Abstract
This study explores configurations for firm-environment alignment of entrepreneurial opportunity exploitation in technology-based ventures to explain firm performance. Classifying entrepreneurial opportunities by their source and location as technology driven and market driven, we develop a framework to investigate a multitude of factors in the firm and in the environment that influence firm performance only when aligned with each other. The study examines technology-based ventures using fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis. Our results highlight the presence of complete firm-environment alignment of technological and market opportunity exploitation in cases with very high organizational growth rates. High-growth cases are driven by market opportunity exploitation. Firm-environment misalignment characterizes low-growth cases. Our results extend entrepreneurial opportunity exploitation literature to encompass a configurational setting from a quality perspective and provides entrepreneurs, managers, and policy-makers with informed choices of alternative growth strategies when focusing on organizational and policy priorities.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | (In-press) |
Journal | Journal of Small Business Management |
Volume | (In-press) |
Early online date | 21 Sep 2020 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 21 Sep 2020 |
Keywords
- Entrepreneurship
- entrepreneurial opportunities
- qualitative comparative analysis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Business, Management and Accounting(all)
- Strategy and Management
- Management of Technology and Innovation
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Esin Yoruk
- Faculty Research Centre for Business in Society - Associate
- School of Strategy and Leadership - Assistant Professor (Academic)
Person: Teaching and Research