Yanhong Ding

My research focuses on entrepreneurship, specifically entrepreneurial decision-making, entrepreneurial performance, and field experiments. I have conducted a field experiment in entrepreneurial decision-making in China. 

I will be attending the Academy of Management Annual Meeting in Chicago this August and is available for interviews.

JOB MARKET PAPER

Better Shelter, Worse Entrepreneurial Performance: Evidence from China’s One-Child Policy
Family resources play an influential role in entrepreneurship. However, what remains unclear is whether family resources benefit the performance of entrepreneurs. On one hand, family resources help to improve entrepreneurs’ development chances; nevertheless, easy access to family resources may weaken their entrepreneurial capabilities and spirits. We use China’s one-child policy as a “trick” to uncover the effect of access to family resources on entrepreneurial performance. We find that only-child entrepreneurs perform worse than non-only-child entrepreneurs. In particular, the higher risk aversion of only-child entrepreneurs serves as a mechanism; higher reliance on family resources is another mechanism, but it applies to firms outside of high-tech industries and self-employed businesses. Our analyses show significant disadvantages of only-child entrepreneurs, providing support to the anti-resource from a family view.

PUBLICATIONS

• Camuffo, A., Ding, Y., & Gambardella, A. (2022). A scientific approach to entrepreneurial decision-making: An introduction and potential extension in China. Quarterly Journal of Management, 4:1-18. (Co-first authorship, authors are listed in an alphabetical order)

   

WORKING PAPERS

• (Job market paper) Ding, Y. & Xie, H. Better shelter, worse entrepreneurial performance: Evidence from China’s one-child policy (Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, under review) 

   

• Camuffo, A., Ding, Y., & Gambardella, A. The absorption of a scientific approach to entrepreneurial decision-making: Evidence from a field experiment in China (To be submitted to Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal in August 2024) (Co-first authorship, authors are listed in an alphabetical order)

   

• Ding, Y. & Xie, H. Stand by or come inside: The effect of entrepreneurs’ access to family resources and family involvement on innovation in start-ups (To be submitted to Journal of Business Venturing in July 2024) 

   

• Ding, Y. Generalist vs. specialist: The effect of different experience on the absorption of a scientific approach to entrepreneurial decision-making (finished field experiment, data analysis stage) 

   

• Ding, Y. What does not ‘kill’ entrepreneurs make them stronger: Evidence from a quasi-experiment (data analysis stage)

   

• Ding, Y. Sibling dynamics and entrepreneurial performance (data analysis stage)