Effect Of Entrepreneurial Orientation Research Articles

Reconciling Entrepreneurial Orientation and Dynamic Capabilities: A Strategic Entrepreneurship Perspective

Strategic entrepreneurship (SE) emphasises the complementary roles played by entrepreneurship and strategic management in promoting firm growth. This article adopts two dominant concepts from each field—entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and dynamic capabilities (DCs)—to investigate their interaction effects on firm performance (FP). It further examines three contingencies—firm, market and product innovation—that significantly affect the levels of EO and DCs that firms pursue. This study analyses the influence of EO and DCs on performance using hierarchical regression models. Interaction effects of EO and DCs on FP demonstrate a positive relationship. This study found that DCs are more critical for incumbent firms than for small firms. Both EO and DCs enhance performance in dynamic markets. The EO increases performance under radical product innovation, while DCs show no effects. This study provides important and unique implications for the complementary roles of entrepreneurship and strategic management.

A Meta-Analysis on the Effect of Entrepreneurial Orientation and Social Capital on the Startup Performance

A Meta-Analysis on the Effect of Entrepreneurial Orientation and Social Capital on the Startup Performance

Firm-level entrepreneurship and international performance: A simultaneous examination of orientation and action

Relying on the resource-based view and contingency analysis, this study aims to investigate the relationship between firm-level entrepreneurship (FLE) and international performance among Iranian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The environment is considered as a moderating factor which enables us to discuss the results more precisely. To draw a more holistic picture of entrepreneurship in existing companies, both orientation and action are included in the research model. A survey study of 140 SMEs using a partial least squares structural equation modelling analysis demonstrated a negative effect of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) on international performance, but a positive impact for corporate entrepreneurship (CE). Environmental dynamism (ED) appeared as an insignificant moderator, while environmental hostility (EH) significantly moderated the effect of EO on international performance. The unexpected results of this study, especially in the case of EO, add new insights on the FLE research of smaller companies. When SMEs are performing in a business network, cooperation becomes the priority, and any type of opportunistic behaviour which harms the trust weakens their collective performance.

Organizational network and strategic business performance

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to address the key issues, how organizational networks influence the strategic business performance (SBP) through the mediating role of organizational flexibility, and the moderating role of entrepreneurial orientation (EO). Contextualizing small and medium enterprises in developing countries, the authors have developed and tested a theoretical model of SBP to provide a framework for analyzing its major antecedents.Design/methodology/approachThis research used a quantitative approach with cross-sectional data. The authors used correlation, regression and Baron and Kenny Approach (Causal Step Approach) for analyzing the data collected from 737 CEOs/MDs/owners of different small and medium enterprises to test the theoretical model developed for this study.FindingsFindings revealed that organizational flexibility mediates the relationship between organizational network and SBP. Furthermore, stronger EO strengthens the relationship between organizational flexibility and SBP.Originality/valueThis study contributes in two ways: first, it provides empirical evidences that how to flourish the mechanism of SBP in SMEs. Second, this work contributes to understand the effects of organizational networks, flexibility and EO on SBP.

Exploring the Role of Entrepreneurial Team Characteristics on Entrepreneurial Orientation

This study explores the role of entrepreneurial teams’ characteristics as determinants of entrepreneurial orientation (EO). Previous literature usually assumed the determinants of EO as given, and focused on the performance effects of EO. Although some theoretical concerns shed light on the role of entrepreneurial team influences on EO, a direct analysis of such positive association has so far been limited. This current study examines the positive influences of top talents and the possible influence of functional diversity of entrepreneurial teams on EO, as well as those of entrepreneur’s human and social capital. The results of 1,228 Korean business venture samples showed that the level of EO is determined by both the entrepreneurial team characteristics, such as human and social capital, and the existence of marketing top talents. However, supplementary subgroup analyses showed that these positive effects of an entrepreneurial team’s characteristics on EO are significant for the sample of “founders stay,” whereas the positive influence of an entrepreneurial team’s diversity as well as the existence of marketing top talents are significant for the sample of “founders left.” Based on these results, theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

Business intelligence and competitiveness: the mediating role of entrepreneurial orientation

PurposeThis study aims to investigate the influence of business intelligence (BI) in startups competitiveness, contributing to a gap in literature as this relationship is normally more focused on stablished businesses. The mediating role of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) was taken in to account in the proposed research model.Design/methodology/approachThe model was tested using structural equation modeling. A total of 228 valid questionnaires were collected from a research sample comprised of incubated startups from several European countries.FindingsThe results point to significant mediating role of EO in the impact of BI on competitiveness. The direct impact of BI on competitiveness was not confirmed.Research limitations/implicationsThe results highlight the importance that BI can have in startups competitiveness, namely, reinforcing the role of pro-activeness, innovativeness and risk taking – the traditional dimensions of EO, providing the information needed for more supported decisions.Originality/valueAlthough there are several approaches to BI, namely, in a more technical perspective, this paper addresses the topic in a managerial and decisional point of view, and studies it regarding his impact in startups competitiveness, thru the mediating effect of EO.

The Effect of Creativity of Executives on Innovative Performance of Firms: Focusing on the Mediating Effects of Entrepreneurial Orientation and Technological Innovation Orientation of Research Organization

The Effect of Creativity of Executives on Innovative Performance of Firms: Focusing on the Mediating Effects of Entrepreneurial Orientation and Technological Innovation Orientation of Research Organization

Innovation pathway to profitability: the role of entrepreneurial orientation and marketing capabilities

Drawing from the marketing capabilities and innovation literatures, we identify aprocess by which a firm’s entrepreneurial orientation impacts profits and show that it is dependent on marketing capabilities. Using a half-longitudinal design we integrate survey data with performance metrics over two time periods, from a sample of 190 firms. While the effect of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) on innovation is enhanced by architectural marketing capabilities, the effect of innovation outcomes on profits is enhanced by specialized marketing capabilities. Ultimately, the pathway from EO to performance, mediated by innovation, is positively significant at higher levels of both marketing capabilities. The results uncovered using Bayesian conditional process modeling, are robust to alternate model specifications, endogeneity tests, and provide insights into the capabilities-based understanding of entrepreneurism-marketing interface. We discuss resource allocation implications for managers as they attempt to maximize profits through innovation.

Exploring the role of entrepreneurial orientation in clean technology ventures

While the positive impact of entrepreneurial orientation on business performance is broadly acknowledged, it is uncertain whether this effect also holds for sustainable performance indicators. This paper explores the moderating effects of environmental mission, stakeholder influence and firm age on the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and environmental performance and contrasts this with the effects on business performance. Data from 150 clean technology ventures supports that entrepreneurial orientation increases environmental performance. The effect of entrepreneurial orientation on environmental performance is significantly higher in the context of a strong environmental mission and strong stakeholder influence. While no significant interaction between entrepreneurial orientation and firm age exists with regard to environmental performance, this study finds that the younger the firm, the higher the leverage that entrepreneurial orientation has on its business performance. The results offer important insights on the role of entrepreneurial orientation in sustainable business contexts.

Effects of entrepreneurial orientation on start-up success: A gender perspective

Effects of entrepreneurial orientation on start-up success: A gender perspective

The effect of entrepreneurial orientation on Bangladeshi SME performance: Role of organizational culture

The effect of entrepreneurial orientation on Bangladeshi SME performance: Role of organizational culture

Effect of External Network On the Innovative Performance - Focused on the Moderating Effects of Entrepreneurial Orientation-

Effect of External Network On the Innovative Performance - Focused on the Moderating Effects of Entrepreneurial Orientation-

Entrepreneurial orientation, network brokerage, and firm performance

Arguing that entrepreneurial firms will adopt different behavioural strategies than their competitors, we find that firms exhibiting high levels of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) are more likely to obtain brokerage positions in their networks to external partners. Acting as brokers allows entrepreneurial firms to benefit with respect to the acquisition of important resources such as information and knowledge, which ultimately has positive effects on their performance. In other words, network brokerage represents an important strategic behaviour allowing firms to translate their EO into higher performance levels. Using data from 82 high-tech companies, we find that consistent with our theoretical assumption network brokerage partially mediates the EO-performance relationship and hence represents a missing link when studying the performance-related effects of EO.

Antecedents of green market performance: a case from Southeast Asian market

This empirical research was conducted to investigate the effect of entrepreneurial orientation on the uniqueness of green products and market performance through green exploitative and explorative product capabilities, explorative and exploitative market penetration, and examining the effect of the uniqueness of green products on market performance. The exploitation and exploration of green product capabilities was considered as the antecedents and postulated as the driver of the uniqueness of green products, while exploitative and explorative market penetration were considered as the antecedents of market effectiveness. The current study proposes nine hypotheses. The statistical output showed that all hypotheses significantly affect green product differentiation and market performance but explorative market penetration is proven insignificant for leveraging market effectiveness. Data was collected from 1300 respondents charged as operational, sales, and marketing managers in Indonesia and several other Southeast Asian countries. Data was analysed using SEM with AMOS Statistical Software. This research demonstrated that green exploration and exploitation approaches to new product development practices hold a strategic anchor for enhancing green product differentiation and market performance.

Peran Orientasi Kewirausahaan Sebagai Mediasi Antara Pendidikan dan Minat Berwirausaha Pada Mahasiswa

Nowadays, university is focused on how to prepare their graduated student to be anemployee, but forgetting on how to prepare them to be an entrepreneur. There are someobstacles why university students have lack of an intention to do business, starting with lackof capital, lack of skill, have no confidence, selective in choosing job, and some other factors.These problems is strengthtened by the data found that Indonesia is highly need moreentrepreneurs, where the numbers of entrepreneurs is still less than 2% from total GDP(Gross Domestic Product of a country). This study is aimed to identify the effect ofentrepreneurial education to entrepreneurial orientation of university student, the effect ofentrepreneurial orientation to entrepreneurial intention, and the direct and indirect effect ofentrepreneurial education to entrepreneurial intention. This study takes Ibn KhaldunUniversity, Islamic Economics major students as case study of respondents. This studyemploys quantitative approach with SEM (Structural Equation Modeling) methodology.The findings of this study are, entrepreneurial education has positive and significant effect toentrepreneurial orientation; entrepreneurial orientation has positive and significant effect toentrepreneurial intention; and entrepreneurial education has positive and significant effect toentrepreneurial intention indirectly through entrepreneurial orientation.

The relationship between Entrepreneurial Orientation, Market Orientation and Performance in University Spin-Offs

The paper aims to examine the relationship between Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO), Market Orientation (MO) and performance in University Spin-Offs (USOs). Initially, the paper, assesses the existence of a moderating effect of MO in the relationship between EO and performance, next, it analyses the mediation role of MO between EO and performance. To strengthen paper results, we test our hypotheses on a cross-sectional sample of 162 Italian USOs using both perceived and objective performance. Findings suggest that there is no synergistic effect of MO and EO as mutually independent constructs. Instead, our evidences support the idea that EO and MO in USOs occur within the same learning process. Both EO and MO support USO performance, but MO cannot occur without EO as an antecedent condition. At the same time, a significant portion of the EO contribution to performance occurs through MO.

Explicating the relationship of entrepreneurial orientation and firm performance: Underlying mechanisms in the context of an emerging market

This research examines the mechanisms through which entrepreneurial orientation (EO) affects firm performance in an emerging market context. We argue that EO drives firms to develop the dynamic capabilities of absorptive capacity (ACAP) and boundary-spanning (BS), and that these capabilities enhance firm performance. Moreover, the effectiveness of these knowledge- and network-based dynamic capabilities in mediating the EO-performance relationship is contingent on the institutional conditions firms are exposed to. We test our hypotheses using multi-sourced data on Chinese high-tech firms in business-to-business (B2B) markets. Our results show that ACAP and BS mediate the positive effect of EO on firm performance, and that as the development of market-supporting institutions improves, the mediating effect of ACAP becomes stronger while that of BS weakens.

The Effect of Entrepreneurial Orientation in Non-profit Organization on Economic and Social Performance through Organizational Capability

The Effect of Entrepreneurial Orientation in Non-profit Organization on Economic and Social Performance through Organizational Capability

The Influence of Entrepreneurial Orientation and Family Business’s Resources and Capabilities on Ìarketing Performances

This paper uses data from the Successful Transgenerational Entrepreneurship Practices Project (STEP Project) to investigate the influence of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and family business’s resources and capabilities towards marketing performance. Previous researches represent an evidence of a relationship between EO and firm performance. Nevertheless, there are limited studies to investigate both psychological and physical aspects of family business like EO and family business’s resources and capabilities to firm performance. The empirical analysis includes a STEP project data set of 28 countries (n = 1,008) in 4 regions of the world; Asia-Oceania (Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand), Europe (Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, Russia), Latin America (Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela), and North America (Canada, Mexico, USA) which was collected during 2013-2015. SEM is used to investigate the effect of EO and family business’s resources and capabilities on marketing performances.The findings support the relationship of EO and family business’s resources and capabilities on entrepreneurial performances. The results of the study show that both EO and family business’s resources and capabilities affect positively to the entrepreneurial performance. This study provides insights to researchers, practitioners and managers on the significance of both entrepreneurial orientations and firms’ resources and capabilities for the survival and growth of family businesses.

PENGARUH ORIENTASI KEWIRAUSAHAAN DAN INOVASI PRODUK TERHADAP KEUNGGULAN BERSAING (Studi Kasus pada Sentra Susu Lembang)

The Effect Of Entrepreneurial Orientation and Product Innovation To Competitive Advantages (Study Case on Sentra Susu Lembang), under the guidance of Dr. Dwi Raeni Santy. SE., M.Si In running a business course, companies are required to be able to produce a quality product that can be consumed by any among consumers , of course, produce a quality product will affect the competition . Where to produce a quality product means it can gain a competitive advantage .This study aims to determine Entrepreneurial Orientation, Product Innovation that influences on the Competitive Advantages in the Industrial Center of milk Lembang partially and simultaneously.The method that is used in this research is descriptive method verification. The unit of analysis in this study is Entrepreneurs who are in the Industrial Center of milk Lembang Government in total 35 entrepreneurs. The test statistic that is used is the calculation of Pearson correlation, path analysis, the coefficient of determination, hypothesis testing, where the testing is done using the help of IBM SPSS application program 20 for Windows Lisrel.The results showed that Entrepreneurial Orientation in the are in the Industrial Center of milk Lembang significantly Product Innovation as independent variables and Competitive Advantages as dependent variables. In correlation calculations showed a strong relationship between Entrepreneurial Orientation with the Competitive Advantages. Entrepreneurial Orientation and the Competitive Advantages have a positive correlation, means that if Entrepreneurial Orientation is good, it will increase Competitive Advantages to be achieved by the Industrial Center of milk Lembang, if the that Entrepreneurial Orientation is not good, it will decrease the Competitive Advantages in the the Industrial Center of milk Lembang.