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Linking Entrepreneurial Orientation and Firm Performance: The Role of Organizational Learning Capability and Innovation Performance

Ricardo ChivaJoaquín Alegre

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Knowledge managementDynamic capabilitiesbusiness.industryProduct innovationEntrepreneurial orientationBusiness performancePast researchLongitudinal analysisStrategic orientationManagementEmpirical assessmentProduct innovationOrganizational learningMarket orientationStrategic orientationEmpirical-assessmentMarketingDynamic capabilitiesCorporate entrepreneurshipbusinessMarket orientation

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This research contributes to the entrepreneurial orientation (EO)–performance literature by offering a wider picture that includes two intermediate steps: organizational learning capability (OLC) and innovation performance. This study also provides an explanation of intra-industry firm performance differences by focusing on EO. We use structural equation modeling to test the hypotheses on a data set from Italian and Spanish ceramic tile producers. The results support our conceptual model and demonstrate its usefulness in explaining differences in intra-industry firm performance. Findings suggest that OLC and innovation performance should be enhanced by managers in order to boost the positive EO–performance link. The authors would like to thank the Valencian Institute of Economic Studies (IVIE-2008) and the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (ECO2008-00729) for their financial support for this research.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2013-01-07
10.1111/jsbm.12005/abstracthttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jsbm.12005