How Start-ups’ Exploratory Learning Promote Financial Performance: The Effects of Incubators’ Business Assistance and Outbound Open Innovation

• Main Authors: Wan-Jung Ko, 柯琬容
• Other Authors: Hsien-Che Lai
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/16817315464387049864

碩士 === 國立臺南大學 === 經營與管理學系科技管理碩士班 === 104 === The purpose of this study is to explore whether incubated start-ups’ outbound open innovation and incubator business assistance respectively moderate the relationship between incubated start-ups’ exploratory learning and their financial performance. This study draws on questionnaires from 116 Taiwan’s incubated start-ups and applies regression analysis to investigate the above main argument. First, the results indicate that the incubated start-ups’ exploratory learning has a positive effect on their financial performance. Second, incubated start-ups’ outbound open innovation positively moderates the relationship between their exploratory learning and financial performance. Third, business assistance from incubator also positively moderates the relationship between incubated start-ups’ exploratory learning and financial performance.