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Manager Cross-Border Capability and Strategic Entrepreneurship: Evidence from the Chinese Pearl River Delta Region

by Jianlin Jia a  and  Mengfan Zhang b,*
a
School of Finance and Economics, Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University, Guangzhou, China
b
School of Economics, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
*
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Received: 9 July 2024 / Accepted: 26 October 2024 / Published Online: 13 January 2025

Abstract

Strategic entrepreneurship (SE) emphasizes synchronous advantage-seeking and opportunity development, an important mode for enhancing the core competitive advantage of scientific and technological innovation in enterprises and realizes sustainable innovation in a dynamic and uncertain environment. Through a questionnaire survey of 308 small- and medium-sized science and technology innovation enterprises in the Chinese Pearl River Delta region, this study explores how managers’ cross-border capability (MCC) affects the SE of science and technology innovation enterprises. Research shows an inverted U-shaped relationship between the MCC and SE of scientific and technological innovation enterprises. Organizational learning (OL) plays an intermediary role in the relationship between MCC and SE, while attention to policy positively adjusts the inverted U-shaped relationship between the MCC and SE of science and technology innovation enterprises. The regulatory effect of cross-border efforts on the relationship between MCC and SE of scientific and technological innovation enterprises is insignificant; however, they positively regulate the role of MCC in OL, which can positively impact the SE of scientific and technological innovation enterprises through OL. This study has implications for optimizing the internal and external resources of the organization, promoting the capture of innovation opportunities, and constructing competitive advantages for scientific and technological innovation enterprises.


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Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (71874057) , Talent introduction project of Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University (991641210)

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