Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1019563 | Journal of Business Venturing | 2008 | 28 Pages |
Abstract
Theory suggests that firms may derive the greatest benefits from an entrepreneurial orientation (EO) when they concurrently exhibit a high degree of strategic reactiveness. This paper explores the relationship between strategic reactiveness and EO as well as the moderating effect of structure–style fit on this relationship. Data collected from 110 manufacturing firms indicate that strategic reactiveness is not significantly related to EO. However, firms that exhibit theoretically-congruent alignments between their organization structures and top management decision-making styles tend to have positive strategic reactiveness–EO relationships.
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Authors
Kimberly M. Green, Jeffrey G. Covin, Dennis P. Slevin,