Relationship between Entropy, Corporate Entrepreneurship and Organizational Capabilities in Romanian Medium Sized Enterprises

Ceptureanu, Eduard Gabriel; Ceptureanu, Sebastian Ion; Popescu, Doina I.

doi:10.3390/e19080412

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“…Given the factors of corporate entrepreneurship, ample literature is available on the antecedents that foster it, like leaders (Zahra 1996). Transformational leadership has been recognized by several scholars as one of the significant antecedents for promoting employees' corporate entrepreneurship (Ceptureanu et al 2017;Chang et al 2017). Because it involves being passionate about innovation and converting firms' turbulent business environment into business opportunity (Avolio et al 2004;Howell and Higgins 1990), transformational leadership is thought to encourage their employees to frequently adapt and expect environmental transformation through entrepreneurial activities (Su and Baird 2017;Waldman et al 2004).…”

Section: Corporate Entrepreneurshipmentioning

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Linking Transformational Leadership, Absorptive Capacity, and Corporate Entrepreneurship

Shafique

Kalyar

2018

Administrative Sciences

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This study aims to analyze the nexus between transformational leadership and corporate entrepreneurship through an integration of dispersed scholarly work on transformational leadership, absorptive capacity, and corporate entrepreneurship under one framework. A survey method was employed for the collection of data from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) of Pakistan. The data were analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM) technique to empirically test the hypotheses. The results demonstrate that transformational leadership positively affects corporate entrepreneurship and its dimensions-namely, innovation, new business venturing, self-renewal, proactivity, and risk-taking-both directly and through absorptive capacity. The potential of transformational leadership to influence corporate entrepreneurship via absorptive capacity added additional interesting substitutes. Future studies may produce novel insights by examining different leadership styles, settings, or utilizing qualitative technique. Firms should invest to initiate transformational leadership training programs for their managers. Additionally, if these firms are aiming to promote corporate entrepreneurship, they should focus on hiring managers that have attributes of transformational leadership. Furthermore, they should also invest in absorptive capacity to utilize outside knowledge for the enhancement of entrepreneurial activities. This study exploits research work on the relationship between transformational leadership and corporate entrepreneurship in a novel way; it investigates the dimensions of entrepreneurship individually, as well as unidimensionally, and includes the mediating role of absorptive capacity and tests several other hypotheses that previously have been ignored. This study, compared to the existing research, contributes to the impact of transformational leadership on corporate entrepreneurship and absorptive capacity, especially in Pakistan's business settings.

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Section: Corporate Entrepreneurshipmentioning

confidence: 99%

Linking Transformational Leadership, Absorptive Capacity, and Corporate Entrepreneurship

Shafique

Kalyar

2018

Administrative Sciences

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“…On the one hand, particularly for smaller companies, it is crucial to build networks in foreign markets to overcome entry barriers. On the other hand, one of the cornerstones of international business theory is the possession of intangible assets as a foundation for international competitiveness [55][56][57].…”

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Foreign Market Adaptation and Performance: The Role of Institutional Distance and Organizational Capabilities

Ciszewska-Mlinarič

Trąpczyński

2019

Sustainability

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The role and significance of adaptation versus standardization for performance in foreign markets has stirred some important debates among the academic community. In this paper, we aim to contribute to the ongoing debate by applying the logic of institutional theory and organizational capabilities to reconsider the relationship between adaptation and foreign market performance. In particular, we argue based on extant theory and our own mixed-method study that while more accentuated differences in the institutional environment reinforce the role of adaptation in achieving legitimacy, the possession of relational and technological capabilities can reduce the relevance of adaptation. The empirical study is based on a sample of 284 firms in the quantitative study and eight firms in the qualitative study. Our findings reveal that adaptation is positively associated with performance in foreign markets. This relationship is also positively moderated by institutional distance, and negatively moderated by relational and technological capabilities.

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“…Using the data of listed companies on the Korea Stock Exchange, they showed that excess human resources and financial flexibility could be used for additional non-financial information disclosure, such as the publication of CSR, sustainability, and integrated reports. Information processing capabilities of executives was investigated in Ceptureanu et al [30]. Table 1 shows the attributes and levels used in the choice experiment.…”

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Evaluation of Corporate Social Responsibility by Consumers: Use of Organic Material and Long Working Hours of Employees

Nakano

2019

Sustainability

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Many previous studies on consumer choice have examined consumers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for attributes related to environmental issues. In Japan, long working hours have caused many problems, including death through overwork. However, to the best of the author’s knowledge, there are no previous studies examining WTP for the attribute related to long working hours in Japan. Therefore, this study aims to examine whether consumers prefer products without involving employees’ working long hours and to demonstrate the difference in WTP between the attribute of environmental issues (the product is made from organically grown raw cotton) and the attribute of long working hours in order to reveal Japanese consumers’ preference. The research methodology is a choice experiment using a questionnaire survey in Japan. The results indicate that the use of organically grown raw cotton can increase the WTP by JPY (Japanese yen) 121 on average. When an overworked employee who works more than 80 h of overtime per month is present, the WTP decreases by JPY 230 on average. The contribution of this study is to reveal WTP and show that consumers are interested in employees’ working hours in addition to the environmental issue. Preference heterogeneity is also examined.

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Relationship between Entropy, Corporate Entrepreneurship and Organizational Capabilities in Romanian Medium Sized Enterprises

Cited by 24 publications

References 74 publications

Linking Transformational Leadership, Absorptive Capacity, and Corporate Entrepreneurship

Linking Transformational Leadership, Absorptive Capacity, and Corporate Entrepreneurship

Foreign Market Adaptation and Performance: The Role of Institutional Distance and Organizational Capabilities

Evaluation of Corporate Social Responsibility by Consumers: Use of Organic Material and Long Working Hours of Employees

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