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| Founders’ Passion for Inventing, Action Learning and Resource Bricolage |
| LU Xifeng，SHAN Biaoan，LI Yang，MA Jing |
| 1. Jilin University of Finance and Economics， Changchun， China；2. Enterprise Finance and Accounting Research Center of Jilin Province, Changchun, China; 3. Jilin University， Changchun， China） |
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Abstract Through the empirical analysis of 183 new venture samples from Zheng Zhou and Chang Chun cities in China, this study explores the influence mechanism of founders’ passion for inventing the new venture bricolage, tests the relationship between passion for inventing and resource bricolage, and reveals the mediating role of action learning. It is found that ① passion for inventing has a positive effect on bricolage; ② action learning provides founders with highly situational knowledge of how to creatively utilize the resources at hand, and positively influences the bricolage of new venture;③ action learning plays a positive mediating role in the process of the impact of passion for inventing on bricolage of new ventures. That is to say, passion for inventing will trigger founders to promote bricolage through learning in practice.
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Received: 05 September 2018
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