The mediating role of competitive strategy in international entrepreneurial orientation

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• 作者：Felipe Herná ; ndez-Perlines ; Juan Moreno-Garcí ; a ; Benito Yañ ; ez-Araque
• 关键词：International entrepreneurial orientation ; Internationals performance ; Family businesses ; PLS-SEM ; fsQCA
• 刊名：Journal of Business Research
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：November 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：69
• 期：11
• 页码：5383-5389
• 全文大小：394 K

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This study analyzes the mediating effect of competitive strategy on international entrepreneurial orientation and international performance in family businesses by using two research methods: the Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) technique (174 firms), and the fuzzy set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) (25 firms). This dual methodological approach constitutes in itself a great contribution, allowing validating the robustness of the model, and, thanks to the fsQCA method, to overcome the shortcomings of the PLS-SEM. This study reveals that the influence of the international entrepreneurial orientation on international performance improves with the adoption of a competitive strategy, and that innovation is a necessary condition for competitive strategy to exert a mediating effect.