Purpose – Research on entrepreneurial orientation (EO) has attracted researchers’ attention for over 30 years. The purpose of this paper is to comprehensively analyze the body of literature resulting from 30 years of research in EO, and to answer the following questions: what are the major themes that have emerged? What areas are missing? What degree of convergence do we see in the field of EO, and what concepts/topics has the field converged around? Design/methodology/approach – A bibliometric study with a sample of 405 articles published from January 1987 to July 2014 was developed. Techniques of bibliometric, lexical, and content analysis were used. The analysis involved: the evolution of published articles; the main authors, their nationalities, and institutional affiliations; citation and co-citations analysis; the journals that have published the most articles; and the most frequently-searched topics. Opting for bibliometric techniques permit an analysis of a larger number of articles and a greater variety of articles than other methodologies such as meta-analyses and systematic review studies. Accordingly, a more comprehensive look at the field of EO can be taken. Findings – Two distinct but complementary classifications are proposed to characterize the body of the literature resulting from 30 years of research in EO. The first one demonstrates that the field presents a convergence of the themes in four axis which together comprise studies on EO: performance, strategy, entrepreneurial attitude, and management. The second one presents the frequency of occurrence of the themes in the field: high-frequency themes or classical themes, frequently in the literature; moderate-frequency themes or emerging issues have not been sufficiently explored; low-frequency themes or potential opportunities related to understudied issues and contexts less frequently surveyed. A future research agenda is proposed for emerging themes and specific contexts. Practical implications – The identification of key themes in the field of EO contributes to assess the research evolution in order to recognize emerging themes and contexts, and the research gaps. With this, it is possible to lead new studies to cover a lack of research and advance knowledge in the field. The themes most studied also show the contribution for EO to organizational practice, especially in relation to the impact on the performance, the stimulus to the development of innovations, and the effects on organizational growth. Additionally, the identification of the authors most cited, most productive on the theme and the identification of the core journals for publishing of the area is recommended as a general reference for researchers interested in the topic of EO. Social implications – Although EO literature has been widely developed in Anglo regions (especially in the USA and UK) and Germanic Europe (especially Spain), there are others lacking these studies, especially Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern Europe, and Middle East, with rare articles published internationally. The results can guide the advancement of research in these different contexts and realities where even issues more widely treated in the literature have been unexplored. The lack of studies in certain contexts can lead to new studies for inserting new insights into EO, such as potential differences between developed regions and in development. For regions where the studies on EO are more developed, the results of this paper contribute to signaling issues and contexts little explored that may be the focus of attention. Originality/value – The generation of literature indicators of EO through bibliometric fills a research gap on the theme, providing a more comprehensive view of the field and of the current status of the research on EO. Identifying the most frequent topics in EO literature, and little-explored themes and contexts makes it possible to propose an agenda for future research and knowledge generation on EO. Thus, it is suggested the development of studies focus on emerging themes like growth, learning, knowledge, resources, and capabilities; also in specific contexts with potential for aggregating new knowledges in the EO field such as family firms, non-profit organizations, social contexts, the public sector, university, spin-off, firms in emerging and developing economies.

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The purpose of this study is to propose a set of factors that characterize the manifestation of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) in nonprofit organizations (NPOs), and we performed a systematic review of the literature. Initially, 17 studies were identified in different databases, and after a full reading of the documents that

Este trabalho relata o desenvolvimento e os resultados preliminares de um projeto de pesquisa que está sendo executado no Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), hospital-escola da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, como dissertação de mestrado no PPGA/UFRGS. O projeto tem por objetivo definir o conteúdo essencial (Core Record) do Prontuário de Pacientes (PP), com a ativa e fundamental participação de todos os usuários envolvidos (médicos, enfermeiros, administradores, professores, pesquisadores e assessoria jurídica). Esta definição e a participação dos usuários são fundamentais para que o processo de informatização do PP seja concebido e implantado com sucesso. Esta pesquisa caracteriza-se como estudo exploratório e se orienta por métodos qualitativos de estudo de caso e de focus group (Morgan, 1988), envolvendo os diversos grupos de atores envolvidos no processo de registro, armazenamento e recuperação de informações do prontuário de pacientes. As conclusões dos grupos de discussão (focus group) permitiram definir os requisitos de informações do Patient Core Record, atendendo às necessidades dos diferentes usuários. A validação deste protótipo nos dará a definição do conteúdo das informações do futuro Prontuário Eletrônico do HCPA. A participação ativa das diferentes categorias de usuários envolvidos com o uso dos PP, será fundamental para garantir o acerto das modificações que estão sendo propostas.

R R R R RESUMO ESUMO ESUMO ESUMO ESUMOO objetivo deste trabalho é aprofundar o conhecimento sobre o estudo de caso como método de pesquisa. Entre os métodos qualitativos, o estudo de caso mostra-se potencialmente valioso para exploração do relacionamento entre os sistemas de informação e as percepções e comportamentos dos usuários, foco das nossas atuais investigações. Nossa proposta é, a partir de uma análise de importantes trabalhos realizados na área que utiliza a metodologia em estudo, formular uma série de passos, uma espécie de guia, para conduzir nossa pesquisa ainda em andamento. Acreditamos que as recomendações e lições compiladas neste trabalho, embora ainda em fase de aprendizagem, possam fornecer valiosas contribuições para outros pesquisadores que também estejam envolvidos com aplicação de estudos de caso. A busca de um maior rigor científico na aplicação de métodos qualitativos -como o estudo de caso -será uma das formas de buscar maior legitimidade para os resultados esperados.Palavras-chaves: sistemas de informação; métodos de pesquisa; estudo de caso; métodos de pesquisa qualitativos. A A A A ABSTRACT BSTRACT BSTRACT BSTRACT BSTRACTThis study attemps to deepen the knowledge of the Case Study as a research method. The Case Study, among the qualitative research methods, seems to be potentialy valuable for the exploration of the relationship of the information systems and the user perceptions and behaviours. Our purpose is, after an analysis of important articles in the area using that methodology, to organize a set of steps to lead our research, still under construction. We believe the recomendations of this work, though in learning phase, can provide valuable contributions for other researches that are envolved with Case Study applications. The search of higher scientific rigour on the qualitative method application, e.g. Case Study, will be one of the ways to reach a bigger validity for the results.

Resumo:A partir de experiência conceitual e prática em tecnologias computacionais e método de pesquisa e de análise de dados, concebe-se um modelo (de formulário) para análise de dados qualitativos a partir da combinação de técnicas e ferramentas de análises léxica e de conteúdo. Ao mesmo tempo em que lê, analisa e codifica, o pesquisador pode ver o resultado de suas análises mais ou menos objetivas ir tomando forma, regulando, por aí mesmo, o seu próprio protocolo ou vocabulário de análise. Demonstra-se técnicas para preparação dos dados abertos textuais, em especial propõe-se um modelo integrando essas técnicas, o qual permite que o analista registre a subjetividade de sua percepção e tenha ao mesmo tempo uma noção do resultado da análise em curso, em todos seus aspectos. O modelo proposto pode ser realizado mesmo via web. Palavras-chave: Dados qualitativos -Análise Léxica -Análise de Conteúdo - Protocolos de análise Abstract:Based on years of experience in computational technologies and method, one mix of ideas, practical concepts becomes and we offer a model for qualitative data analysis combining techniques and tools of lexical and content analyses, which can even be carried through the web. As the analyst is reading and coding, he or she can see the results of its more or less objective analysis taking form, so regulating, for there exactly, its proper protocol or vocabulary of analysis. A model is considered integrating these techniques, which allows the analyst to register the subjectivity of its perception and has at the same time a notion of the results of the analysis in course.

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