An empirical exploration of corporate entrepreneurial orientation and performance in Taiwanese SMEs: a perspective of multidimensional construct

The Mediating Effect of Organizational Culture on the Relationship between Entrepreneurial Orientation and Firm Performance in Nigeria

“…Similarly, Wang and Yen (2012) examined corporate entrepreneurship and performance of Taiwanese SMEs, using a sample of two hundred and sixty seven small firms. Entrepreneurial orientation was significantly found to predict SME performance.…”

The Intangible Resources and Small Firms’ Multilevel Performance: A Partial Least Squares Approach

“…It is the degree of the managers' ability and willingness to commit large and risky resources into an uncertain or unknown venture (Wang et al, 2001). Accordingly, such risk-taking could be in the form of risk preference, risk perception, and risk propensity.…”

“…In other words, innovativeness is the willingness of a firm to support the creativity, new ideas as well as experimentation in producing goods and services (Mahmood & Hanafi, 2013), and also concerned with the openness of a firm to new ideas (Pratono et al, 2013). Wang et al (2001) further posited that the firm's innovativeness can be in many forms, such as technological innovativeness (efforts on research and engineering in order to develop new goods and services as well as process), product-market innovativeness (market research, market segmentation, product designed, advertisement and promotions), and administrative innovativeness (innovations in management systems, organizational structure and control techniques).…”

“…However, as a dimension of entrepreneurial orientation (EO), proactiveness refers to an opportunity-seeking, and forward-looking behavior which is characterized by an introduction of new products or services ahead of the competitors in an anticipation of expected future demand (Rauch et al, 2009). This includes an initiative effort and applying existing advantages in shaping the business environment and responding to competitive challenges (Wang et al, 2001). As such, the firm will always be the first to come up with proactive moves in terms of its products and beat other competitors (Miller, 1983).…”

The Relationship between Enterprise Resource Planning, Total Quality Management, Organizational Excellence, and Organizational Performance-the Mediating Role of Total Quality Management and Organizational Excellence

“…The relationship between TQM and organizational performance has been examined by many researchers, however, some of them found that TQM can affect and enhance the performance positively and significantly (Abebe, 2014;Barh, Tee, & Rao , 2002;Dada & Watson, 2013;Demirbag et al, 2006;Feng, Prajogo, Tan, & Sohal, 2006;Fotopoulos & Psomas, 2010;Gadenne & Sharma, 2009;Hendricks & Singhal, 1997;Lee , 2004;Salaheldin, 2009;Tang & Tang, 2012;Wang & Yen, 2012;Zhang & Zhang, 2012). On the other hand, other researchers found that TQM has no effect on organizational performance and sometimes may affect the performance negatively (Dooyoung, Kalinowski, & El-Enein, 1998).…”