Entrepreneurial Orientation and Knowledge Transfer: analysis in Spanish family businesses

This study tries to answer the following research questions in the context of family-owned firms: How is knowledge management related to entrepreneurship? How are knowledge management and entrepreneurship related to business performance? How does the family influence the above relationships? To...

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Main Authors: Ascensión Barroso-Martínez, Ramón Sanguino-Galván, Tomas Manuel Bañegil-Palacios
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Published: University of Algarve, ESGHT/CINTURS 2016-01-01
Series:Tourism & Management Studies
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Online Access:https://tmstudies.net/index.php/ectms/article/view/890/pdf_21
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author Ascensión Barroso-Martínez
Ramón Sanguino-Galván
Tomas Manuel Bañegil-Palacios
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description This study tries to answer the following research questions in the context of family-owned firms: How is knowledge management related to entrepreneurship? How are knowledge management and entrepreneurship related to business performance? How does the family influence the above relationships? To answer these questions we performed a study to firms belonging to Family Business Regional Associations. The methodology used to analyze these relationships is based on a structural equation approach (SEM), specifically Partial Least Squares (PLS). The main value of this study is the proposition of two models. The first model analyzes the relationship among Knowledge Transfer (KT), Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO) and Performance (PERF). The second model studies the Family Influence (FI) as a moderating variable of such relationships. As conclusion, in these family firms KT has a significant positive effect on EO, and the latter on PERF. FI strengthening moderates the relationship between KT and EO and PERF. The implications for managers are clear. Our study provides a theoretical and empirical basis for further study on KT and EO in family business.
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spelling doaj-art-fb2f287587b24e8ab123fbabba2ed5c72025-02-02T10:21:05ZengUniversity of Algarve, ESGHT/CINTURSTourism & Management Studies2182-84662016-01-0112121121910.18089/tms.2016.12123Entrepreneurial Orientation and Knowledge Transfer: analysis in Spanish family businessesAscensión Barroso-Martínez0Ramón Sanguino-Galván1Tomas Manuel Bañegil-Palacios2University of Extremadura, Business Administration Department, Faculty of Economics, Avda. Elvas, s/n 06006 Badajoz (Spain)University of Extremadura, Business Administration Department, Faculty of Economics, Avda. Elvas, s/n 06006 Badajoz (Spain)University of Extremadura, Business Administration Department, Faculty of Economics, Avda. Elvas, s/n 06006 Badajoz (Spain)This study tries to answer the following research questions in the context of family-owned firms: How is knowledge management related to entrepreneurship? How are knowledge management and entrepreneurship related to business performance? How does the family influence the above relationships? To answer these questions we performed a study to firms belonging to Family Business Regional Associations. The methodology used to analyze these relationships is based on a structural equation approach (SEM), specifically Partial Least Squares (PLS). The main value of this study is the proposition of two models. The first model analyzes the relationship among Knowledge Transfer (KT), Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO) and Performance (PERF). The second model studies the Family Influence (FI) as a moderating variable of such relationships. As conclusion, in these family firms KT has a significant positive effect on EO, and the latter on PERF. FI strengthening moderates the relationship between KT and EO and PERF. The implications for managers are clear. Our study provides a theoretical and empirical basis for further study on KT and EO in family business.https://tmstudies.net/index.php/ectms/article/view/890/pdf_21entrepreneurshipentrepreneurial orientationknowledge managementknowledge transferfamily firmsstructural equation modeling
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Entrepreneurial Orientation and Knowledge Transfer: analysis in Spanish family businesses
Tourism & Management Studies
entrepreneurship
entrepreneurial orientation
knowledge management
knowledge transfer
family firms
structural equation modeling
title Entrepreneurial Orientation and Knowledge Transfer: analysis in Spanish family businesses
title_full Entrepreneurial Orientation and Knowledge Transfer: analysis in Spanish family businesses
title_fullStr Entrepreneurial Orientation and Knowledge Transfer: analysis in Spanish family businesses
title_full_unstemmed Entrepreneurial Orientation and Knowledge Transfer: analysis in Spanish family businesses
title_short Entrepreneurial Orientation and Knowledge Transfer: analysis in Spanish family businesses
title_sort entrepreneurial orientation and knowledge transfer analysis in spanish family businesses
topic entrepreneurship
entrepreneurial orientation
knowledge management
knowledge transfer
family firms
structural equation modeling
url https://tmstudies.net/index.php/ectms/article/view/890/pdf_21
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