... Ambidexterity Exploration Exploitation Firm performance GUESSS Cofounding team size Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologiahttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001871 UID/04007/2025 Funding: This work was supported by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (award number: UID/04007/2025...

...Michail Xenakis; Dimitris Manolopoulos; Andrew Papadopoulos Purpose We investigate the association between business model diversification (BMD), i.e. the concurrent operation of multiple business models (BMs), and accounting-based firm performance, measured by return on sales. Design...

...Mateja Drnovšek; Alenka Slavec Gomezel Purpose The aim of this study is to conceptualise and test the role of physical exercise and entrepreneurial grit as a critical personal resource in maintaining entrepreneurs' well-being and firm performance. Design/methodology/approach This study uses...

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... of leadership styles on professionalization can provide clarity amidst mixed findings regarding the influence of professionalization on firm performance. Additionally, we challenge the oversimplified categorization of professionalization and argue for a multifaceted view, contending that professionalization...

...) approach for comparative results. Secondarily, the research model was tested using structural equation modelling (SEM) to investigate the relationship between five OI capacities and firm performance. Findings The findings indicate that there is a significant positive relationship between most OI...

... firm performance. Still, there has been a lack of research into how coopetition (collaboration with competing firms) in this area may support firm performance. Design/methodology/approach This study aims to untangle the relationship between coopetition arrangements including CRS and firm...

...James M. Crick; Dave Crick Purpose Underpinned by a stakeholder-oriented resource-based theoretical lens, this inter-disciplinary study investigates the association between an entrepreneurial orientation and firm performance under different degrees of coopetition (cooperation among rival firms...

... (SMEs) on firm performance from an upper echelons perspective. The authors also examine how board-specific characteristics influence the structural makeup of boards in gender and nationality diversity terms. Design/methodology/approach The authors focus on the UK because of its individualistic...

...Huda Khan; Felix Mavondo; Nadia Zahoor Purpose The resource-based view (RBV) emphasises the importance of resources for firm performance. However, recent research argues that the focus on firm performance should also be based on inside-out (IO) and outside-in (OI) capabilities. Specifically, we...

... based on two firm aspiration types. Design/methodology/approach This study hypothesizes that perceived resilience, social skills (self-promotion, ingratiation, expressiveness, social adaptability), and stress of SME KDMs will differently influence firm performance goal achievement based on firm...

...Jiawen Chen; Linlin Liu; Qingxin Chen Purpose Empirical data on the impacts of entrepreneurial effectuation on firm performance are scattered and controversial. This study conducts a meta-analysis to obtain evidence on whether and under what conditions effectuation is valuable. A contextual...

...Andrei Alexander Lux; Flávio Romero Macau; Kerry Ann Brown Purpose This paper extends entrepreneurial ecosystems theory by testing how aspects of the local business environment affect individual entrepreneurs' ability to translate their personal resources into firm performance. Design...

... context in the EO–firm performance relationship. Further, a new contingency perspective is advanced by considering competitive strategy. In doing so, this study extends an understanding of the conditions under which an EO might be associated with firm performance. Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurial...

...Samuel Adomako; Bedman Narteh; Joseph Kwadwo Danquah; Farhad Analoui Purpose – Research on entrepreneurial orientation (EO) has concluded a positive link between EO and firm performance and that relationship depends on several contingencies. The purpose of this paper is to derive insights from...

... be contacted at: jim.andersen@his.se © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Management accounting Firm performance Entrepreneurial orientation Resource-based theory Small- to medium-sized enterprises Entrepreneurial orientation (EO) refers to a firm’s propensity to undertake risk...

... whether it is also the case at the firm level that bribery has negative impacts on firm performance. Until now, the few studies conducted in individual nations and regions have produced mixed results. Here, therefore, a more comprehensive evaluation of the relationship between bribery and firm performance...

...Yosra Mani; Lassaad Lakhal Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate how internal social capital – as a part of the familiness resources– affects family firm performance. The social capital theory states that internal social capital within family businesses is composed of three...

... of the London Stock Exchange. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 IPO Firm performance Small firms Alternative investment market Firm growth Top management team characteristics An initial public offering (IPO) is one of the most significant phases in the firm’s evolution process...

..., 2012). This makes high-technology firms, especially young ones, an intriguing phenomenon to study. As firms’ performance depends on many firm-level and external factors, and their mutual interaction, a configuration approach is best suited to study multiple causal recipes (configurations...