We investigate the impact of entrepreneurs' cross-cultural experience on new venture performance. Drawing on social cognitive theory, we examine how two socio-cognitive traits, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, and alertness to opportunities moderate the relationship between cross-cultural experience and new venture performance. We adopt a multi-method approach. In Study 1, we implement an experiment on a sample of 177 participants enrolled in an innovation and entrepreneurship program. In Study 2, we conduct a field survey of 65 entrepreneurs with varying cross-cultural experience. Our findings suggest that cross-cultural experience has a positive effect on new venture performance, and that entrepreneurial self-efficacy and alertness to opportunities bolster this relationship. Our research contributes to entrepreneurship research in a cross-cultural context and to the growing literature regarding individual cognitions in entrepreneurship.

我们调查了企业家的跨文化经历对新企业绩效的影响。借鉴社会认知理论，我们研究了创业自我效能感和对机会的警觉性这两个社会认知特征如何调节跨文化体验与新企业绩效之间的关系。我们 采用多种方法。在研究 1 中，我们对样本进行了实验 177 名参与者参加了创新和创业计划。在研究 2 中，我们对 65 位具有不同跨文化经验的企业家进行了实地调查。我们的研究结果表明，跨文化体验对新创企业的绩效有积极影响，而创业自我效能感和对机会的警觉性加强了这种关系。我们的研究有助于跨文化背景下的创业研究，以及不断增长的关于个体创业认知的文献。