Toward a Theory of Small Firm Performance: A Conceptual Model

Keats, Barbara W.; Bracker, Jeffrey S.

doi:10.1177/104225878801200403

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“…They would seem to more closely aligned with the determinants of performance identified by Keats and Bracker (1988) and Lumpkin and Dess (1996) in their conceptual frameworks for assessing performance in small firms. However, the need to develop operational definitions that relate to more readily obtained data sources often means that performance is measured (as it is in this study) by financial or quantifiable operational activities (such as employment).…”

Section: Assessing Performance In Small Firmsmentioning

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Longitudinal Analysis of Relationships between Planning and Performance in Small Firms

Gibson

Cassar

2005

Small Bus Econ

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This paper investigates causal relationships between planning and performance utilizing a longitudinal database with responses from the same 2,956 businesses over a four-year period. Results confirm the association between planning activity and performance that is evident in most extant literature. They also, however, cast doubt on the traditional perception of the causal sequence of that association. Although subject to a number of limitations, the results indicate that planning is more likely to be introduced into a small firm after a period of growth rather than before a period of growth. These results make an important contribution to understanding the planning performance relationship for two main reasons: they overcome the static data and relatively smaller sample size restrictions of many past studies; and, they provide evidence concerning the sequence of the relationship between planning and performance.

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Section: Assessing Performance In Small Firmsmentioning

confidence: 87%

Longitudinal Analysis of Relationships between Planning and Performance in Small Firms

Gibson

Cassar

2005

Small Bus Econ

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“…Este trabalho abre possibilidades de futuras pesquisas tratarem do declínio por meio de modelos conceituais, voltados a grandes empresas (PIERCE; ROBBINS, 1993; TRAHMS; NDOFOR; SIRMON, 2013) ou a pequenas empresas KEATS;BRACKER, 1988). Testar esses modelos, verificar sua adequação para uso em pequenas empresas e sua adequação para empresas brasileiras, permitirá a construção de importante evidência para uso tanto acadêmico como por executivos.…”

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Declínio Em Pequenas Empresas: Abordagens E Trabalhos Relevantes

Guerrazzi

Serra

2017

REAd. Rev. eletrôn. adm. (Porto Alegre)

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RESUMOAs pequenas empresas por seu relevante papel socioeconômico têm despertado crescente interesse da academia. Altas taxas de mortalidade associados às pequenas empresas têm sido objeto de pesquisas que investigam causas e fatores desencadeadores do declínio organizacional, fenômeno que antecede à morte da empresa. Neste artigo foi realizado um estudo bibliométrico em nove periódicos líderes na pesquisa em pequenas empresas, para obter uma visão geral e estrutural do conhecimento acumulado. Foi obtida uma amostra de 449 artigos relacionados ao declínio publicados entre 1989 e 2014. O método empregado permitiu a análise dos autores mais prolíficos, citações e obras com maior impacto, cocitações para entender a estrutura intelectual do campo e temas pesquisados para entender o foco da pesquisa. Foram empregadas técnicas de análise multivariada de dados como a análise fatorial exploratória e o escalonamento multidimensional (MDS). Foram identificados quatro principais temas pesquisados entrelaçando causas internas e externas como causadoras do declínio: empreendedorismo; administração estratégica e desempenho; inovação e evolução; liabilities (ameaças) e ambiente. Este estudo indica que o declínio é desencadeado pela interação de causas internas e externas às empresas, fazendo um contraponto às pesquisas existentes que abordam ora umas ora outras e não estabelecem uma relação entre elas. Contribui para a academia com as bases sobre as quais novas pesquisas podem ser desenvolvidas e para a prática gerencial uma vez que identifica as causas do declínio e possibilita a tomada de decisões para neutralizá-las. Palavras

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“…Majority of the theoretical models dealing with the study of entrepreneurial performance accentuate motivation as one of the key elements [45], [43], [13]. Motivation has an influence on the actions of the entrepreneur, consequently, on the quality of the entrepreneur [26].…”

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Nurturing and Retaining Creative Behavior at the Entrepreneurial Level

Varghese¹

2017

IJMS

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The concept of creativity in entrepreneurship is often widely discussed as many scholars have found that Creativity and entrepreneurship are linked [40] [48]. Creativity is found to be critical throughout the journey of entrepreneurship [31]. Thus creativity cannot be considered as a onetime process linked with developing a novel business idea or establishing an ingenious business firm. It is a process that is required throughout the existence of an enterprise. This paper concentrates on how an entrepreneur can become more creative, instead of creativity of the entrepreneur, a distinction which is important. Considering the creative behavior at the entrepreneurial level, the author develops a hypothetical model to illustrate how can an entrepreneur nurture and retain creativity throughout his entrepreneurial career.

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Toward a Theory of Small Firm Performance: A Conceptual Model

Cited by 141 publications

References 21 publications

Longitudinal Analysis of Relationships between Planning and Performance in Small Firms

Longitudinal Analysis of Relationships between Planning and Performance in Small Firms

Declínio Em Pequenas Empresas: Abordagens E Trabalhos Relevantes

Nurturing and Retaining Creative Behavior at the Entrepreneurial Level

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