Strategic entrepreneurship: mediating the entrepreneurial orientation-performance link

Abstract

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a better understanding of the relationship between firm-level entrepreneurship and organizational performance in an emerging economy through assessing the mediating influence of strategic entrepreneurship between entrepreneurial orientation and organizational performance. The extant literature on the relationship between firm-level entrepreneurship and organizational performance points to a lack of clarification of the link between real entrepreneurial events and organizational performance. Design/methodology/approach – Data are collected from 324 respondents in 118 companies in four different industries. The paper adopts structural equation modeling to test the mediated relationship. Findings – The results show that strategic entrepreneurship fully mediates the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and organizational performance, assessed as two major categories of financial and non-financial performance. Research limitations/implications – The dominance of four industries in the data set limits the generalizability of the findings. Practical implications – Findings highlight strategic and practical implications for managers especially in emerging economies who seek to enhance competitive advantage and exploit market opportunities through entrepreneurial initiatives. Originality/value – The current study develops a measure of strategic entrepreneurship concept and attempts to contribute to the literature through differentiating between behavioral intentions toward entrepreneurship and real entrepreneurial events at the firm-level to serve as a step to reduce the ambiguity present in the field.

The effect of entrepreneurial orientation on Bangladeshi SME performance: Role of organizational culture

“…Out of those empirical studies most of the studies found that there is a significant and positive relationship exists between EO and SME performance (Hoque & Awang, 2019;Ibrahim, Keat, & AbdulRani, 2017;Ibrahim & Masud, 2016;Al-Dhaafri, Al-Swidi, & Yusoff, 2016;Kantur, 2016). Nevertheless, some of the studies found either not significant Kreiser, Marino, Kuratko, & Weaver, 2013;Hartsfield, Johansen, & Knight, 2008;Naldi, Nordqvist, Sjoberg, & Wiklund, 2007;Slater & Narver, 2000) or mixed relationship between EO and SME performance as the results Tang, Marino, Zhang, & Li, 2008;Walter, Aver, & Ritter, 2006;Swierczek & Ha, 2003;Covina & Slevin, 1989).…”

Enterprise Risk Management Practices and Firm Performance, the Mediating Role of Competitive Advantage and the Moderating Role of Financial Literacy

“…compared to performance in the past three years. 8 items were used of which 4 items for financial performance and 4 for non-financial performance are adopted from Kantur (2016). To measure financial performance, items such as ROE, ROA and return on investment etc.…”

Sustaining Innovation Performance in SMEs: Exploring the Roles of Strategic Entrepreneurship and IT Capabilities

“…From the resource-based perspective of [57] (p. 18), "a paucity of research exists dealing with how IT can be a source of competitive advantage". In our view, and as discussed by [95], the relevant catalyst to investigate this link falls to the emerging field of SE, which seeks to explore firm wealth and value creation, as well as sustainable performance, in dynamic and increasingly competitive business environments. Regarding the phenomena of interest or dependent variable in IT research, Jacks, T. et al [49] note that IT affects firms in the form of profits, productivity or intangibility, but call for more research on the elusive dependent variable.…”