Fostering Open Innovation by Linking Entrepreneurial Leadership and Knowledge Management: An Empirical Study in the Tunisian Context

Samah Chemli Horchani () and Mahmoud Zouaoui ()
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Samah Chemli Horchani: Tunis El-Manar University, Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences of Tunis FSEGT
Mahmoud Zouaoui: Business School of Tunis ESCT

A chapter in Eurasian Business and Economics Perspectives, 2021, pp 243-255 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Entrepreneurial leadership is universally recognized and there are divergences in its effectiveness, which suggests several promising areas of inquiry. The success of this leadership style depends on interrelations between leaders, followers, and the knowledge context. This study offers an interpretative reading of entrepreneurship and leadership theories to describe an innovative approach. It investigates the link between entrepreneurial leadership and open innovation considering the knowledge management importance. A new conceptual model is proposed through a thorough review of the literature. A qualitative research method was used. Five in-depth case studies were conducted. Data was collected from small and medium-sized enterprises belonging to the Tunisian industrial sector. The findings of this study show that entrepreneurial leadership affects open innovation through knowledge management. Moreover, the results show that entrepreneurial leaders encounter difficulties in the use of knowledge into open innovation. In addition, the results reveal the contextual specificities of the Tunisian entrepreneurial leadership. This work would be an opportunity for practitioners allowing them to discover the mechanisms and processes ensuring the maintenance of entrepreneurial intensity in an innovative company but also, opening the door to action when this intensity presents deficiencies.

Keywords: Entrepreneurial leadership; Open innovation; Knowledge management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-77438-7_15

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