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Entrepreneurial orientation versus small business orientation : what are their relationships to firm performance?

Runyan, Rodney; Droge, Cornelia; Swinney, Jane - In: Journal of small business management : JSBM ; a joint … 46 (2008) 4, pp. 567-588

This study examines the construct of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) versus small business orientation (SBO), their impact on small business performance, and whether these effects are moderated by longevity. A sample of 267 small business owners from 11 small-medium downtowns was used in...

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The growth, decline and survival of small businesses : an exploratory study of life cycles

Headd, Brian; Kirchhoff, Bruce Allen - In: Journal of small business management : JSBM ; a joint … 47 (2009) 4, pp. 531-550

Using U.S. Census Bureau special tabulations, we follow a cohort of small (single-establishment) firms formed in 1992 and a cohort of fast growers to 2002 to track their employment changes. Explorative findings showed growing firms as generally a constant share of the economy with a minor...

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The role of human and financial capital in the profitability and growth of women-owned small firms

Coleman, Susan - In: Journal of small business management : JSBM ; a joint … 45 (2007) 3, pp. 303-319

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CEO regulatory foci, environmental dynamism, and small firm performance

Wallace, J. Craig; Little, Laura M.; Hill, Aaron; … - In: Journal of small business management : JSBM ; a joint … 48 (2010) 4, pp. 580-604

This research proposes and tests that regulatory foci of small business chief executive officers (promotion focus and prevention focus) relate to firm performance differentially when levels of environmental uncertainty vary. Results suggest that a promotion focus is positively related to firm...

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The influence of CEO gender on market orientation and performance in service small and medium-sized service businesses

Davis, Peter S.; Babakus, Emin; Englis, Paula Danskin; … - In: Journal of small business management : JSBM ; a joint … 48 (2010) 4, pp. 475-496

orientation) on both market performance (growth) and financial performance (profitability). That is, female-led service SMEs …

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Exploring proactiveness as a moderator in the process of perceiving industrial munificence : a field study of SMEs in four countries

Tang, Zhi; Kreiser, Patrick M.; Marino, Louis; Weaver, … - In: Journal of small business management : JSBM ; a joint … 48 (2010) 2, pp. 97-115

Utilizing information processing theory, we investigated the role that proactiveness plays in the organizational process of perceiving objective industrial munificence. Specifically, we examined the moderating effect of proactiveness in the munificence perception process, as well as the...

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Effect of SMEs' international experience on foreign intensity and economic performance : the mediating role of internationally exploitable assets and competitive strategy

Camisón Zornoza, César; Villar-López, Ana - In: Journal of small business management : JSBM ; a joint … 48 (2010) 2, pp. 116-151

(SMEs) and their economic performance using intangible and financial asset stock, competitive strategy, and international … 394 Spanish SMEs through the modelization of a structura equations system. Results show that superior economic performance … is only achieved by SMEs that can turn the knowledge they gain from international experience into a large endowment of …

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A three-country comparison of the business success versus failure prediction model

Lussier, Robert N.; Halabi, Claudia E. - In: Journal of small business management : JSBM ; a joint … 48 (2010) 3, pp. 360-377

Why do some businesses succeed and others end up bankrupt? There is great discrepancy in the literature as to which variables do in fact lead to success, thus, there currently is no theory. To move the field in that direction, this study tests the Lussier 15-variable business success versus...

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Customer orientation and performance in small firms : examining the moderating influence of risk-taking, innovativeness, and opportunity focus

Brockman, Beverly K.; Jones, Michael A.; Becherer, … - In: Journal of small business management : JSBM ; a joint … 50 (2012) 3, pp. 429-446

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An Empirical study of buyer-supplier relationships within small business organizations

Adams, Jeffrey H.; Khoja, Faiza M.; Kauffman, Ralph - In: Journal of small business management : JSBM ; a joint … 50 (2012) 1, pp. 20-40

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