Partnerships as an enabler of resourcefulness in generating sustainable outcomes

Moss, Todd W.; Dahik Loor, Ana Cristina; Diaz Parada, F.

doi:10.1016/j.jbusvent.2020.106089

Partnerships as an enabler of resourcefulness in generating sustainable outcomes

Journal

Journal of Business Venturing

ISSN

0883-9026

Date Issued

2022

Author(s)

Moss, Todd W.

Dahik Loor, Ana Cristina

Instituto Panamericano de Alta Dirección de Empresa (IPADE Business School)

Diaz Parada, F.

Type

text::journal::journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.jbusvent.2020.106089

URL

https://scripta.up.edu.mx/handle/20.500.12552/4324

Abstract

Resourcefulness research has provided many insights into how entrepreneurs do more with less, yet these studies are focused primarily on resourceful behaviors undertaken by singular actors. However, partnerships may also behave resourcefully to positively influence venture growth and sustainable outcomes. Through a qualitative study of 11 small enterprises in business partnerships with a common resource-rich partner in Mexico, we show how such partnerships yield uniquely resourceful behaviors. Our analysis also reveals that such partnership-based behaviors require distinct capacity building for resourcefulness. We thus extend theory by creating a process model in which resourcefulness mediates the relationship between nonmarket logics/informal governance and sustainable outcomes.