Figure 1.
The chart plots profitability on the vertical axis and entrepreneurial orientation on the horizontal axis for all firms. The curve rises steeply from low entrepreneurial orientation values, reaching maximum profitability at mid-range levels, and then gradually declines as entrepreneurial orientation increases further. The shaded region surrounding the line represents 95 percent confidence intervals, indicating the range of predictive uncertainty. This pattern demonstrates that profitability is highest at moderate entrepreneurial orientation levels, forming an inverted U-shape relationship across firms.Plots of EO on profitability