We examine the effect of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and hypothesize that EO has a positive impact on business performance. We create a contingency model and a configuration model and compare their results to those derived from a main-effects model. The study replicates the work of Wiklund...

Identifying appropriate criteria for evaluatingsuccess is acommon problem in the analysis of small family businesses.Definitions and measurement of success are ambiguous due to subjective biasesand a variety of personal goals and company objectives; definitions andmeasurements are not comparable...