One of the main research questions in the field of strategic management is why firms obtain different performance levels. This paper answers this question from the strategic groups approach. This paper analyzes the linkage between strategic groups and firm performance offering a multilevel...

The relationship between degree of corporate entrepreneurship and strategic management is considered. Examined the impact on entrepreneurial behavior and intensity of five management practices: analysis, flexibility, horizon of planning, locus of planning within the firm, and control systems...

Current scholarship has failed to establish a clear relationship between the influence of the manager and the success of a small-to-medium-enterprise (SME).This study investigated the relationship between the characteristics of a firm's managers and the development of entrepreneurial behavior in...

The management characteristics of Spanish small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are analyzed from a resource-based view in terms of firm performance and business efficiency. A sample of 1,351 Spanish SMEs, classified by industry and size, provide the data for an empirical study of the...