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Disaggregating entrepreneurial orientation: the non-linear impact of innovativeness, proactiveness and risk-taking on SME performance
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In this article, a sample consisting of 1,668 small-to-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in nine countries across 13 different industries was used to provide a finer-grained analysis of the EO-performance relationship.Abstract:
Previous studies have generally established a positive relationship between aggregated measures of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and firm performance. However, there are theoretical reasons suggesting that three dimensions of EO (innovativeness, proactiveness, and risk-taking) may possess differential relationships with performance in smaller firms. This study utilizes a sample consisting of 1,668 small-to-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in nine countries across 13 different industries to provide a finer-grained analysis of the EO-performance relationship. Specifically, we theorize and test a non-monotonic influence of innovativeness, proactiveness, and risk-taking on SME performance. Innovativeness and proactiveness displayed predominantly positive U-shaped relationships with SME performance. Risk-taking, however, displayed a predominantly negative U-shaped relationship with SME performance. Further, individualism was found to positively moderate the relationships between innovativeness-performance and proactiveness-performance. Taken together, these results suggest that differential relationships exist between three dimensions of EO and SME performance, with important theoretical implications for future EO research.read more
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Small Retail Business Owner Strategies Needed to Succeed Beyond 5 Years
TL;DR: Soleris et al. as mentioned in this paper presented strategies needed to succeed beyond 5 years by small retail business owner strategies needed for success beyond five years by Colonel Jaime Solis MBA, Bristol, University, 1993 BSBA, Saint Joseph College, 1990 Doctoral Study Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Business Administration
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Mentoring and Organizational Performance: A Review of Effects of Mentoring on Small and Medium Enterprises
TL;DR: In this article, a review of the literature of mentoring and the components of the mentoring has been conducted and the results depict that mentoring had a positive impact on business performance and also implicate significant decision-making suggestions for SMEs that improved business performance can be achieved by enabling efficient mentoring programs.
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The Effects of Entrepreneurial Orientation in a Digital and International Setting
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated how entrepreneurial orientation affects a small firm's proclivity to both digitization and internationalization and their performance that comes from it and found that entrepreneurial orientation is significantly associated with an SME's degree of digitization as well as with its overall performance.
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Formalized business networks in SMEs and structural relations for their governance
Maurizio Cisi,F. Sansalvadore +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore how networked companies collaborate depending on the different systems of internal relationships adopted and explore the variables that determine the structural mix of networking relationships within a network.
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