How entrepreneurial learning and capability interact to influence new farmer entrepreneurial performance in China: A configuration analysis based on fsQCA

With the comprehensive promotion of rural revitalization strategy, new farmers play an increasingly critical role in Chinese farmers' entrepreneurship. Taking 438 Chinese new farmers' entrepreneurship cases as samples, this study uses fsQCA method based on entrepreneurial learning and entrepreneurial capability theories to investigate the influences of exploratory learning, exploitative learning, opportunity capability, and resource capability on new farmers' entrepreneurial performance. Findings show that entrepreneurial learning and capability jointly affect new farmers' entrepreneurial performance. There are three configuration paths towards high entrepreneurial performance: resource capability path, exploratory learning and opportunity capability path, and the exploitative learning and opportunity capability path. The findings reveal the synergistic effects of entrepreneurial learning and capability on performance, and deepen the research on influencing mechanism and path of new farmers’ entrepreneurial performance.