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Author: | Simsek, Z. Veiga, J.F. Lubatkin, M.H. |
Title: | The impact of managerial environmental perceptions on corporate entrepreneurship: Towards understanding discretionary slack's pivotal role |
Journal: | Journal of Management Studies
2007 : DEC, VOL. 44:8, p. 1398-1424 |
Index terms: | entrepreneurship management competition small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) models |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | This study aims at further delineating how a firm's pursuit of entrepreneurial activities is influenced by firm's competitive environment. A model establishing the role of discretionary slack (hereafter as: d-s.) as a salient mediating mechanism is developed and tested. In addition, two contingencies explaining further d-s.'s impact on corporate entrepreneurship are explored. Based on survey data from 495 small- to medium-sized firms (SMEs), there is found support for this study's model and its associated hypotheses. Especially, it is found that d-s. is significantly influenced by managerial perceptions of environmental munificence and dynamism etc. |
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