TY - JOUR

T1 - Entrepreneurial orientation and business performance – A replication study

AU - Frank, Hermann

AU - Keßler, Alexander

AU - Fink, Matthias

PY - 2010/4

Y1 - 2010/4

N2 - We examine the effect of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and hypothesize that EO has a positive impact on business performance. We create a contingency model and a configuration model and compare their results to those derived from a main-effects model. The study replicates the work of Wiklund and Shepherd (2005) and tests the validity of their results in a different national context. Our analysis indicates a positive connection between EO and business performance only in cases in which a dynamic environment is combined with high access to financial capital and when a stable environment is combined with low access to financial capital. Our analysis also indicates that EO may have a negative effect on performance in certain configurations.

AB - We examine the effect of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and hypothesize that EO has a positive impact on business performance. We create a contingency model and a configuration model and compare their results to those derived from a main-effects model. The study replicates the work of Wiklund and Shepherd (2005) and tests the validity of their results in a different national context. Our analysis indicates a positive connection between EO and business performance only in cases in which a dynamic environment is combined with high access to financial capital and when a stable environment is combined with low access to financial capital. Our analysis also indicates that EO may have a negative effect on performance in certain configurations.

KW - Management studies

KW - Entrepreneurship

UR - http://www.sbr-online.de/pdfarchive/pdfarchive_2010_04.html

U2 - 10.1007/BF03396804

DO - 10.1007/BF03396804

M3 - Journal articles

VL - 62

SP - 175

EP - 198

JO - Schmalenbach Business Review

JF - Schmalenbach Business Review

SN - 1439-2917

IS - 2

ER -