Abstract
While prior research has indicated the powerful impact of conflicts between entrepreneurs and early-stage investors, causes of conflicts are still not well understood. We use the attention-based view of the firm and conflict theory to examine the influence of investors’ strategic involvement on entrepreneur-investor task conflict as perceived by the entrepreneur. Based on a sample of 100 German ventures, we find that entrepreneurs experience higher levels of task conflict with their investors when early-stage investors take on an active strategic role. Our study reveals that the receptiveness for investor’s strategic input furthermore depends upon the extent to which an entrepreneur trusts the investor.
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