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Original Articles

Antecedents of corporate entrepreneurship in Iran: the role of strategic orientation and opportunity recognition

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Pages 251-266 | Received 01 May 2015, Accepted 17 Mar 2016, Published online: 02 May 2016
 

Abstract

In a study of 130 Iranian small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), we predict and find that market orientation, learning orientation, and their interaction are positively related to opportunity recognition, which impacts firm-level corporate entrepreneurship positively. This study makes two important contributions to the corporate entrepreneurship literature. First, the majority of studies on corporate entrepreneurship concern western economies or China; as such, we broaden research on the international context of corporate entrepreneurship by examining a unique dataset of Iranian SMEs, which have grown significantly in recent years during their transition to knowledge-based enterprises. Second, we build upon previous literature on corporate entrepreneurship antecedents by explicating and testing the relationships of how and when learning orientation and market orientation affect opportunity recognition and the development of corporate entrepreneurship.

Cette étude conduite sur 130 PME en Iran nous a révélé que l'orientation de marché, l'orientation sur l'apprentissage et leur interaction sont positivement liées au repérage des débouchés, ce qui a un impact positif sur l'entreprenariat d'entreprise. Elle contribue de deux manières importantes à la littérature sur l'entreprenariat d'entreprise. Premièrement, la plupart des études sur l'entreprenariat d'entreprises sont en rapport avec les économies occidentales ou la Chine; ainsi, nous élargissons la recherche au contexte international de l'entreprenariat d'entreprise en examinant un ensemble unique de données sur les PME en Iran qui ont considérablement grandi ces dernières années, au cours de leur transition vers l'entreprenariat fondé sur les connaissances. Deuxièmement, nous nous appuyons sur la littérature déjà publiée sur l'entreprenariat d'entreprise en explicitant et en analysant les rapports entre la manière et le moment selon lesquels l'orientation sur l'apprentissage et l'orientation de marché influencent le repérage des débouchés et le développement de l'entreprenariat d'entreprise.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Notes on contributors

Saba Kakapour

Saba Kakapour is a PhD candidate in Administration Management at Allameh Tabatabaei University, Iran. Her research focuses on international entrepreneurship and corporate entrepreneurship.

Todd Morgan

Todd Morgan is an assistant professor of Marketing at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. His research focuses on innovation and new product development, corporate reputation, and strategic orientations of the firm.

Salman Parsinejad

Salman Parsinejad is an MBA student at the University of Nevada, Reno. His research interest includes strategic management, entrepreneurship, and cross cultural analyses.

Alice Wieland

Alice Wieland is an assistant professor in Management at the University of Nevada, Reno. Her research agenda intersects the fields of entrepreneurship, gender and judgment and decision-making.

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