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Environmental Boundary Spanning and Information Processing Effects on Organizational Performance

Marc J. Dollinger
- 01 Jun 1984 - 
- Vol. 27, Iss: 2, pp 351-368
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In this paper, the boundary spanning activity of the entrepreneur is used to examine the strategic management process in small business, and a sample of 82 owner/operators was found to have intensive boundary-spanning activity.
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The boundary spanning activity of the entrepreneur is used to examine the strategic management process in small business. In a sample of 82 owner/operators, intensive boundary spanning activity was...

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Organizational Learning: The Contributing Processes and the Literatures

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A Paradigm of Entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurial Management *

TL;DR: In this paper, a view of entrepreneurship is proposed that facilitates the application of the previous findings to the field of corporate entrepreneurship and a series of propositions are developed, as instances of the kind of research that can be pursued by following the proposed approach.
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Social and Commercial Entrepreneurship: Same, Different, or Both?

TL;DR: In this paper, a comparative analysis of commercial and social entrepreneurship using a prevailing analytical model from commercial entrepreneurship is presented, highlighting key similarities and differences between these two forms of entrepreneurship and presents a framework on how to approach the social entrepreneurial process more systematically and effectively.
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Top Management Team Demography and Corporate Strategic Change

TL;DR: The authors examined the relationship between the demography of top management teams and corporate strategic change, measured as absolute change in diversification level, within a sample of Fortune 500 companies, and found that top management team demography was correlated with strategic change.
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Internal capabilities, external networks, and performance: a study on technology‐based ventures

TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of internal capabilities and external networks on firm performance was examined by using data from 137 Korean technological start-up companies, where internal capabilities were operationalized by entrepreneurial orientation, technological capabilities, and financial resources invested during the development period.
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Organizations in Action

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Multiple regression in behavioral research

TL;DR: Kerlinger and Pedhazur as discussed by the authors present the three main applied analytical models which derive from the general linear hypothesis-analysis of variance, regression, and analysis of covariance.
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Multiple Regression in Behavioral Research.

TL;DR: Kerlinger and Pedhazur as discussed by the authors present the three main applied analytical models which derive from the general linear hypothesis-analysis of variance, regression, and analysis of covariance.
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The Concept of Corporate Strategy

TL;DR: The concept of corporate strategy, The concept of Corporate Strategy, Corporate Strategy as discussed by the authors, Corporate Strategy and Corporate Strategy: The concepts of corporate strategies and corporate strategy in the context of business.
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