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Antecedents of Corporate Entrepreneurship in SMEs: Evidence from an Emerging Economy

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  • Mathew Hughes
  • Michael Mustafa

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Corporate entrepreneurship (CE) research has reached a certain degree of consensus around five core internal antecedents that enable CE, but consensus remains focused on large‐sized firms in Western economies. Using institutional theory, we argue that contextual factors may undermine the viability of internal antecedents in emerging economy contexts. Our qualitative study shows that the organization of the internal environments for CE among service sector Kenyan SMEs is much more interactive and complex than currently presented in the literature. Specifically cultural and contextual factors appear to influence the extent to which the antecedents are able to produce CE activity. Our findings provide a more fine‐grained depiction of the internal environment for CE in emerging economy SMEs.

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  • Mathew Hughes & Michael Mustafa, 2017. "Antecedents of Corporate Entrepreneurship in SMEs: Evidence from an Emerging Economy," Journal of Small Business Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 55(S1), pages 115-140, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ujbmxx:v:55:y:2017:i:s1:p:115-140
    DOI: 10.1111/jsbm.12269
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    1. Charles Stephen Tundui & Christopher Shiganza, 2021. "Determinants of entrepreneurial behaviour in the public sector in Tanzania: a case of water services provision," Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research, Springer;UNESCO Chair in Entrepreneurship, vol. 11(1), pages 189-199, December.
    2. Fei Zhou & Xue Li & Chunjia Han & Lan Zhang & Brij B. Gupta, 2023. "Unpacking the effect of institutional support on international corporate entrepreneurship in entrepreneurial support systems," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 19(3), pages 1101-1130, September.
    3. Michelle She Min Ngo & Michael J. Mustafa & Muhammad Mohsin Butt, 2023. "When and why employees take charge in the Workplace: the roles of learning goal orientation, role-breadth self-efficacy and co-worker support," Review of Managerial Science, Springer, vol. 17(5), pages 1681-1702, July.
    4. Abigail Padi & Wilberforce Owusu Ansah & Mahmoud Abdulai Mahmoud, 2022. "Antecedents of corporate entrepreneurship behaviours among SMEs and competencies of the employees: A triangulation approach," International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147-4478), Center for the Strategic Studies in Business and Finance, vol. 11(8), pages 59-72, November.
    5. David Urbano & Andreu Turro & Mike Wright & Shaker Zahra, 2022. "Corporate entrepreneurship: a systematic literature review and future research agenda," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 59(4), pages 1541-1565, December.

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