Institutions, industries and entrepreneurial versus advantage-based strategies: how complex, nested environments affect strategic choice

Michael A. Hitt (), David G. Sirmon (), Yuan Li (), Abby Ghobadian (), Jean-Luc Arregle () and Kai Xu ()
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Michael A. Hitt: Texas A&M University
David G. Sirmon: University of Washington
Yuan Li: Tongji University
Abby Ghobadian: University of Reading
Jean-Luc Arregle: EM Lyon Business School
Kai Xu: University of Texas at San Antonio

Journal of Management & Governance, 2021, vol. 25, issue 1, No 7, 147-188

Abstract: Abstract With primary and secondary data on 658 firms from 17 countries across three continents, we examine the combined influence of country-level institutions on industry attributes and in turn their effects on the choice of a defensive advantage-based strategy and an entrepreneurial strategy. We find that strong and efficient institutions constrain both dynamism and munificence in industries. In turn, industry dynamism has a negative effect on both entrepreneurial and advantage-based strategies. However, firms having strong relational capital with important stakeholders can better navigate these uncertain environments to employ both strategies with increasing strength. Alternatively, in more munificent environments, firms are less likely to employ advantage-based strategies and more likely to employ entrepreneurial strategies. This study demonstrates the environmental conditions under which firms are more-or-less likely to employ entrepreneurial strategies and defensive advantage-based strategies.

Keywords: Entrepreneurial strategies; Defensive strategies; Institutions; Industries; Environmental complexity; Strategic choice (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/s10997-020-09504-2

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