Does size matter? Entrepreneurial orientation and performance in Spanish sports firms

Núñez-Pomar, Juan; Prado-Gascó, Vicente; Sanz, Vicente Añó; Hervás, Josep Crespo; Moreno, Ferrán Calabuig

doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2016.04.134

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“…In particular, a meta-analysis performed by Rauch, Wiklund, Lumpkin, and Frese (2009) showed that this impact is strong cross-culturally. Moreover, research within a services sector context, manifested that EO affects business performance only in small and not in large companies (Núñez-Pomar, Prado-Gascó, Sanz, Hervás, & Moreno, 2016). Nonetheless, in small family businesses the relationship between EO and business performance is stronger when there are lower levels of family involvement in the company's board of directors (Arzubiaga, Iturralde, Maseda, & Kotlar, 2018).…”

Section: Links Between Mo Eo and Performancementioning

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We survived this! What managers could learn from SMEs who successfully navigated the Greek economic crisis

Kottika

Özsomer

Rydén

et al. 2020

Industrial Marketing Management

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Small and medium size enterprises in both business to business and consumer markets are particularly vulnerable to economic downturns. Concentrating on the Greek economic crisis, one of the toughest and most prolonged on a global scale, the present research sheds light on both anthropocentric and business-centric factors that helped SMEs survive, therefore, providing a valuable survival manual. Per findings of two studies performed under the given economically intense conditions, it is evidenced that the right answer to survival rests upon: (a) the entrepreneurs' personality traits and skills that affect the market and entrepreneurial orientations of SMEs, (b) the adoption of such orientations that keep impacting the firms' performance, and finally (c) the implementation of strategy relevant to reaching higher quality standards for products and services, combined with tactics relevant to downsizing, marketing actions, extroversion, and financial management.

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Section: Links Between Mo Eo and Performancementioning

confidence: 99%

We survived this! What managers could learn from SMEs who successfully navigated the Greek economic crisis

Kottika

Özsomer

Rydén

et al. 2020

Industrial Marketing Management

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“…In terms of number of employees, annual turnover and characteristics, professional soccer clubs can be closely compared to archetypal SMEs (Moore & Levermore, 2012). Small businesses with entrepreneurial spirit can operate more effectively than in competitive markets (Covin & Slevin, 1989) and EO can be a sufficient condition for success of small businesses in the sports sector (Núñez-Pomar, Prado-Gascó, Sanz, Hervás, & Moreno, 2016). However, the sports-related mission statement of professional clubs leads to an organizational focus on sporting success.…”

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Entrepreneurial orientation in sports entrepreneurship - a mixed methods analysis of professional soccer clubs in the German-speaking countries

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In recent years, sports entrepreneurship has emerged as a promising discipline in the field of sports management research. However, the research field is still fragmented. This study gives an overview of sports entrepreneurship and coopetition research and is the first work analyzing EO and performance in professional sports. First, quantitative results about EO, organizational performance and coopetition of 22 professional soccer clubs were obtained. Following the mixed method approach, the data was then extended by qualitative expert interviews. Entrepreneurial orientation had a significant positive relationship with both financial and sporting performance of professional soccer clubs in German-speaking countries during the 2017/18 season. We suggest coopetition as a promising strategy for professional soccer clubs to succeed. Hence, our study fosters the concept of sports entrepreneurship and offers evidence that entrepreneurial orientation is a well-suited managerial approach to enhance organizational performance in professional soccer.

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“…Entrepreneurial strategy-making or entrepreneurial orientation has been conceptualized as an attribute of a firm supporting entrepreneurial activities associated with the growth, performance, and organizational decision-making proclivity among others (Lumpkin and Dess 1996;Núñez-Pomar et al 2016). Entrepreneurial orientation (EO) captures the managerial philosophies to promote innovative and learning organizational behaviors, processes, methods, and styles and to develop and implement strategic decisions which encourage such activities Mueller 2009, 2012;.…”

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Moderating Effect of Environmental Dynamism on the Relationship between a Firm’s Entrepreneurial Orientation and Financial Performance

Tajeddini

Mueller

2018

Entrepreneurship Research Journal

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The relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and firm performance has been the focus of numerous empirical studies over the past decade. The conclusions and findings reported are diverse and often conflicting. One possible explanation for mixed findings is that past studies do not take into account the dynamic nature of the industry environment. Using a sample of 192 Swiss firms from several different industries, this study examines the direct effect of entrepreneurial orientation on financial firm performance along with the moderating effect of a dynamic environment on the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and performance. Results of this study suggest that for firms competing in a highly dynamic environment, the positive effect of an entrepreneurial orientation on financial performance is enhanced.

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Does size matter? Entrepreneurial orientation and performance in Spanish sports firms

Cited by 64 publications

References 34 publications

We survived this! What managers could learn from SMEs who successfully navigated the Greek economic crisis

We survived this! What managers could learn from SMEs who successfully navigated the Greek economic crisis

Entrepreneurial orientation in sports entrepreneurship - a mixed methods analysis of professional soccer clubs in the German-speaking countries

Moderating Effect of Environmental Dynamism on the Relationship between a Firm’s Entrepreneurial Orientation and Financial Performance

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