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- Désirée von Süßkind-Schwendi
- Sascha Kraus
- Beate Cesinger
Abstract
Strategische Orientierungen und ihr Einfluss auf das Unternehmenswachstum wurden in der Literatur bisher nur am Rande behandelt, obwohl Unternehmergeist und unternehmerische Führung schon laut Penrose (1959) die conditio sine qua non kontinuierlichen Wachstums sind. Der vorliegende Beitrag beschäftigt sich aufgrund der unzureichenden und zudem widersprüchlichen Literaturlage mit dem Einfluss der market orientation und entrepreneurial orientation auf das Unternehmenswachstum. Da sich diese strategischen Orientierungen auf unterschiedliche Weise im Unternehmenswachstum von kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen (KMU) niederschlagen können, ist von besonderem Interesse, wie und in welchen Kombinationen diese Orientierungen strategisch zur Anwendung kommen. Dazu wurden 17 KMU unterschiedlicher Branchen aus vier Ländern in qualitativen Interviews befragt. Die Analyse zeigt, dass vor allem die customer orientation sowie einzelne Dimensionen der entrepreneurial orientation zum Wachstum von KMU aus Sicht der Unternehmer beitragen. / The literature on how strategic orientations influence business growth is marginal although Penrose (1959) treated an entrepreneurial spirit and entrepreneurial leadership in their seminal writings as the sine qua non of continuous growth. Given partially scant and unequivocal empirical evidence, the present article focuses on how market orientation and entrepreneurial orientation influence growth. Market orientation and entrepreneurial orientation may affect growth of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in different ways Thereby, how and in which combinations they are strategically applied is of particular interest. For this purpose, we conducted qualitative interviews among 17 SMEs from various industries and four countries. The results reveal that customer orientation and sub-dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation are crucial for SME growth in the perception of the entrepreneurs.
Suggested Citation
Désirée von Süßkind-Schwendi & Sascha Kraus & Beate Cesinger, 2018.
"Der Einfluss von Market Orientation und Entrepreneurial Orientation auf das Wachstum von KMU,"
ZfKE – Zeitschrift für KMU und Entrepreneurship, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, vol. 66(2), pages 91-111.
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RePEc:dah:aeqzfk:v66_y2018_i2_q2_p91-111
DOI: 10.3790/zfke.66.2.91
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