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 firm 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.

Clarifying the Entrepreneurial Orientation Construct and Linking It To Performance

Effective organizations are configurations of management practices that facilitate the development of the knowledge that becomes the basis for competitive advantage. A market orientation, complemen...

Market Orientation and the Learning Organization

This article outlines a conceptual model of entrepreneurship as an organizational-level phenomenon. The model is intended to depict the organizational system elements that relate to entrepreneurial...

A Conceptual Model of Entrepreneurship as Firm Behavior

https://isiarticles.com/bundles/Article/pre/pdf/9619.pdf

Entrepreneurial orientation and small business performance : A Configurational Approach

Entrepreneurial orientation (EO) has received substantial conceptual and empirical attention, representing one of the few areas in entrepreneurship research where a cumulative body of knowledge i ...

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Entrepreneurial Orientation and Business Performance: An Assessment of Past Research and Suggestions for the Future

The effects of technological sophistication on strategic profiles, structure and firm performance

Strategic decision making in an intuitive vs. technocratic mode: structural and environmental considerations

We evaluate the contributions to entrepreneurial orientation (EO) in three articles: Wales, Monsen, and McKelvie; Wiklund and Shepherd; and Morris, Webb, and Franklin, commenting on key findings an...

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm?abstractid=1934109

Entrepreneurial Orientation: Reviewing Three Papers and Implications for Further Theoretical and Methodological Development

This paper presents a model that depicts the relationships between time, complexity, and transitions in the context of high-growth new ventures or stable ventures that have been forced into radical...

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/104225879802200205

Dennis P. Slevin

Papers

The effects of technological sophistication on strategic profiles, structure and firm performance

Strategic decision making in an intuitive vs. technocratic mode: structural and environmental considerations

Entrepreneurial Orientation: Reviewing Three Papers and Implications for Further Theoretical and Methodological Development

Time, Growth, Complexity, and Transitions: Entrepreneurial Challenges for the Future:

Market responsiveness, top management risk taking, and the role of strategic learning as determinants of market pioneering