Antecedents of corporate entrepreneurship in SMEs: evidence from an emerging economy

Corporate entrepreneurship (CE) research has reached a certain degree of consensus around five core internal antecedents that enable CE, but consensus remains focused on large-sized firms in Western economies. Using institutional theory, we argue that contextual factors may undermine the viability o...

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Main Authors:	Mathew Hughes, Michael Mustafa
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Published:	2016
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spelling	rr-article-95047822016-09-01T00:00:00Z Antecedents of corporate entrepreneurship in SMEs: evidence from an emerging economy Mathew Hughes (2612836) Michael Mustafa (7185155) Other commerce, management, tourism and services not elsewhere classified untagged Business and Management not elsewhere classified Corporate entrepreneurship (CE) research has reached a certain degree of consensus around five core internal antecedents that enable CE, but consensus remains focused on large-sized firms in Western economies. Using institutional theory, we argue that contextual factors may undermine the viability of internal antecedents in emerging economy contexts. Our qualitative study shows that the organization of the internal environments for CE among service sector Kenyan SMEs is much more interactive and complex than currently presented in the literature. Specifically cultural and contextual factors appear to influence the extent to which the antecedents are able to produce CE activity. Our findings provide a more fine-grained depiction of the internal environment for CE in emerging economy SMEs. 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z Text Journal contribution 2134/24334 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Antecedents_of_corporate_entrepreneurship_in_SMEs_evidence_from_an_emerging_economy/9504782 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
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description	Corporate entrepreneurship (CE) research has reached a certain degree of consensus around five core internal antecedents that enable CE, but consensus remains focused on large-sized firms in Western economies. Using institutional theory, we argue that contextual factors may undermine the viability of internal antecedents in emerging economy contexts. Our qualitative study shows that the organization of the internal environments for CE among service sector Kenyan SMEs is much more interactive and complex than currently presented in the literature. Specifically cultural and contextual factors appear to influence the extent to which the antecedents are able to produce CE activity. Our findings provide a more fine-grained depiction of the internal environment for CE in emerging economy SMEs.
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title	Antecedents of corporate entrepreneurship in SMEs: evidence from an emerging economy
title_short	Antecedents of corporate entrepreneurship in SMEs: evidence from an emerging economy
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Antecedents of corporate entrepreneurship in SMEs: evidence from an emerging economy

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