EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATIONS INTO FIRM TECHNOLOGY ORIENTATION AND ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION

Boris Urban () and Jose Barreria
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Boris Urban: Wits Business School, University of Witwatersrand, PO Box 98, Wits 2050, South Africa
Jose Barreria: University of Johannesburg, PO Box 17111, Auckland Park, South Africa

International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM), 2010, vol. 07, issue 04, 329-351

Abstract: Entrepreneurship and its relation with technology is studied extensively within organizations and often conceptualized as entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and technology orientation (TO). This paper empirically tests the relationship between these orientations and firm performance by measuring how environmental dynamism and hostility may influence the EO–TO relationship. After providing an overview of the relevant variables, data are collected from 229 firms in Johannesburg, South Africa. Statistical analyses are employed to test the hypothesized associations. Findings reveal robust reliability and validity of scales used, and significant correlations between EO and environment hostility and dynamism are reported.

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; technology; environment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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