Entrepreneurial Orientation and Company Performance: Can the Academic Literature Guide Managers?

This article comments on the management implications of the various approaches to measuring entrepreneurial orientation (EO), and it discusses the implications of a range of empirical findings for management decisions. On the whole, the argument is that academic research needs to increase its unders...

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Main Author: Sandra Schillo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Carleton University 2011-11-01
Series:Technology Innovation Management Review
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Online Access:http://timreview.ca/sites/default/files/article_PDF/Schillo_TIMReview_November2011.pdf
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Summary:This article comments on the management implications of the various approaches to measuring entrepreneurial orientation (EO), and it discusses the implications of a range of empirical findings for management decisions. On the whole, the argument is that academic research needs to increase its understanding of the differences in empirical results between different studies. To date, the research mostly spells a small number of useful warnings, for example that the positive impact of EO may level off or turn negative beyond a certain point and that it may not have the anticipated positive effect in all circumstances. However, the academic research has yet to identify these circumstances to a level of specificity that could provide useful guidance to managers.
ISSN:1927-0321