Uncertainty, entrepreneurial orientation, and the pursuit of M&A: Managing the unpredictable

Joseph J. Simpson and Marcie Sariol

Journal of Business Research, 2022, vol. 142, issue C, 423-434

Abstract: Uncertainty has long-been the subject of academic discussion and debate regarding organizational pursuits and the topic’s growth in top business and management journals has seen increased substantially in recent years. In this article, we take up prior calls to provide clarity regarding uncertainty measurement in management research by developing and testing a CATA measure of uncertainty. We further clarify and compare the uncertainty-entrepreneurial orientation dynamic to explain why firms engage or focus on M&A activity vis-à-vis their annual reports. We find support for an interaction between Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO) and uncertainty to explain firms’ M&A Discourse. Implications and future research directions are discussed.

Keywords: Uncertainty; Entrepreneurial orientation; Mergers; Acquisitions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0148296322000066
Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:jbrese:v:142:y:2022:i:c:p:423-434

DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.01.006

Access Statistics for this article

Journal of Business Research is currently edited by A. G. Woodside

More articles in Journal of Business Research from Elsevier
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ().