The Microfoundations of Strategic Entrepreneurship: A Middle Management Perspective

Ruifang Wang, Patrick Gibbons () and Ciaran Heavey ()
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Ruifang Wang: Maynooth University School of Business, Maynooth, Co Kildare, Ireland
Patrick Gibbons: UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, Carysfort Avenue, Blackrock, Co Dublin, Ireland
Ciaran Heavey: UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, Carysfort Avenue, Blackrock, Co Dublin, Ireland

Journal of Enterprising Culture (JEC), 2021, vol. 29, issue 01, 1-20

Abstract: Strategic entrepreneurship (SE) has attracted increased research attention, given its dual focus on creating competitive advantage and exploiting new opportunities. While research interest in SE has grown at a rapid pace in the past two decades, understanding of its microfoundations is limited. This conceptual paper contributes to the development of understating from a middle management perspective. It argues that middle managers’ five strategic roles serve as the microfoundations to firm’s SE. It also drills down to explore individual differences as antecedents in shaping these roles. This paper develops a research framework along with fine-grained propositions, aimed to shed light on future research and implications for practice.

Keywords: Strategic entrepreneurship; microfoundations; middle manager; strategic roles (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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