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Long-Term Orientation as a Resource for Entrepreneurial Orientation in Private Family Firms: The Need for Participative Decision Making

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Building on the resource-based view (RBV) of the firm, this paper suggests that a family firm's long-term orientation (LTO) can be an important resource that increases firm-level entrepreneurial orientation (EO). Nevertheless, resource orchestration suggests that managers need to orchestrate their resources in order to realize any potential advantage. Therefore, we hypothesize that a family firm's LTO entails potential resources to engage in entrepreneurial activities, while a participative decision making (PDM) style serves as coordinating mechanism that helps the firm to manage these resources. Using data from 209 private family firms, the results show a positive association between LTO and EO. Also, PDM was found to positively moderate the LTO-EO relationship, providing empirical support for our central hypothesis.
Journal: Sustainability (Basel)
ISSN: 2071-1050
Issue: 13
Volume: 12
Publication year:2020
Keywords:Long-term orientation, entrepreneurial orientation, participative decision making, private family firms
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BOF-publication weight:1
CSS-citation score:1
Authors from:Higher Education
Accessibility:Open