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Entrepreneurial Orientation: A Study of Dimensions and its Relationship with Performance at Firms Graduating from Incubators

Abstract

The article analyzed the entrepreneurial orientation (EO) in its dimensions - innovative behavior, risk taking, proactiveness, autonomy, competitive aggressiveness and networks of relationships - and its association with the performance of firms that have graduated from Brazilian incubators. Specifically, this study aimed to compare its results with those found by A. C. M. Z. Santos and Alves (2009)Santos, A. C. M. Z., & Alves, M. S. P. C. (2009, setembro). Dimensões da orientação empreendedora e seus diferentes impactos no desempenho de empresas instaladas em incubadoras tecnológicas da região sul do Brasil. Anais do Encontro Nacional da Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Administração, São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 33., from Miller's models (1983)Miller, D. (1983). The correlates of entrepreneurship in three types of firms. Management Science, 29(7), 770–791. doi: 10.1287/mnsc.29.7.770
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and Lumpkin and Dess (1996)Lumpkin, G. T., & Dess, G. G. (1996). Clarifying the entrepreneurial orientation construct and linking it to performance. Academy of Management Review, 21(1), 135–172. doi: 10.2307/258632
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. We used a quantitative approach and the technique of structural equation modeling for a sample of 128 Brazilian firms. The main results showed that EO is on a unidimensional model, which diverges from that found by A. C. M. Z. Santos and Alves (2009)Santos, A. C. M. Z., & Alves, M. S. P. C. (2009, setembro). Dimensões da orientação empreendedora e seus diferentes impactos no desempenho de empresas instaladas em incubadoras tecnológicas da região sul do Brasil. Anais do Encontro Nacional da Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Administração, São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 33. in incubated firms. We found that the dimension which strongly contributed to the existence of EO was independence and that networks of relationships, a dimension heretofore unmentioned in previous studies, worked similarly to other dimensions for EO composition.

Key words:
entrepreneurial orientation dimensions; entrepreneurship; performance; firms graduating from incubators; networks of relationships

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