Implications of Social Cohesion in Entrepreneurial Collaboration: a Conceptual Model and Research Propositions
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Implications of Social Cohesion in Entrepreneurial Collaboration: a Conceptual Model and Research Propositions Jawad Minhas 1 & Stavros Sindakis 2,3 Received: 14 November 2019 / Accepted: 12 November 2020/ # Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2020
Abstract This paper explores how the moderation of social cohesion could sustain optimal synergy in entrepreneurial collaboration. Modern firms increasingly engage entrepreneurs in the pursuit of innovation as a means to gain competitive advantage. Managers that oversee such initiatives are hesitant to interfere with the social linkages between entrepreneurs fearing that they will somehow upset the creative process. The consensus that entrepreneurs are inherently collaborative and adept at mitigating conflict also fuels this hands-off approach. Using a systematic literature review, the authors demonstrate that, without moderation of social cohesion, the expectation of sustainable innovation arising from the entrepreneurial collaboration is unwise. Organisations may overspend time, money, and technological assets without successful innovation occurring. The dangers range from poor and even risky decision-making to group disintegration. This paper proposes a conceptual model and research propositions to steer future research in managerial interventions designed to moderate social cohesion towards sustaining optimal synergy amongst collaborating entrepreneurs. This paper concludes with a commentary on the implications to business, society, public policy, and teaching. Keywords Social cohesion . Entrepreneurial collaboration . Organisational synergy .
Innovation
* Jawad Minhas [email protected] Stavros Sindakis [email protected]; [email protected]
1
University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK
2
Department of Management, College of Business Administration, University of Sharjah, Sharjah University City, P.O. Box 27272, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
3
National Research Base of Intelligent Manufacturing Service, Chongqing Technology and Business University, Chongqing 400067, China
Journal of the Knowledge Economy
Introduction Bringing entrepreneurs together to support innovation is a growing trend across the globe for organisations seeking to overcome market challenges (Carayannis et al. 2014; Carayannis et al. 2015; Chen et al. 2017; Frigotto 2016). This paper develops a conceptual model in support of sustaining innovative capacity in entrepreneurial collaboration following a systematic literature review of the topic by the authors. A rigorous selection process was undertaken to identify academic resources. Concepts related to the topic of this study were traced rather than any particular bias or viewpoint held by the authors (Klopper et al. 2007; MacLure et al. 2016; Webster and Watson 2002). This methodological approach reveals many favourable, inherent qualities of individual entrepreneurs that encourage their collaboration. In particular, consensus supports the notion that entrepreneurs introduce n
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