Entrepreneurial orientation in turbulent environments: : The moderating role of absorptive capacity

• Autores: Andreas Engelen, Harald Kube, Susanne Schmidt, Tessa Christina Flatten
• Localización: Research Policy, ISSN-e 1873-7625, Vol. 43, Nº. 8, 2014, págs. 1353-1369
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The literature on entrepreneurial orientation (EO) has confirmed the positive relationship between EO and firm performance and that relationship's dependence on several contingencies. The present study connects the resource-based view and its dynamic capability extension to introduce absorptive capacity (ACAP) as a moderator of the relationship between EO and firm performance. This theoretically derived research model is empirically validated using survey data from 219 small and medium-sized enterprises in Germany. Our empirical findings are that ACAP strengthens the EO�performance relationship in turbulent markets.