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Entrepreneurial orientation, environmental sustainability and new venture performance: Does stakeholder integration matter?
Author(s) -
AmankwahAmoah Joseph,
Danso Albert,
Adomako Samuel
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
business strategy and the environment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.123
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1099-0836
pISSN - 0964-4733
DOI - 10.1002/bse.2191
Subject(s) - entrepreneurial orientation , stakeholder , sustainability , business , stakeholder theory , industrial organization , process management , business administration , management , entrepreneurship , economics , ecology , biology , finance
Previous research has theorised that the link between entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and performance is mediated by environmental sustainability orientation (ESO). However, firm‐level factors that may moderate this relationship are lacking. This paper attempts to fill this gap by examining how and when EO enhances new venture performance by considering ESO as mediator and stakeholder integration as an important contingent factor. Using primary data obtained from 242 chief executive officers/entrepreneurs, it was found that the indirect relationship between EO and new venture performance is strengthened at high levels of stakeholder integration. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.