| Journal: | Panorama socioeconómico |
| Database: | CLASE |
| System number: | 000286277 |
| ISSN: | 0718-1566 |
| Authors: | Ferreira, Joao Jose Matos |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Season: | Ene-Jul |
| Number: | 34 |
| Pages: | 34-47 |
| Country: | Chile |
| Language: | Portugués |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Analítico, descriptivo |
| English abstract | The field of Entrepreneurship is considered interdisciplinary and/or multidisciplinar and it is in increasing development (Ronen, 1983; Sexton & Bowman, 1987; Davidsson, 1989). Nowadays, the concept of Entrepreneurship covers a broad number of theories and approaches and it has been studied in many ways and with very different purposes. The present study pretends to undertake, within the complexities of the concept of Entrepreneurship, the concept of Entrepreneurial Strategic Orientation as a measure of company Growth. The objective is centered, specifically, in identifying the variables that contribute to characterize the dimension of the entrepreneurial strategic orientation of small firms and the influence that it has on their growth. In order to reach this studyÕs objective, an empirical study was carried out, based on a stratified sample of small firms in the manufacturing industry. The data was submitted to two types of statistical analyses: bivariate analysis and multivariate analysis. The results make it possible to identify some dimensions that explain the entrepreneurial strategic orientation and the factors that influence growth: (i) innovation; (ii) risk taking; (iii) proactivity |
| Portuguese abstract | O conceito de empreeendedorismo abrange hoje em dia um alargado numero de teorias e abordagens e tem sido estudado de muitas formas e com propositos muito diferentes. O Empreendedorismo e considerado um campo de investigacao interdisciplinar e/ou multidisciplinar e esta em crescente desenvolvimento Neste trabalho de investigacao pretendese abordar, dentro da complexidade do conceito de empreendedorismo, o conceito da Orientacao Estrategica Empreendedora como medida de Crescimento da empresa. O objectivo centra-se, especificamente, na identificacao das variaveis que contribuem para caracterizar a dimensao da orientacao estrategica empreendedora das pequenas empresas e a influencia que esta tem no crescimento das mesmas. Com vista a alcancar o objectivo proposto foi desenvolvido um estudo empirico, com base numa amostra estrateficada das pequenas empresas da industria transformadora. Os dados foram submetidos a dois tipos de analise estatistica: bivariada e multivariada. Os resultados obtidos permitiram identificar algumas das dimensoes que explicam a orientacao estrategica empreendedora: (i) inovacao; (ii) tomada de risco; (iii) proactividade |
| Disciplines: | Economía |
| Keyword: | Empresas, Portugal, Emprenderismo, Crecimiento económico, Innovación, Toma de decisiones |
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