Entrepreneurial orientation (EO): Measurement and policy implications of entrepreneurship at the macroeconomic level

Mthanti, Thanti; Ojah, Kalu

doi:10.1016/j.respol.2017.01.012

Cited by 81 publications

(73 citation statements)

References 71 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…The ideas behind Shane (2009) and Mthanti & Ojah (2017) about the importance of entrepreneurial meaningfulness and entrepreneurial orientation are also confirmed by these interviews, both explicitly and implicitly.…”

Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 55%

See 1 more Smart Citation

The role of politics and institutional environment on entrepreneurship: empirical evidence from Mozambique

Pereira¹,

Maia²

2019

JANUS.NET

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This work investigates the relationship between the political and institutional environment and the development of entrepreneurship in Mozambique. Taking a literature review approach and using collected empirical data from interviewing 10 individuals playing different roles with impact on county's entrepreneurial landscape, results support existing theory and suggest that this African country still has a long way to go in what relates governmental action to entrepreneurial development.

show abstract

Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 55%

“…Further interesting economic research on entrepreneurship can be found in Mthanti & Ojah (2017). Entrepreneurial orientation is important for economic growth, not simply entrepreneurial activity.…”

Section: Entrepreneurship Economic Development and Public Policymentioning

confidence: 99%

The role of politics and institutional environment on entrepreneurship: empirical evidence from Mozambique

Pereira¹,

Maia²

2019

JANUS.NET

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…In an extreme example, all the dimensions will change if the CEO or management board change. Using data from 93 countries during the period 1980-2008, Mthanti and Ojah (2017) drew the same conclusion, demonstrating EO as a reflective second-order construct with three indicators which covary.…”

Section: Variables and Measuresmentioning

confidence: 67%

Firm-level entrepreneurship and international performance: A simultaneous examination of orientation and action

2018

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Relying on the resource-based view and contingency analysis, this study aims to investigate the relationship between firm-level entrepreneurship (FLE) and international performance among Iranian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The environment is considered as a moderating factor which enables us to discuss the results more precisely. To draw a more holistic picture of entrepreneurship in existing companies, both orientation and action are included in the research model. A survey study of 140 SMEs using a partial least squares structural equation modelling analysis demonstrated a negative effect of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) on international performance, but a positive impact for corporate entrepreneurship (CE). Environmental dynamism (ED) appeared as an insignificant moderator, while environmental hostility (EH) significantly moderated the effect of EO on international performance. The unexpected results of this study, especially in the case of EO, add new insights on the FLE research of smaller companies. When SMEs are performing in a business network, cooperation becomes the priority, and any type of opportunistic behaviour which harms the trust weakens their collective performance.Résumé Reposant sur l'approche fondée sur les ressources et l'analyse des contingences, cette étude vise à investiguer la relation entre l'entrepreneuriat au niveau de l'entreprise et la performance internationale des PME iraniennes. L'environnement est. J Int Entrep (2018) Summary highlightsContribution: This study contributes to the literature by analysing the simultaneous effects of both entrepreneurial orientation and entrepreneurial action on international performance. It is also performed in a developing country, a context that is widely neglected in the current studies of international entrepreneurship.Research questions/purpose: The purpose of this study is to analyse the effects of entrepreneurial orientation and entrepreneurial action on the international performance of SMEs, when the moderating impact of environment is considered. Therefore, the research has made inquiries about the relationships between EO and CE on international performance of SMEs and whether they lead to the same international performance consequences in different environmental situations.Theoretical or conceptual framework: On the basis of resource-based view, contingency analysis and reviewing the current literature, we have constructed a theoretical framework which supports and explains the research hypotheses.Data/information: Data for this study was collected from 140 Iranian food and beverage SMEs. A face-to-face approach was applied to filling out the survey questionnaires. This method is recommended as a useful strategy to reduce the risk of low response rates in developing countries such as Iran.Firm-level entrepreneurship and international performance: A... 339Results/findings: We found a negative linkage between entrepreneurial orientation and international performance, but a positive relationship for entreprene...

show abstract

“…Using an eight-year panel that started two years before the initiative was launched, they find that the initiative more than doubled the growth rates of the treated firms. Mthanti and Ojah (2017) use cross-country data to compute a measure of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) using risktaking, innovativeness, and proactiveness as proxies for entrepreneurship. They find that their measure of entrepreneurial orientation is positively correlated with economic growth.…”

Section: Related Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Has the Swedish business sector become more entrepreneurial than the US business sector?

et al. 2019

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Recent studies document a 30-year decline in various measures of entrepreneurship in the U.S. Using detailed Swedish employer-employee data over the period from 1990 to 2013, we find young firms to be more prominent in the Swedish business sector than in the U.S. business sector. Young Swedish firms, aged five years or less, account for more than half of all firms during this period. We also observe an increase in Swedish entrepreneurial activity for start-ups. However, since the mid-2000s, job destruction rates for young firms have been increasing, which implies a declining employment share for younger firms. Moreover, most of the job creation by young firms occurs in the expanding service sector. We discuss different explanations for why Sweden appears not to have the same strong decline in entrepreneurial activity as the U.S. has had during the last two decades. We argue that one important explanation is the economic reforms that were implemented in Sweden in the 1990s that mitigated several hurdles to entrepreneurship.

show abstract

Entrepreneurial orientation (EO): Measurement and policy implications of entrepreneurship at the macroeconomic level

Cited by 81 publications

References 71 publications

The role of politics and institutional environment on entrepreneurship: empirical evidence from Mozambique

The role of politics and institutional environment on entrepreneurship: empirical evidence from Mozambique

Firm-level entrepreneurship and international performance: A simultaneous examination of orientation and action

Has the Swedish business sector become more entrepreneurial than the US business sector?

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About