The role of an entrepreneurially alert information system in promoting corporate entrepreneurship

Zeki Simsek, Michael H. Lubatkin, John F. Veiga and Richard N. Dino

Journal of Business Research, 2009, vol. 62, issue 8, 810-817

Abstract: The literature has suggested that an entrepreneurially alert information system may be a salient driver of corporate entrepreneurship, even though this role has been neither theoretically articulated nor empirically substantiated. Building upon the organizational learning, information orientation, and entrepreneurial awareness literatures we identify three key elements of a firm's entrepreneurially alert information system, and then develop a parsimonious model that examines the impact of these elements on corporate entrepreneurship. Using both single- and multi-source survey data from 495 small- to medium-sized firms, we test our model and find that each element individually and collectively imparts significant positive influence on corporate entrepreneurship.

Keywords: Corporate; entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurial; alertness; Information; system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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