The Effectiveness of Firms' Strategic Orientations: Investigating Multiple Theoretical Perspectives

Schweiger, Simone (2013). The Effectiveness of Firms' Strategic Orientations: Investigating Multiple Theoretical Perspectives. Strategisches Management: Vol. 153. Hamburg: Verlag Dr. Kovac

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The strategic orientation of firms can take on many forms. Researchers most commonly distinguish between entrepreneurial, market, and learning orientations. In combination, strategic orientations represent a firm's value proposition in terms of the markets in which it operates, where it deploys its resources, and which behavioral patterns are established. This thesis provides insights into the effectiveness of strategic orientations by adopting multiple theoretical perspectives. The strategic orientations of entrepreneurial, market, learning, and innovation orientations are investigated in an isolated as well as interrelated manner. The first research article concentrates on entrepreneurial orientation as its conceptualization and operationalization is subject to several debates in the literature. This conceptual study shows how the challenges of the entrepreneurial orientation construct can be overcome in future research to arrive at a higher level of construct clarity. Thereby, the theoretical perspectives of entrepreneurial dominant logic and the theory of planned behavior are employed. The literature has predominantly focused on investigating the effectiveness of particular strategic orientations. Recently, scholars have stressed their synergetic impact on firm performance and, as such, the relevance of considering their combined role in creating superior value for firms. However, empirical research on their interrelatedness remains scant and dispersed, making it necessary to conduct further research on strategic orientations in an integrative manner. As such, the second research article demonstrates which interrelated roles are played by entrepreneurial, market, and learning orientations in their relationship to firm performance. The rich body of existing knowledge is synthesized by means of meta-analysis under the perspective of strategic coalignment as well as the resource-based view of the firm.

Item Type:

Book (Monograph)

Division/Institute:

03 Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences > Department of Business Management > Institute of Innovation Management > Management

UniBE Contributor:

Schweiger Fischer, Simone

Subjects:

300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 330 Economics

ISBN:

978-3-8300-7301-7

Series:

Strategisches Management

Publisher:

Verlag Dr. Kovac

Language:

English

Submitter:

Adrian Wüthrich

Date Deposited:

01 Jul 2016 12:36

Last Modified:

02 Mar 2023 23:27

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/82873

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