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Showing 1 to 20 of 52 for “"Entrepreneurial Orientation"”.
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Entrepreneurial orientation, dynamic capabilities and SMEs performance in Saudi Arabia
The study aims to explore the role of entrepreneurial orientation coupled with three dynamic capabilities in enhancing the performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Saudi Arabia. In order to achieve this aim, three main objectives have been set, firstly, to examine separately the …
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An Examination of the Influence of Top Executives on Entrepreneurial Orientation
… that top executives have on the level of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) within an organization. EO is defined as the degree to which a firm exhibits behaviors and managerial philosophies that are innovative, proactive and risk-taking. EO is an extensively studied construct, yet there is …
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Economic and management science learning area of Curriculum 2005 and entrepreneurial orientation
This study focus on the Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO), Education and Economic and Management Science learning area of curriculum 2005 constructs in order to determine whether EMS education can impact on the entrepreneurial orientation of learners. A brief overview is given to see how the EO …
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Effectiveness of Entrepreneurship Education on Entrepreneurial Orientation of Undergraduate Science Students in Rwanda
… skills development can be measured through entrepreneurial orientation (EO). EO involves intentions and actions related to risk-taking, autonomy, proactiveness, innovativeness and competitive aggressiveness which help firms and individuals to deal with uncertainties that characterize the …
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The impact of entrepreneurial orientation on performance in the metals and engineering industry
… whether there exists a relationship between entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and firm performance (FP) and whether this is applicable in the context of the South African metals and engineering industry. An exploratory quantitative study of 125 SMEs and large firms in the metals and …
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The Influence of Director Human Social Capital and Firms' Entrepreneurial Orientation on Corporate Entrepreneurship
… to enhance organizational rejuvenation efforts. Entrepreneurial orientation also is examined as a contextual factor in the director capital-corporate entrepreneurship relationship. After collecting an original dataset of 2,289 firm-year observations from 524 U.S. corporations and creating a new …
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Institutional influence on the manifestation of entrepreneurial orientation: A case of social investment funders
Linking the new institutionalism to entrepreneurial orientation (EO), my dissertation investigates institutional forces and entrepreneurial forces—two contradicting types of forces—as main effects and moderating effects upon practices and performance of organizations embedded in the institutional …
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The Influences of Institutional Environment on Individual Entrepreneurial Orientation and Venture Creation among Nigerian Youths
Entrepreneurial activities and venture creation among youths represent one of the key drivers of job creation and economic growth (OECD, 2016; Acs, 2006). What influences individual entrepreneur to business start-up remains an enduring issue of interest in academic research on entrepreneurship. …
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An exploration of the relationship between community college entrepreneurial orientation, enrollment management orientation, and performance
… leaders take a strategic posture rooted in an entrepreneurial behavior. However, the relationship between entrepreneurialism and overall performance in a community college setting remained a gap in the existing body of literature. The purpose of this survey research was to explore the …
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Entrepreneurial orientation among business owners in Tanzania: Is it a necessity based or opportunity driven
… results of the study show that entrepreneurship orientation among business owners is much influenced by the necessity than opportunity, though there is some hybrid merge between the two. The findings of this study show that desire for high income, exploitation of opportunities and lack of …
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Do Academic and Private Entrepreneurs differ? An empirical analysis of the Micro-Foundation of Entrepreneurial Orientation
… affiliation. The objective is to assess the Entrepreneurial Orientation of individuals proving the existence of a set of antecedents to that measure returning a structural model of its micro-foundation. Relying on the developed measurement model, I address the issue whether some Entrepreneurs …
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Entrepreneurial Orientation, Entrepreneurial Intent and New Venture Creation: Test of a Framework in a Chinese Context
… to use a framework involving an individual's entrepreneurial intent, entrepreneurial orientation and four individual difference factors as a means to isolate individual difference determinants of entrepreneurial intent. These are captured in new construct called entrepreneurial orientation. …
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A tale of two predictors : the impact of regulatory focus and entrepreneurial orientation on small and medium-sized enterprises
… officers’ (CEOs’) regulatory focus and firms’ entrepreneurial orientation (EO) on SMEs. Regulatory focus theory suggests that people can pursue their goals via a promotion focus (associated with a concern for growth and a desire for gains) or a prevention focus (associated with a concern for …
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The impact of socioemotional wealth on the relationships between entrepreneurial orientation and debt financing of family businesses: empirical evidence from Nigeria
… depends on their strategy for engaging in entrepreneurial behaviours and the availability of debt financing to family businesses. Understanding the factors that influence debt financing, therefore, becomes important. In exploring the factors that influence debt financing, prior studies …
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Investigating the impact of organisational resources, entrepreneurial orientation dimensions and big data analytics on business performance of South African E-commerce SMMEs
… and financial resources) and dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) (innovativeness, proactiveness and risk-taking) that influence the utilisation of big data analytic (BDA) capabilities. It is also important to understand the impact of big data analytic (BDA) capabilities on …
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Cultural predictions of entrepreneurial orientation and the moderating role of entrepreneurial competencies on graduate entrepreneurial intentions: A cross-sectional survey of East Africa
… examines a theoretical gap (impact of culture on entrepreneurial orientation EO) to try and mitigate a practical problem (unemployment) among graduates in three East African countries: Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Unemployment would be mitigated if only graduates embraced entrepreneurship by …
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Exploring the effect of entrepreneurial orientation on business performance of agriculture cooperatives: a case of solar milling plant cooperatives in Southern province of Zambia.
… objectives. This study examined the influence of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) on the business performance of solar milling cooperatives in Southern Province, aiming to uncover strategies to enhance their success. The research employed an embedded mixed-methods design, primarily focusing on …
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Exploring the effect of entrepreneurial orientation on business performance of agriculture cooperatives: a case of solar milling plant cooperatives in Southern province of Zambia.
… objectives. This study examined the influence of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) on the business performance of solar milling cooperatives in Southern Province, aiming to uncover strategies to enhance their success. The research employed an embedded mixed-methods design, primarily focusing on …
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The impact of action strategies on entrepreneurial success of emerging
… Planning Strategies as well as higher levels of Entrepreneurial Orientation (Krausse, 2005). Studies pertaining to the latter have focused on understanding or forecasting the entrepreneurial act in relation to success or failure and have been able to define more accurately, multiple dimensions of …
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Two Essays on Foreign Direct Investment and Firms’ Performance: Foreign Capital Inflow and Chinese Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions
… s after cross-border M&A activities, and uses entrepreneurial orientation as a moderating factor to test whether or not firms’ performance during cross-border M&A is affected by different degrees of entrepreneurial orientation. The results obtained for the whole sample show that the performance …
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