Authors
Bogatyreva K.
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Degree
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3rd year doctoral student at the strategic and international management department, Strategic and International Management Department, Saint-Petersburg State University, Graduate School of Management, GSOM SPbU |
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E-mail
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bogatyreva.karina@gmail.com |
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Location
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Saint-Petersburg |
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Articles
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The concept of entrepreneurial orientation in contemporary management studiesThe paper attempts to define a place of the entrepreneurial orientation (EO) concept discussing
the main theoretical approaches used in the contemporary research in the field of strategic
management to explain the importance of entrepreneurial orientation for a firm. In particular, it is
proposed to consider the role of EO from the perspective of design and planning schools in the
strategic management thought, as a mechanism for firm’s adaptation to the external environment,
and from the resource-based view, as a unique organizational resource that can improve firm
performance and its competitiveness. In terms of both views, contingency and configurational
approaches to the study of the relationships between EO, the main characteristics of firm business
environment, and its performance can be applied. Contingency approach implies that the
managerial practices efficiency depends on a number of contextual factors and considers twodimensional
relationships between the variables. Configurational approach is based on the same
assumption; however, it involves a consideration of complex systems of multidimensional relationships
between contextual variables. The paper presents a mind map showing the place of the entrepreneurial
orientation concept in the contemporary management studies. The basic differences
between theoretical approaches to the study of entrepreneurial orientation are discussed.
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