This paper examines empirically the link between the post-entry strategies of new entrepreneurs and the duration of the firm. We use a sample of French entrepreneurs that have set up or taken over a firm during the first six months of 1994. For firms that are still alive at least four years later we have information both on the individual pre-entry motives of the entrepreneurs and on the post e...

small business and entrepreneurship play critical role in stimulating economic activity, creating jobs, alleviating poverty and uplift living standards in africa. it is widely accepted that the micro and small enterprise (mse) sectors have the potential to provide a livelihood for a considerably large number of poor rural and urban women in ethiopia. women account for the larger share of the in...

What are the influential factors determine SME’s performance in transition economy? From the resource-based view, researchers have explored the effects of social ties, absorptive capacity and entrepreneurial orientation on firm performance. This study adds to this literature by distinguishing the types of social ties based on the resources they supply, while prior studies generally focus on the...

This paper studies radical innovation and its internal managerial control modes from the perspective of entrepreneurial orientation; then proposes a conceptual model and theory hypotheses. On analyzing the effective sample data from 682 enterprises of different industries across 10 provinces and cities in China, we have confirmed the theoretical model. The results indicate that entrepreneurial ...

Abstract Firms that partake in export activity are entrepreneurial in nature because exporting firms would benefit by proactively seeking new markets, engaging in innovative action to meet local market’s needs, and be able and willing to take risks by venturing into previously unknown markets. While prior studies have looked at the importance of entrepreneurial orientation, organizational learn...

One of the emerging research areas in the strategic orientation is how to transfer different orientations from the commercial sector to the non-profit sector. Therefore, the objective of this study is to determine the mediating effect of Learning Orientation on the Market Orientation, Social Entrepreneurial Orientation, and Organizational Performance in the non-profit sector. The data from more...

Adopting an entrepreneurial orientation is accepted as strategy through which to improve the performance of small firms. The management of innovation literature indicates that firms seeking to survive in rapidly changing and/or highly competitive markets are being advised to consider participating in business networks. By combining these two concepts it is hypothesised that four different marke...