Entrepreneurial orientation in family firms: the moderating role of technological intensity and performance

Garcés-Galdeano, Lucía; Larraza‐Kintana, Martín; García-Olaverri, Carmen; Makri, Marianna

doi:10.1007/s11365-014-0335-2

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“…Technology-intense industries are dynamic environments in which companies must be highly flexible and quick to implement changes [47]. High technology environments will require knowledge intensity and sophistication from firms, pushing them to adopt alternative organizational designs and new management techniques.…”

Section: The Contingent Effect Of the Technology Intensity Of The Indmentioning

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Impact of Organizational Culture Values on Organizational Agility

2017

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Abstract:To remain competitive within the current, uncertain business scenario, it is vital for firms to develop capabilities that lead them to adapt and offer quick responses to market changes. Under the dynamic capabilities view of the firm, this paper proposes a model that presents an exhaustive analysis of two relevant research gaps: (i) the underlying relationships that determine the impact exerted by each of the four organizational culture typologies, comprised in Cameron and Quinn's Competing Values Framework on organizational agility and, (ii) the contingency effect exerted by a key environmental factor, the industry's technology intensity. An empirical study is performed to test the relationships proposed, using data collected from 172 Spain-based companies. To examine the contingency effect of technology intensity, the sample is divided into two subsamples, high and medium tech companies. This work uses partial least squares path-modeling, a variance-based structural equations modeling technique, in order to test and validate the research model and hypotheses posited. In addition, thorough analyses are carried out to assess the predictive performance of our model.

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Section: The Contingent Effect Of the Technology Intensity Of The Indmentioning

confidence: 99%

Impact of Organizational Culture Values on Organizational Agility

2017

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“…However, emotional attachment is a double-edged sword, as it may impede EO and trigger conservative strategies aimed at protecting the traditional family values and the affective commitment within the company (e.g. Garc es-Galdeano, Larraza-Kintana, García-Olaverri, & Makri, 2016;Marchisio, Mazzola, Sciascia, Miles, & Astrachan, 2010). To neutralize this possible conservative tendency, it seems that articulated configurations of the other attributes need to be in place; common to all of them is tolerance for ambiguity, which helps leaders to make sense of the contradictory goals set by the family and the firm, and to deal with uncertain innovation projects.…”

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A configurational analysis of the antecedents of entrepreneurial orientation

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Visintin

Lauto

2017

European Management Journal

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“…In agreement with these findings, this study proposes that a family's collective internal knowledge (Habbershon and Williams 1999) is a key resource for TI and MI. Therefore, the following is hypothesized: Technological Opportunities (TO) relate to the extent to which business executives identify opportunities for growth and technological change through product and process innovation in their primary industry (Klevorick et al 1995;Zahra 1996;Garcés-Galdeano et al 2014). Two main sources of knowledge are recognized: industry sources such as suppliers, competitors or customers and non-industry sources, contributed by the academic community (Klevorick et al 1995).…”

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Disentangling antecedents and performance effects of family SME innovation: A knowledge-based perspective

Kallmuenzer

Scholl-Grissemann

2017

Int Entrep Manag J

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Understanding how family small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) seize opportunities for innovation and thus achieve superior performance is of substantial interest to family firm managers and academia. This paper develops a conceptual framework of antecedents that include resources internal and external to the firm in the two major dimensions of technological innovation (TI) and management innovation (MI) and their effects on financial performance. The framework is empirically tested with survey data from 152 manufacturing family SMEs in the D-A-CH countries, which comprise Germany (D), Austria (A) and Switzerland (CH). Drawing on the knowledge-based view, the results highlight the central role of firm-external knowledge for family firm innovation, which is inherent in an industry's technological opportunities and interorganizational collaboration. Furthermore, results show that it is only through technological innovation that family firms can capitalize on innovation. Finally, management innovation is still observed to constitute a vital complement for technological innovation in that it is an enabler for innovation in products and processes. Recommendations for practice include the need for technological innovation, openness toward collaborations with external partners and receptiveness to knowledge from external sources.

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Entrepreneurial orientation in family firms: the moderating role of technological intensity and performance

Cited by 70 publications

References 90 publications

Impact of Organizational Culture Values on Organizational Agility

Impact of Organizational Culture Values on Organizational Agility

A configurational analysis of the antecedents of entrepreneurial orientation

Disentangling antecedents and performance effects of family SME innovation: A knowledge-based perspective

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