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Entrepreneurial Orientation in Mexican Microenterprises
Entrepreneurial Orientation in Mexican Microenterprises

Author(s): Francisco A. Aguilar Valenzuela, José Pablo Nuño de la Parra, Hector Montiel-Campos, Luis S. Alvarado Acuna
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Fundacja Upowszechniająca Wiedzę i Naukę "Cognitione"
Keywords: entrepreneurial orientation; dominant logic; firm performance, microenterprises

Summary/Abstract: Over the past 30 years research on Entrepreneurship Orientation (EO) has provided valuable information regarding strategy, entrepreneurship and aspects of performance at the firm-level. In the entrepreneurial universe, microenterprises play a very special role in the business context of the economy. However, they have not been relatively present in the EO research. This paper studies the EO-performance relationship in a group of microenterprises in Mexico and includes the Dominant Logic (DL) as a variable that moderates this relationship. The results indicate that risk taking, proactiveness and competitive aggressiveness variables from the EO influence the microenterprise performance. In addition, the external DL conceptualization moderates the EO-performance relationship. This paper shows the conclusions of the investigation as well as the limitations and identifies future research methods.

  • Issue Year: 9/2013
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 5-20
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: English
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