Entrepreneurial Orientation and Growth of SMEs: A Causal Model

Author:

Moreno Ana M.1,Casillas José C.2

Affiliation:

1. Strategic Management and Innovation at the University of Seville (Department of Management and Marketing). She received her Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior and Management from the University of Seville. Her current research is focused on entrepreneurial orientation of SMEs, family firms, internationalization, and growth. She has recently published International Entrepreneurship in Family Business with Edwar–Elgar Publishing. Some of her research has been published in high–impact journals such as...

2. Strategic Management at the University of Seville (Department of Management and Marketing). He received his Ph.D. in International Management from the University of Seville and is the Family Business Chair of the University of Seville. His current research focuses on internationalization, entrepreneurial behavior, family firms, and the growth of SMEs. He has recently published International Entrepreneurship in Family Business with Edwar–Elgar Publishing. Some of his research has been published in...

Abstract

The literature existing on entrepreneurship implicitly assumes that entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and growth orientation are positively related with each other. However, few studies, whether theoretical or empirical, analyze such relation in an explicit manner. Instead, most previous works have focused on the EO–performance relation, even though growth and profitability do not always correlate positively. This work has been carried out on a sample of 434 SMEs, and contributes two novelties with regard to previous research: (1) the analysis focuses on the EO–growth relation; and (2) it uses a flexible method (Partial Least Squares) which allows the study of several simultaneous relationships. The results reveal the complexity of the relationships between EO, strategy, environment, resources and growth.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Economics and Econometrics,Business and International Management

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