Cross-level effects of entrepreneurial orientation and ambidexterity on the resilience of small business owners

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-37
Author(s):  
Nicole Gottschalck ◽  
Katrice Branner ◽  
Lisa Rolan ◽  
Franz Kellermanns
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Business Owners ◽  
Small Business Owners

SUPERIOR BUSINESS INNOVATION CAPABILITY: ANTECEDENT AND ITS IMPACTS ON SMALL BUSINESS IN INDONESIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 147-157
Author(s):  
Moh. Solehatul Mustofa ◽  
Kemal Budi Mulyono
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Business Owners ◽  
Small Business Owners ◽  
Innovation Capability ◽  
Business Associations ◽  
Business Innovation ◽  
Central Java

Purpose of the study: This study aims to develop and to test the model of construct superior business innovation capability and its antecedent as well as its impact on the business performance of the small business in Indonesia. Methodology: The data collection method in this study was a closed questionnaire with a Likert scale of 1-7 agrees-disagree intervals distributed to 300 active micro and small business owners/managers spread out in the Central Java Province, Indonesia using WARP-PLS SEM statistics. Main Findings: The study indicates knowledge sharing fails to improve the business performance directly. Therefore, it needs to be mediated by superior business innovation capability which requires improved business creativity and entrepreneurial orientation. Applications of this study: This can support the development of knowledge sharing activities among small business associations to increase business innovation. Novelty/Originality of this study: what is new in this study that may benefit readers and how it is advancing the existing knowledge or creating new knowledge in this subject.

scholarly journals Entrepreneurial orientation, control aversion and performance in SMEs: the contribution of equity investors

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 55-64
Author(s):  
Lars Silver ◽  
Martin Johanson ◽  
Björn Berggren
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Business Owners ◽  
Major Influence ◽  
Small Business Owners ◽  
Transfer Of Knowledge ◽  
External Financing ◽  
Return On Assets ◽  
Linear Structural Relations ◽  
And Performance

Entrepreneurial orientation is a concept that captures the importance of how and why certain individuals decide to take higher risks than the average small business owner so as to increase their return on assets deployed. Entrepreneurial orientation is linked to the concept of control aversion, which is used to explain why certain individuals refrain from using external financing to expand their firms. Control aversion suggests that most small business owners prefer to maintain total control rather than invite in the potentially disruptive influence of an external owner/investor. This study combines these two concepts in an attempt to introduce financing and investors into the discussion of entrepreneurial orientation and performance. Equity investors are shown to have a major influence on entrepreneurial performance, because business owners with an entrepreneurial orientation gain substantially from interaction with investors through the transfer of knowledge. The model was tested with a LInear Structural RELations (LISREL) analysis on a sample of 459 Swedish small and medium-sized enterprises

Suggestions on Tax Support for Small Business Owners

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-107
Author(s):  
Sung Ho Jang ◽  
Sung Ook Park ◽  
Hyung Jong Na
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Business Owners ◽  
Small Business Owners

Retirement, Recessions and Older Small Business Owners

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tami Gurley-Calvez ◽  
Kandice Kapinos ◽  
Donald James Bruce
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Business Owners ◽  
Small Business Owners

Measuring Success in Family Businesses: The Concept of Configurational Fit

2006 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoph Hienerth ◽  
Alexander Kessler
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Business Owners ◽  
Border Region ◽  
Small Business Owners ◽  
Comparable Data ◽  
Measurement Instruments ◽  
Success Measurement ◽  
Success Evaluation ◽  
As Effects

The problems associated with measuring success in small businesses are primarily caused by a lack of comparable data due to the ambiguity of “success” and by subjective biases. Success evaluation is dominated by the estimates of business owners, who tend to overestimate overall success and internal strengths. However, reliable success measurement instruments would be useful for small business owners/managers as well as small business policymakers. The main purposes of this article are to compare various measures of success, to explore the differences in their outcomes, and to analyze whether a model of success measurement using configurational fit can be used to overcome subjective biases. The study is based on a recent survey of 103 small family-owned businesses in the eastern Austrian border region. Our analysis of the data confirmed the existence of the measurement problems mentioned above. Although some individual indicators show significant biases as well as effects due to company age, size, and industry, the aggregated indicator based on the concept of configurational fit seems to be an appropriate means of overcoming most of these drawbacks.

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