Studying the outsourcing concept, as a strategy for efficient and effective business management, has been implemented less in the field of entrepreneurship. Accordingly, the present study aims to develop a measurement instrument for measuring entrepreneurial outsourcing construct utilizing...

Considering knowledge management (KM) in alliances has become increasingly important regarding the key role of knowledge as an essential resource shared through collaboration. However, alliance partners always find it challenging to successfully manage the knowledge acquired by cooperation. In...

This study attempts to develop and empirically test a measurement instrument assessing alliance entrepreneurship. The proposed scale comprises three dimensions: pre-alliance formation factors, post-alliance formation factors, and alliance performance, each incorporating several sub-dimensions. A...

The present study aims to investigate the impact of social capital on organizational innovation by studying the mediating factor of entrepreneurial orientation in auto parts manufacturers. The statistical population of the study includes the executive managers of Iranian auto parts companies....

One of the solutions to improve auto manufacturers’ performance is forming alliances with their competitors. Recent researches imply that if these alliances follow entrepreneurial activities it will lead to the creation of a new construct: “alliance entrepreneurship”. Carrying out this...

This study investigates the effect of entrepreneurial orientation of firms on their performance considering the moderating role of organization structure in firms of the Kaveh industrial city. The executive managers of these firms (approximately 250 people) have formed the statistical society of...