Entrepreneurial context and behaviour in SMEs: An investigation of two contrasting manufacturing firms
International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research
ISSN: 1355-2554
Article publication date: 1 August 1998
Abstract
This paper examines the entrepreneurial decision making of two manufacturing enterprises, a Scottish telecommunications component producer and a Polish marine pump manufacturer. Although identified as located in contrasting situations of environmental context and organisational configuration, the emergent organisational behaviours of both display convergence tendencies. Their common entrepreneurial problem is how to promote the appropriation of innovative learning across the organisation. The paper draws tentative conclusions regarding the importance of dominant entrepreneurial leadership and of setting stretching goals to provide conditions for divergent learning.
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Citation
Kirk, D. (1998), "Entrepreneurial context and behaviour in SMEs: An investigation of two contrasting manufacturing firms", International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, Vol. 4 No. 2, pp. 88-100. https://doi.org/10.1108/13552559810224558
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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