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Entrepreneurial capacities as antecedents of business performance in Brazilian firms
Author(s) -
Jiménez Daniel Jiménez,
CegarraNavarro Juan Gabriel,
Gattermann Perin Marcelo,
Sampaio Claudio Hoffmann,
Lengler Jorge Bertinetti
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
canadian journal of administrative sciences / revue canadienne des sciences de l'administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.347
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1936-4490
pISSN - 0825-0383
DOI - 10.1002/cjas.1281
Subject(s) - entrepreneurial orientation , business administration , orientation (vector space) , psychology , humanities , business , entrepreneurship , philosophy , mathematics , geometry , finance
We investigate the relationship between entrepreneurial capacities and firm performance. More specifically, we investigate the effects of radical innovation and learning orientation on business performance. We test the effects of entrepreneurial orientation on learning orientation and radical innovation. The results suggest that radical product innovation and companies' orientation to learn have a positive effect on organizational performance. Additionally, we find that entrepreneurial orientation positively influences a firm's capability to learn and innovate. Our findings also show a direct effect of learning orientation on radical innovation, which means that companies with a higher proclivity to learn are more likely to create products and processes, representing a major departure from the state of current knowledge. Copyright © 2014 ASAC. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.