Clarifying the entrepreneurial orientation construct and linking it to performance
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The primary purpose of this article is to clarify the nature of the entrepreneurial orientation (EO) construct and to propose a contingency framework for investigating the relationship between EO and performance. We first explore and refine the dimensions of EO and discuss the usefulness of viewing a firm's EO as a multidimensional construct. Then, drawing on examples from the EO-related contingencies literature, we suggest alternative models (moderating effects, mediating effects, independent effects, interaction effects) for testing the EO-performance relationship. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Academy of Management Review
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0363-7425
Year: 1996
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Simplicity as a strategy-making process: the effects of stage of organizational development and environment on performance
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This field study investigated the importance of simplicity as a strategy-making process. Consistent with our hypotheses, use of a simplistic strategy-making process was found to be positively associated with performance during early stages of organizational development but detrimental to performance as organizations grew and matured. Simplicity was also found to be negatively related to performance in dynamic environments; in heterogeneous environments, it seemed to be adversely related to performance only in later stages of organizational development. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Academy of Management Journal
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0001-4273
Year: 1995
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Linking two dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation to firm performance: the moderating role of environment and industry life cycle
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Research exploring the relationship between proactiveness and competitive aggressiveness in entrepreneurial orientation is presented. On the basis of a survey of 94 firms and 124 executives, it is concluded that the two approaches have different effects on company performance.
Publication Name: Journal of Business Venturing
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0883-9026
Year: 2001
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