TY - JOUR
T1 - All in Good Time? Founders' Age, Gender, and Patenting in New Technology Ventures
AU - Pathak, Seemantini Madhukar
AU - Ofem, Brandon
AU - Uzuegbunam, Ikenna Stanley-Paschal
N1 - Prior research has documented demographic differences in patenting within scientific and academic sectors, but limited scholarship has explored how founders' age and gender composition affect patenting in the context of technology entrepreneurship, a setting where the formation and protection of intellectual property is of critical strategic importance.
PY - 2018/7/1
Y1 - 2018/7/1
N2 - Prior research has documented demographic differences in patenting within scientific and academic sectors, but limited scholarship has explored how founders’ age and gender composition affect patenting in the context of technology entrepreneurship, a setting where the formation and protection of intellectual property is of critical strategic importance. In this study, we investigate the age-related and gender mechanisms that underpin differences in patenting for technology entrepreneurs. We theorize that there is a curvilinear association between founders’ age and patenting, with distinct generational effects based on gender composition of the founding team. Leveraging a global sample of 2851 new technology ventures across several industries, our analysis supports our hypotheses and provides empirical evidence of the powerful role of gender heterogeneity in understanding the complex relationship between new venture team characteristics and innovation.
AB - Prior research has documented demographic differences in patenting within scientific and academic sectors, but limited scholarship has explored how founders’ age and gender composition affect patenting in the context of technology entrepreneurship, a setting where the formation and protection of intellectual property is of critical strategic importance. In this study, we investigate the age-related and gender mechanisms that underpin differences in patenting for technology entrepreneurs. We theorize that there is a curvilinear association between founders’ age and patenting, with distinct generational effects based on gender composition of the founding team. Leveraging a global sample of 2851 new technology ventures across several industries, our analysis supports our hypotheses and provides empirical evidence of the powerful role of gender heterogeneity in understanding the complex relationship between new venture team characteristics and innovation.
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2018.17474abstract
U2 - 10.5465/ambpp.2018.17474abstract
DO - 10.5465/ambpp.2018.17474abstract
M3 - Article
VL - 2018
JO - Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings
JF - Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings
ER -