Effectual control orientation and innovation performance: clarifying implications in the corporate context

Sebastian Markus Szambelan () and Yi Dragon Jiang
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Sebastian Markus Szambelan: ESCP Europe
Yi Dragon Jiang: ESCP Europe

Small Business Economics, 2020, vol. 54, issue 3, No 12, 865-882

Abstract: Abstract This study aims to assess the relationship between effectual control orientation (ECO) and a firm’s innovation performance, with entrepreneurial orientation (EO) as a mediator, in a corporate context. Based on data from 157 established corporations in Germany, the findings indicate that ECO has a positive effect on innovation performance. The study also shows that EO’s behavioral dimension (i.e., innovation and proactiveness), rather than risk-taking, acts as a mediating mechanism between ECO and innovation performance. The empirical results provide theoretical and managerial implications for innovation, effectuation, and EO literatures.

Keywords: Effectual control orientation; Entrepreneurial orientation; Innovation performance; Entrepreneurial behavior (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D22 L25 L26 O32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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