Developing an assessment scale for Entrepreneurial Orientation of Public Research Institutions in Energy industry of Iran, and investigating its effect on performance by contingency approach

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1 PhD Student, Technological Entrepreneurship Department, Faculty of Entrepreneurship, University of Tehran

2 Associate Professor, Technological Entrepreneurship Department, Faculty of Entrepreneurship, University of Tehran

3 Associate Professor, Corporate Entrepreneurship Department, Faculty of Entrepreneurship, University of Tehran

Abstract

This paper links two branches of Knowledge-based entrepreneurship (Academic & Corporate entrepreneurship) by employing the widely-used construct of Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO) from corporate entrepreneurship literature, to indentify the favorable strategic posture for entrepreneurial activities within Public Research & Technology Institutions (RTIs) in Energy Sector of Iran, and to investigate its effect of their performance indices. Due to context-dependent nature of EO construct, an exploratory sequential research design was utilized to first develop a new EO measurement scale in public RTIs and then, investigate its effect on performance indices of 15 research centers within these RTIs from universalistic and contingency perspectives (moderating effect of environmental and internal factors). The results indicated that the Entrepreneurial Orientation of research centers has a positive and substantial effect on their financial performance which is being moderated by environmental factors in a way that EO has the strongest relationship with financial performance under unfavorable environmental conditions.

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Innovation Management Journal
Volume 5, Issue 3 - Serial Number 17
December 2016
Pages 143-168

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  • Receive Date: 04 October 2016
  • Revise Date: 15 December 2016
  • Accept Date: 19 December 2016

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