Entrepreneurial Orientation: Epistemological, Theoretical, and Empirical Perspectives

✍ Scribed by Andrew C. Corbett, Patrick M. Kreiser, Louis D. Marino, William J. Wales

• Publisher: Emerald Publishing
• Year: 2021
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 256
• Series: Advances in Entrepreneurship, Firm Emergence and Growth, 22
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Understanding the concept of Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO) is of critical importance as organizations and individuals manage a world that is defined by increasing uncertainty and complexity. The need for organizations of all types and sizes to survive and thrive in such an environment demonstrates a clear need for both managers and academics to really understand EO.

Building upon this foundational need to better understand EO and with both a scholarly desire to synthesize and the practical need to execute, this volume convenes some of the world's leading experts on EO to address some of the most pressing issues facing scholars and leaders in the world of practice. Within this volume, you'll discover cutting edge insights ranging from theorizing on the future of EO to an empirical investigation of its measurement. There are chapters that focus on international ventures and EO and a detailed call for a global, multidimensional view of EO. Other contributions provide contextual views of EO that examine its connections to digital work environments, family business, and more. Taken together, this volume provides readers with an overview of the current state of EO research and sets a compelling agenda for its future.

✦ Table of Contents

Title Page
Series Editors Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
List of Contributors
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Future of Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO) Research
Introduction
Setting New Roots with Global Entrepreneurial Orientation (GEO)
The Necessity of EO Theorizing
International EO Disposition
Capabilities that Enhance EO and the Impediments
EO in a Digital World
EO in Context: Saudi Family Firms
EO and Market Readiness
EO: Past and Future
Conclusion
References
Chapter 2: Global Entrepreneurial Orientation (GEO): An Updated, Multidimensional View of EO
Clarifying the Multidimensional View of EO
Redeploying the Five Dimensions of EO
Competitiveness is What Matters for Competitive Advantage, not Aggression
Autonomy: The Fifth Wheel of Entrepreneurial Orientation?
Two Views of EO: A Brief History
New Entry: A Long and Winding Road
Untangling Process Versus Content from Dispositions Versus Behaviors
Reflective Versus Formative EO Measurement Models
The New Entry View of Eo Versus The Being Entrepreneurial View of EO
The Multidimensional View of EO: A New Definition
An Updated View of How EO Relates to Entrepreneurship
An Updated Definition of Entrepreneurial Orientation
Implications
Modeling and Measuring EO as Formative
EO’s Levels of Analysis
Beliefs and Behaviors
Is there a Theory of EO?
Discussion
Future EO Research
EO Writ Large
Conclusion
References
Chapter 3: Enhancing Entrepreneurial Orientation Research: From Theorizing to Measuring
What is an “Entrepreneurial” Firm?
Breadth of EO
Depth of EO Elements
The Measurement for EO
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurial Market Entry
Proposed Solutions
Tackling the Theoretical Underpinnings
Opportunities for Improving the Measurement
Conclusion
References
Chapter 4: International Entrepreneurial Orientation Disposition: Insights into Venture Internationalization
Introduction
International Entrepreneurial Orientation Disposition
International Risk-taking
International Innovativeness
International Proactiveness
Methods and Results
Study 1: Item Generation and Initial Reduction – Academic Sample
Study 2: Item Reduction, Psychometric Properties and Construct Validity – Student Sample
Study 3: Criterion Validity – Entrepreneurship Sample
Discussion
Limitations
Future Research
References
Chapter 5: Developing an Entrepreneurial Orientation: Capabilities and Impediments
Introduction
Theoretic Lens
Method
Sample
Measures
Findings
Discussion
Implications for practice
Implications for Future Research on EO
References
Chapter 6: The Effects of Entrepreneurial Orientation in a Digital and International Setting
1. Introduction
2. Theory and Hypotheses
2.1. EO and Digitization
2.2. EO and Internationalization
2.3. EO and Performance
2.4. Digitization and Internationalization
2.5. Digitization and Performance
2.6. Internationalization and Performance
3. Methodology
3.1. Sample and Data Collection
3.2. Measures
3.2.1. Independent Variable
3.2.2. Dependent Variables
3.2.3. Control Variables
4. Analysis and Results
4.1. Testing Procedure
4.2. Validity and Reliability of Measures
4.3. Discriminant Validity
4.4. Assessment of the Structural Model
5. Discussion
6. Limitations, Future Research Directions, and Conclusions
References
Appendix
The Digitization Scale
Digital Sales
Customer Involvement
People and Culture
Chapter 7: Socioemotional Wealth, Generational Involvement, and the Manifestation of Entrepreneurial Orientation within Saudi Family Firms
1. Introduction
2. Theoretical Background and Hypotheses
2.1. Family firm’s SEW, Generational Involvement, and Entrepreneurial Behavior
2.2. Family Firm’s SEW, Generational Involvement, and Managerial Attitudes Toward Risk
3. Methodology
3.1. Sample and Data Collection
3.2. Measures
4. Results
4.1. Entrepreneurial Behavior (Innovativeness and Proactiveness)
4.2. Managerial Attitude Toward Risk (Risk-Taking)
5. Discussion
6. Future Research Directions
References
Chapter 8: Bridging the Gap Between Entrepreneurial Orientation and Market Opportunity: The Mediating Effect of Absorptive Capacity and Market Readiness
1. Introduction
2. Theory and Hypothesis
2.1. EO and Market Opportunity
2.3. EO and AC
2.4. AC and Market Opportunity
2.5. The Mediating Roles of AC and Market Readiness
2.6. The Hypothesized Research Model
3. Methods
3.1. Sample and Data Collection
3.2. Data Analysis
3.3 Reliability and Validity of Constructs
4. Results
4.1. Assessment of the Structural Model
4.2. Test for Mediation
5. Discussion and Conclusions
5.1. Theoretical Implications
5.2. Practical Implications
5.3. Limitations and Future Research Opportunities
References
Chapter 9: Measurement of Entrepreneurial Orientation: A Systematic Critical Synthesis of the Empirical Literature
Introduction
Theoretical Background
Method
Sample and Coding
Results
Discussion
Bolt-on Scale Modification
Measurement Clarity
Causality and Temporality
Antecedents of EO
Multi-method Scarcity
Conclusion
References