This thesis examines the impact of entrepreneurial orientation eo and its individual dimensions of innovativeness, risktaking and proactiveness on the performance of smalltomedium sized enterprises smes. This paper used a structural equation model through plssem technique to test the proposed model and for. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Chapter one represents the background and orientation to the problem. My results have revealed that there are two new, formerly hidden dimensions opposed to entrepreneurial orientation. For executives, it is important to design organizational systems and policies to reflect the five dimensions of eo. Successful corporate entrepreneurship must have an entrepreneurial orientation covin and slevin 1989. The influence of entrepreneurial orientation on the innovation process. This study consists of a quantitative and a qualitative section. By utilising the theoretical framework of organisational learning theory and prospect theory, this thesis advances knowledge on eo by. This study compared three dimensions of the entrepreneurial orientation and the. Entrepreneurial orientation entrepreneurial orientation is of a very vital role in the acquisition and utilization of marketing information keh et al. Entrepreneurial orientation is a commonly used measure in entreprene. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the moderating effect of absorptive capacity on the entrepreneurial orientation of international performance of family businesses.
A summary of phd thesis 2014 entrepreneurial orientation. The objective of this research is to establish eo as an important antecedent of investments in sustainability initiatives, assess eos interaction with firm performance and establish that latergeneration family firms are. The relationships among leadership styles, entrepreneurialorientation, and business performance. Master thesis corporate entrepreneurship and innovation toma martinkute kian skandarioon page 4 chapter 1. School of business and economics entrepreneurship master. Innovation is the specific tool of entrepreneurs, the means by which they exploit change as an opportunity for a different business or a different service.
Entrepreneurial orientation and company performance. This thesis broadly investigates entrepreneurship and its intersections with other related research fields. All three contributed constructive comments which have greatly improved this dissertation. Test of a framework in a chinese context jinpei wu abstract the empirical evidence is rather weak and sometimes inconsistent as to what predicts an. Entrepreneurial orientation consists of five dimensions. The purpose of present study is to investigate the influence of social embeddedness namely family ties, coethnic networks, and mainstream networks on entrepreneurial orientation.
Duijn 2009 found an interesting findings in detecting the impact of individual entrepreneurial orientation manifested in proactive personality and risk taking propensity among students in netherland. Jan 17, 2019 literature considers entrepreneurship as an important catalyst in the process of improving firm performance and growth. This thesis aimed to examine the longitudinal effects of entrepreneurial orientation eo and each of its dimensions, innovativeness, proactiveness, and risk taking, on firm performance, among surviving and failed firms, as well as on the risk of firm failure. Entrepreneurial orientation eo has become an important and extensively researched topic in the literature. Strategic entrepreneurship and performance of small and medium enterprises in south africa moshe mohutsiwa a research report submitted to the faculty of commerce, law and management, university of the witwatersrand, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of master of management in entrepreneurship and new venture creation. It is envisioned that this study will help scholars to gain a deeper understanding of the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and performance. Relationship between entrepreneurial orientation, entrepreneurial education, selfefficacy and entrepreneurial intention among undergraduate students at nigerian universities by mukhtar baba dissertation submitted to othman yeop abdullah graduate school of business, universiti utara malaysia, in fulfilment of the requirement for the master degree.
The central premise of eo is that an organization can be considered more or less entrepreneurial as a collective entity. An empirical research on manufacturing smes author ian bleeker student number. This thesis examines the impact of entrepreneurial orientation eo and its. Promoting entrepreneurs and economic growth through. Market orientation, entrepreneurial orientation and performance in portuguese manufacturing smes. A study of indonesian smes in the furniture industry in central java a thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the degree doctor of philosophy from university of wollongong by amie kusumawardhani dra diponegoro university, indonesia. Individual entrepreneurial orientation entrepreneurial orientation eo was first defined at the organizational level and it refers to the process which includes methods, practices and decisionmaking styles which enhance the companys entrepreneurial approaches to business lumpkin and dess, 1996. Entrepreneurial orientation eo is among the most important and established concepts within the field of entrepreneurship and domain of managerial inquiry. The results also showed that micro enterprises are less proactive and preferred to be followers rather than leaders. This study analyzes the impacts of entrepreneurial orientation eo dimensions i. Analyses results indicated that entrepreneurial orientation mediated the relationship between strategic human resource management and firm performance both financial performance and employee performance. Pdf entrepreneurial orientation eo is often mentioned as an antecedent of.
A summary of phd thesis 2014 entrepreneurial orientation and financial performance of nigerian smes. The influence of entrepreneurial orientation on the. Unpublished doctoral thesis, university of beira interior, covilha, portugal. The franchisor, however, has to be seen as the changecatalyst towards strategic implementation. For the quantitative section, a quasiexperimental, exanteexpost, control group, longitudinal up to 18 months, repeated measures research design was implemented, with a total of 272. Entrepreneurial orientation is considered to be a higher order construct with multidimensional measure of firm level entrepreneurship, comprising of innovativeness, proactiveness, risktaking, competitive aggressiveness and autonomy. Building an entrepreneurial orientation can be valuable to organizations and individuals alike in identifying and seizing new opportunities.
Entrepreneurial orientation and venture performance in. Entrepreneurial orientation, entrepreneurial intent and. This is a digitised version of a dissertation submitted to the university of. Master thesiscorporate entrepreneurship and innovation. Entrepreneurial orientation has become one of the most established and researched constructs in the entrepreneurship literature. Exploring the relationship between marketing and entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurial managers are identified on the level of their entrepreneurial orientation. My hypotheses are tested by crosstabulation and pearson correlation. Pdf entrepreneurial orientation and the business performance of. Entrepreneurial orientation eo is often mentioned as an antecedent of growth, competitive advantage and superior performance, and prior empirical research has often shown a positive relationship between eo and performance appears to exist. Senior managers actions influence the entrepreneurial orientation in banking system of iran. It examines the theoretical development and application of the construct and of entrepreneurial orientation related scales over time, and through an historical observation analysis. Entrepreneurial orientation and sustainability initiatives. The management literature draws attention to the gap of strategic alliances sa in the paradigm of entrepreneurial orientation eo.
The assumption of entrepreneurial orientation is that entrepreneurial businesses di. Effect of entrepreneurial orientation on firm performance and. Relationships between entrepreneurial orientation and firm. Entrepreneurial orientation and the business performance of. Entrepreneurial orientation eo contributes to performance with an outlook on business growth as well as business development and improvement. However, an important question that remains unanswered is what effect eo might have on firm performance during periods of economic. Entrepreneurial orientation has significant influence on firm performance. The effect of entrepreneurial orientation on the relationship. A dissertation submitted to the faculty of commerce, law and management. The condition of entrepreneurial orientation in banking system of iran is considered to be sound. Entrepreneurial orientation eo of malaysian indian ethnic entrepreneurs and its antecedents and consequences are underresearched. The results indicated that micro enterprises are adept in introducing new product lines and also making changes to the product line. The effect of selected firm factors on export performance of small and medium manufacturing firms in uganda by levi kabagambe bategeka a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the.
Effect of entrepreneurial orientation on firm performance. It is predicted that the failure rate of small, medium and micro enterprises in south africa is between 70% and 80%. Data were collected by means of a mail survey questionnaire completed by women ownermanagers randomly selected from. The effect of selected firm factors on export performance. Competitive strategies entrepreneurial orientation. The underlying assumption of my dissertation is that strategy is a pattern in a streams of actions, whether intended or not.
This study adopted lumpkin and desss 1996 multidimensional entrepreneurial orientation concept to examine the influence that the construct has on sme growth in the food processing sector in the greater accra region of ghana. Therefore, the components and variables influencing the entrepreneurial orientation were recognized and described and then a conceptual model based on these variable and the linkage between them were proposed, subsequently the model was tested for being sound for the banking system. Entrepreneurial orientation and business performance. Entrepreneurial orientation eo is a firms ability to innovate, take risks, and proactively pursue market opportunities rauch et al. The effect of selected firm factors on export performance of. Steps can be taken by executives to develop a stronger entrepreneurial orientation throughout an organization and by individuals to become more entrepreneurial themselves. This paper aims to examine the relationship between family firm generation, performance and entrepreneurial orientation eo in investments in sustainability initiatives. The concept of entrepreneurial orientation and the dimensions that constitute entrepreneurial orientation was developed during 1980s and 1990s. Strategic entrepreneurship and performance of small and. The effect of entrepreneurial orientation on the relationship between opportunity identification and enterprise growth of smes in zambia enock joseph musaana bachelor thesis business economics miscellaneous publish your bachelors or masters thesis, dissertation, term paper or essay. Phd thesis work summary entrepreneurial management in. Entrepreneurial orientation of graduate students in the.
The collected data from questionnaires were analyzed with spss and amos software programs. To achieve this objective, the primary data was obtained from a sample of 210. Market orientation and entrepreneurial orientation in a learning. Entrepreneurial orientation and company performance sandra schillo key results from the literature are then presented and discussed in terms of their implications for management, all of which are summarized in the conclusions section. Entrepreneurial orientation, entrepreneurial intent and new. Sandra schillo is a researcher and consultant in the area of innovation and entrepreneurship. Millions of rands are being lost on new venture creations because of mistakes and. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the contribution of entrepreneurial orientation towards the performance of small ventures in the context of different business sectors and the location of the businesses.
University of wollongong thesis collection university of wollongong thesis collections 20 the role of entrepreneurial orientation in firm performance. Background there are different options for top management of organization to decide whom the particular task should be delegated to, in order to achieve necessary results. Entrepreneurial orientation and the business performance. The economic growth in service quality, related profit and competitive advantage. The purpose of this paper was to establish the influence of entrepreneurial orientation and external environment on the relationship between competitive strategies and performance of small and medium enterprises in the manufacturing sector in nairobi city county in kenya. Edward and muir 2006 have defined this term as the process of creating and running a new business or a new venture activity. Jinpei stated that entrepreneurial orientation is defined as an individuals attitude towards engaging in entrepreneurial activities, be it within an existing firm or creating a new venture.
It can be categorised as new business organisation, the expansion of any existing business of any size micro, small, medium or large or as selfemployment matlay, 2005b. Apr 09, 2018 the purpose of this paper is to analyse the moderating effect of absorptive capacity on the entrepreneurial orientation of international performance of family businesses. This phd thesis has been submitted for examination with our approval as university. Defining entrepreneurial orientation the most widely used definition of eo is based on work. This master thesis is the last assignment to complete my master business administration with specialization track innovation and entrepreneurship.
Entrepreneurial orientation eo is a firmlevel strategic orientation which captures an organizations strategymaking practices, managerial philosophies, and firm behaviors that are entrepreneurial in nature. However, an important question that remains unanswered is what effect eo might have on firm performance during periods of economic crisis, and the severe. Apr, 2011 entrepreneurial orientation eo is often mentioned as an antecedent of growth, competitive advantage and superior performance, and prior empirical research has often shown a positive relationship between eo and performance appears to exist. Entrepreneurship defining entrepreneurship is the basis for understanding the concept of entrepreneurial. The impact of entrepreneurial orientation on firm performance. In this masters thesis the knowledge and theory of entrepreneurship is applied to the project management discipline. A survey to 2 tanzanian construction firms was undertaken using a. An assessment of past resarch and suggestions for the future abstract entrepreneurial orientation eo has received substantial conceptual and empirical attention, representing one of the few areas in entrepreneurship research where a cumulative body of knowledge is developing. Literature considers entrepreneurship as an important catalyst in the process of improving firm performance and growth. The sustainability of the entrepreneurial orientation. The aim of this paper is to propose a model where eo is associated with sa, this relationship being influenced by its predecessor top management, and eo working as a multidimensional construct. Entrepreneurial orientation, entrepreneurial intent and new venture creation. Entrepreneurial orientation eo is a widely researched construct of corporate. However, it is important to determine whether the eoperformance relationship is sustainable since eo can be a resourceconsuming strategic orientation.
Competitive strategies entrepreneurial orientation, external. Entrepreneurial orientation in different perspective contributes to the success of ventures differently. Strategic entrepreneurship and performance of small and medium enterprises in south africa. Parts of this thesis is built upon team work, and i greatly appreciate. By valarmathi m subramaniam dissertation submitted to othman yeop abdullah graduate school of business, universiti utara malaysia, in fulfillment of the requirement for the master degree. Entrepreneurial orientation eo reflected in recurring organisational behaviour such as innovativeness, proactiveness and risktaking is important in the latter context. Theoretical foundations are traced, thus uncovering stages. The case of malaysia was prepared by low mei peng and submitted as partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of. Entrepreneurial orientation mastering strategic management.
This paper explores the extent to which differences in motives, intentions. Empirical results suggest that eo may influence firm performance. The strategy and entrepreneurship literature suggests that an. The impact of entrepreneurial orientation on business. Abstract the growth and survival rate of small and mediumsized enterprises smes in nigeria has been one of the major concerns of the policy makers, practitioners and scholars. According to robinson 1982, small business owners and managers in south.
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