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THE IMPACT OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION AND OWNERSHIP TYPE ON FIRM PERFORMANCE IN THE EMERGING REGION OF CHINA

John Cook School of Business, Saint Louis University, 3674 Lindell Blvd. Room DS 406, St. Louis, MO, 63108, USA

Rochester Institute of Technology, E. Philip Saunders College of Business, Max Lowenthal Building, Building 12, Room 3310, 108 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY, 14623-5608, USA

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YULI ZHANG

Business College, Nankai University, Tianjin, China, 300071, China

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QIANWEN LI

Nanjing Audit University, Nanjing, China, 211815, China

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S1084946707000733Cited by:30 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

Entrepreneurial orientation (EO) has been widely studied in the US context, but its examination in emerging regions such as China has been very limited. In this study, we investigate the EO-performance relationship in China. Results based on a sample of 166 firms in Northern China confirm the positive influence of EO on performance. More importantly, the EO-performance relationship is more positive among state-owned enterprises (SOEs) than among privately-owned enterprises (POEs). Research and practical implications for EO in China are discussed.

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