The Contribution of Entrepreneurial Orientation to the Corporate Performance: A Deeper Understanding

Selena Aureli (), Francesca Maria Cesaroni (), Massimo Ciambotti and Mara Del Baldo
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Francesca Maria Cesaroni: University of Urbino “Carlo Bo”, Urbino (PU), Italy

Chapter 2013-11 in The European Entrepreneurship: How Entrepreneurs (Should) Act in Global Business Environment. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference, 9 – 11 September 2013, Albena, Bulgaria, 2014, pp 215-243 from Bulgarian Association for Management Development and Entrepreneurship

Abstract: This paper investigates the role of business associations (BAs) in promoting inter-firm collaboration, in particular through the use of the network contract (NC) – a particular type of formal collaboration recently introduced in Italy. The analysis reveals that BAs can favour and promote inter-firm collaboration in two ways: directly, being formally involved in a NC and indirectly, through a number of initiatives (eg. matching meetings, workshops and so on), acting as facilitators of forms of inter-firm collaboration and, specifically, of NCs. Moreover, analysis shows that the presence of a BA can influence the network contract’s effects and improve local entrepreneurs’ attitude towards collaboration and networking.

Keywords: institutions; business associations; inter-firm collaboration; network contract; small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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