard C.Y. Tan

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Abstract

In emerging economies, political institutions (i.e., government and its agencies), act as a major force in defining and mobilizing resources. IT entrepreneurial firms endeavor to obtain resources from political institutions, named as political institutional resources (PIRs), to overcome insurmountable handicap of resource deficiency. However, how PIRs matter remains unclear. Acknowledging this gap, this study examines the influences of PIRs on IT entrepreneurial firms in emerging economies. Drawing on the institution-based view, we first present a comprehensive typology of PIRs in emerging economies. Moreover, we develop a theoretical model to explain how PIRs shape the performance of IT entrepreneurial firms. We further provide more deep insights to see whether the impacts of PIRs depend on IT entrepreneurial firm's internal R&D resources. This study has important contributions to the theory development of the institution-based view and the practices of IT entrepreneurship in emerging economies.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInternational Conference on Information Systems 2011, ICIS 2011
Pages3592-3603
Number of pages12
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
Event32nd International Conference on Information System 2011, ICIS 2011 - Shanghai, China
Duration: 4 Dec 20117 Dec 2011

Publication series

NameInternational Conference on Information Systems 2011, ICIS 2011
Volume5

Conference

Conference32nd International Conference on Information System 2011, ICIS 2011
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShanghai
Period4/12/117/12/11

Keywords

  • Firm performance
  • IT entrepreneurial firms
  • Political institutional resources
  • Star scientists
  • The institution-based view

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Information Systems

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