scholarly journals Entrepreneurial Artist versus Scientist: Bridging Creativity and Scientific to Create High Entrepreneurial Orientation

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heru Santosa Hadiyanto
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Strategy Management ◽  
Wealth Creation ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Final Output ◽  
Way Of Thinking ◽  
The Individual

Thedevelopmentofentrepreneurshiptheorystatesthatentrepreneurshipasamindset. Some other literature has even linked strategy management with entrepreneurship into an inseparable construct. One of the equations contained that entrepreneurship-related top roduce wealth,whil estrategic management related to the create competitive advantage which ultimately plays an important role in wealth creation. With similarities, talking about the entrepreneurial mindset certainly cannot be separated from the strategic mindset itself. Generally, strategic mindset here can be classify into two orientation, artist and scientist.Given that the mindset there is related to way of gathering information or way of thinking, the research here attempts to identify what kind pattern of thinking that can create high entrepreneurial orientation. Research here is more focus about entrepreneurs at the individual level, not in the context of companies or organizations. The final output in this paper is to build proposition and conceptual model abour entrepreneurial artist and scientist to be testing in further research. Keywords: entrepreneurial orientation, artist, scientist, way of gathering

Exploring entrepreneurial orientation and intentions among technical university students

2019 ◽  
Vol 61 (6) ◽  
pp. 718-736
Author(s):  
Swagatika Sahoo ◽  
Rajeev Kumar Panda
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the impact of the contextual antecedents on the individual entrepreneurial orientation (IEO) of university graduates, which, in turn, affects their entrepreneurial intentions (EIs). Design/methodology/approach Primary data were collected in the form of 510 valid responses from engineering students across two technical universities in India, through a structured questionnaire consisting of scales adapted from the extant literature, and the data were empirically validated in this study. The reliability and validity measures of the constructs were validated through the confirmatory factor analysis, and the proposed hypotheses were validated using structural equation modelling. Findings The results of this empirical analysis validate that the contextual antecedents have a significant positive impact on students’ entrepreneurial orientation (EO), which, in turn, has a significant positive influence on EIs. Research limitations/implications This analysis depicts the significance of EO as a perceptual driver at the individual level and substantiates that the availability of resources such as startup capital, access to business information, social networks and supportive university context significantly affects the decision-making process of an individual to venture into an otherwise uncertain occupation of entrepreneurship. Practical implications The study has the likely potential to help university administrators and policymakers to allocate resources, develop strategies and provide effective entrepreneurial learning in entrepreneurship-oriented courses aimed at honing entrepreneurial skills and self-confidence of the university students. This holistic model can be used as a tool for resource planning and prioritising in order to provide the desired contextual support essential for fostering the IEO of the university students towards adopting entrepreneurial career, thereby assisting them to achieve their career goals and the broader objective of nation-building. Originality/value This study adopts an innovative approach to empirically validate the EO construct at the individual level, which has been studied at the organisation (firm) level till today. This research explores the relevant contextual antecedents and analyses their impact on IEO as well as the explanatory capacity of IEO to explain students’ EIs in the contextual backdrop of universities in a fast transitioning economy like India.

Conceptual Theory

2010 ◽  
pp. 1-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meir Russ ◽  
Robert Fineman ◽  
Jeannette K. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Gap Analysis ◽  
Organizational Knowledge ◽  
The Other ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
The Individual

This chapter will provide the reader with two definitions of knowledge, one at the individual level, the other at the organizational level. This will be followed by connecting the knowledge base of the organization to its sustainable competitive advantage by using a multiple-layer framework of organizational knowledge. Then, the chapter will discuss the frameworks of knowledge management vision, mission and goals for the organization. Temporary and functional gap analysis frameworks will follow. The chapter will end with a brief description of three tools developed by the authors.

Disentangling the individual entrepreneurial orientation and SMEs success nexus: an action-based interplay of exploration activities and entrepreneurial alertness

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Raza Bilal ◽  
Tehreem Fatima
Keyword(s):  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Individual Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Entrepreneurial Alertness ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Conditional Indirect Effects

Purpose This study aims to extend the much-held strategic entrepreneurial orientation stance and conceptualized it as a psychological disposition of small- and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) owners. Based on this notion, the authors theorized that individual entrepreneurial orientation (IEO) is a precursor of success in manufacturing sector SMEs. Building on the credo of action regulation, the authors clarified the IEO and SMEs’ success association by introducing exploration activities as a conduit. Further, the authors posited that entrepreneurial alertness augments the nexus of IEO, exploration activities and SMEs success. Design/methodology/approach A three-wave survey was done by drawing a cluster-based sample of 389 SME owners in the manufacturing sector of Pakistan. The mediation and moderation analysis were done by PROCESS macro that uses bootstrapping with 5,000 draws to calculate the indirect (Model 4), conditional and conditional indirect effects (Model 7) at a 95% confidence interval. Findings The results offered empirical support to the conjectured association among IEO and SMEs’ success mediated by exploration activities. Moreover, the conditional direct (between IEO and exploration activities) and indirect impact (among IEO and SMEs’ success mediated by exploration activities) of entrepreneurial alertness was substantiated. Originality/value The authors added to the sprouting body of knowledge in the field of entrepreneurial orientation by focusing on its individual-level psychological conception. The authors have unlocked the interplay between IEO and SMEs’ success via the role of action characteristics of exploration activities and entrepreneurial alertness based on the action regulation tenet. Thus, the authors made a novel contribution by linking the micro-level entrepreneurial orientation and actions with macro-level SMEs' success.

Opportunity and Innovation

2009 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoff Simmons ◽  
Brychan C. Thomas ◽  
Gary Packham
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Business Context ◽  
Entrepreneurial Marketing ◽  
Potential Synergy ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Business Practitioners ◽  
Common Platform

It is evident from the literature that there is potential synergy between opportunity and innovation in the creation of value and competitive advantage for businesses. However, while entrepreneurial marketing presents a strategic business context in which to explore that synergy, there is a lack of existing work on which to draw. Addressing this, the main aim of this paper is to provide a common platform for researchers and business practitioners to tackle gaps in understanding, providing strategic implications and opportunities for future research. This is achieved through the development of a conceptual model, which builds on theories relating to marketing/entrepreneurial orientation and recent research on entrepreneurial marketing. The conceptual model offers a means of interpreting the synergy between opportunity and innovation in the creation of value.

AN EXAMINATION OF THE COMPETITIVE ATTITUDES OF ENTREPRENEURS: IMPLICATIONS FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION AT THE INDIVIDUAL LEVEL

2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (02) ◽  
pp. 1350008 ◽  
Author(s):  
RAE ANDRÉ
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Psychological Theory ◽  
Affective Engagement ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Self Actualization ◽  
Competitive Aggressiveness ◽  
The Individual

This study examined the competitive attitudes of entrepreneurs using the psychological theory of hyper-competitiveness versus personal development competitiveness in data from a cross-section of small business entrepreneurs. Results suggest most entrepreneurs view themselves, and their cohort, as personal development (e. g., growth oriented) competitors rather than as hypercompetitors (e. g., dominant individuals). The analysis suggests that, when applied at the individual level, the entrepreneurial orientation dimension of competitive aggressiveness should be reconceptualized to include not only hyper-competitiveness but also personal development competitiveness. Implications for the theories of entrepreneurial gender, affective engagement, interactional competitiveness and self-actualization are discussed.

scholarly journals Understanding the Nordic Gender Diversity Paradox

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-57
Author(s):  
Inga Minelgaite ◽  
Berit Sund ◽  
Jelena Stankeviciene
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Testable Hypothesis ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
A Value ◽  
Societal Level ◽  
The Individual

Abstract Norway and Iceland consistently top global gender equality rankings and pioneer the introduction of various measures for increased gender diversity. Still, actual gender diversity in top- level positions is lacking. This article seeks to better understand the contradiction between gender equality as a value and the actual lack of gender diversity and presents a conceptual model built of existing literature, which draws on potential differences between values held at the societal level and the individual level, and subsequent consequences for attitudes to diversity and diversity- impacting behaviors. Conceptual propositions are set forth that can be developed into a testable hypothesis.

scholarly journals The Reasons that Affect the Implementation of HR Analytics among HR Professionals

2021 ◽  
pp. 29-37 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
The Impact

Today, organizations use digital applications to enhance their HR operations, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many organizations compete to improve business performance as well as having a competitive advantage in their business areas. The business strategic plans depend on business' facts and data that support these plans. HR analytics promises to provide evidence-based initiatives, data-driven decision making, prioritize the impact of HR investments and enhance the business value and performance. This study tries to gain insights into the reasons for not using HR analytics among Saudi HR professionals to enhance business performance and maintain a competitive advantage. It uses the descriptive survey research design. This paper focuses on the individual-level adoption of HR analytics by human resource professionals. The main objective of this paper is to understand the importance of HR analytics and to gain insight into the barriers that affect the full implementation of HR Analytics among Saudi HR professionals. The total population used in this study is 168 HR professionals who work in the Dairy Products Manufacturing Companies in Saudi Arabia. The primary data used in this study collected through the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) questionnaire, which was sent through the work's official email, WhatsApp, and LinkedIn to the target sample. The study finds positive relationships between HR analytics adoption and the other factors. Also, the results show the main barriers that affect the implementation of HR Analytics by Saudi HR Professionals.

Understanding Telehealth

2011 ◽  
pp. 254-276
Author(s):  
Joachim Jean-Jules ◽  
Alain O. Villeneuve
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Model ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Organizational Learning Theory ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Operational Issues ◽  
Professional Resources

During the past few decades, many healthcare authorities sought to integrate new methods of delivering care to patients. Among the priorities faced by these organizations, a major issue arose of how to provide healthcare to patients who live in rural or remote regions suffering from a lack of accessible professional resources and services that comply with WHO’s call for providing fair access to healthcare. Many attempts were made to integrate new technologies such as telehealth into the healthcare system, but in many cases, telehealth was not successful due in part to limited assimilation into healthcare organizations and work practices. Telehealth addresses operational issues such as a shortage of professionals in rural or underserved geographical regions. Using a breadth of reference theories such as institutional theory, structuration theory, and organizational learning theory, we propose a conceptual model that integrates the determinants of telehealth assimilation and identifies factors that impinge upon the process of assimilation. We posit that telehealth assimilation can only be understood by taking a multilevel approach to the phenomenon, whereby assimilation starts at the individual level, permeates through other organizational levels such as groups, and finally ends at the organizational and inter-organizational level. Further, assimilation of technological innovations must be considered within their institutional context. Derived from our conceptual model, we make several propositions and hope that our work will significantly guide future research and managerial actions geared toward integrating healthcare in the workplace.

scholarly journals The Influence of Cognitive Styles as Promoters of Entrepreneurial Orientation and Intrapreneurship as Drivers of Innovation: The Case of Pharmacy Professionals in Portugal

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 368
Author(s):  
Sílvia Rebelo ◽  
Carla Susana Marques ◽  
Gina Santos
Keyword(s):  
Community Pharmacy ◽  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Cognitive Styles ◽  
Individual Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Different Dimensions ◽  
The Individual ◽  
General Studies ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Practical Level

Innovation in the community pharmacy field has extreme importance in building customer loyalty and competitiveness and, during the COVID-19 pandemic, its value was even more noted. Thus, in this study, we aimed to assess the influence of cognitive styles (rational and intuitive) on individual entrepreneurial orientation and intrapreneurship and how they impact innovation. A questionnaire was applied to 209 community pharmacy professionals in Portugal during the COVID-19 pandemic, and PLS-SEM was used to statistically analyze the data obtained. For the results, we perceived those cognitive styles’ (rational and intuitive) impact on individual entrepreneurial orientation and partially on intrapreneurship, and this innovation is explained by individual entrepreneurial orientation and intrapreneurship. For the theoretical implications, we have contributed to the advancement of knowledge by establishing and understanding the relationship between the different dimensions suggested and, at the practical level for management, we have perceived where to act at the individual level, to improve innovation and provide suggestions in the directions suggested here. This study is original and innovative because there are no general studies in the literature that have related all the dimensions addressed here, and there is little current research in the community pharmacy field.

Differential Effects of Competence and Morality on Self-Esteem at the Individual and the Collective Level

2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 183-198
Author(s):  
Wiktor Soral ◽  
Mirosław Kofta
Keyword(s):  
Self Esteem ◽  
Differential Effects ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Individual

Abstract. The importance of various trait dimensions explaining positive global self-esteem has been the subject of numerous studies. While some have provided support for the importance of agency, others have highlighted the importance of communion. This discrepancy can be explained, if one takes into account that people define and value their self both in individual and in collective terms. Two studies ( N = 367 and N = 263) examined the extent to which competence (an aspect of agency), morality, and sociability (the aspects of communion) promote high self-esteem at the individual and the collective level. In both studies, competence was the strongest predictor of self-esteem at the individual level, whereas morality was the strongest predictor of self-esteem at the collective level.

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