Entrepreneurial Orientation in Family Firms: Looking at a European Outermost Region

Duarte Pimentel, João Pedro Couto () and Marc Scholten ()
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Duarte Pimentel: William James Center for Research, ISPA — Instituto Universitário and CEEAplA, University of the Azores, Rua Jardim do Tabaco, 34, 1149-041 Lisbon, Portugal
João Pedro Couto: CEEAplA, University of the Azores and Advance/CSG, ISEG, Universidade de Lisboa, Ladeira da Mãe de Deus, 9501-855 Ponta Delgada, Portugal
Marc Scholten: Department of Marketing, Universidade Europeia, Quinta do Bom Nome, Estrada da Correia 53, 1500-210 Lisbon, Portugal

Journal of Enterprising Culture (JEC), 2017, vol. 25, issue 04, 441-460

Abstract: This study addresses a current debate in the family business literature involving the extent to which the family business context hinders or promotes entrepreneurial behavior. The empirical evidence is provided by 155 small-sized firms, 82 family-controlled and 73 nonfamily-controlled, operating in an outermost region, the Autonomous Region of the Azores. This study analyzes the differences between family and nonfamily firms in regard to entrepreneurial orientation and how it is influenced by family participation. Results show that there are differences in entrepreneurship orientation and in two of its three dimensions, while revealing that family participation is negatively associated with entrepreneurial orientation and its three dimensions.

Keywords: Family firms; entrepreneurial orientation; family participation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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