Jim Andersén

Protective Capacity and Absorptive Capacity: Managing the Balance between Retention and Creation of Knowledge-Based Resources.

Purpose – In order to understand the pros and cons of an open organization regarding the flow of knowledge between firms, this paper introduces the concept of “protective capacity”. The purpose of ...

A holistic approach to acquisition of strategic resources

The aim of this article is to provide a holistic framework for the acquisition of strategic resources. Design/methodology/approach – The literature dealing with resource creation is reviewed and an ...

The absorptive capacity of family firms - how familiness affects potential and realized absorptive capacity

PurposeAbsorptive capacity is a key competitive advantage and is defined as the capacity to absorb knowledge from the environment. Although some studies have examined how various antecedents to abs ...

Deconstructing resistance to organizational change : A social representation theory approach

Purpose - Social representation theory (SRT) is a growing theory in social psychology research. SRT is about how individuals co-construct representations of various objects in different social sett ...

Entrepreneurially oriented in what? A business model approach to entrepreneurship

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to illustrate and argue for the necessity of deconstructing the entrepreneurship concept by analyzing entrepreneurial orientation (EO) at various levels of th ...

The impact of business advice: interplay between entrepreneur and experts

During a springboard session, the entrepreneur meets an expert panel which gives him or her strategic advice. How these meetings transpire is of great importance when it comes to the support of regional, as well as national entrepreneurship and economic growth. The purpose of this paper is to investigate what is verbally expressed during these meetings and how this can assist entrepreneurship. Eleven different springboards are investigated via the method of content analysis. These springboards concerned entrepreneurs who merely sought strategic business advice or those who applied for venture capital. The results indicate that the entrepreneurs who applied for venture capital had less use for the advice than the other group. This can partly be explained by panel members’ focus on risk and the institutionalized conditions which build on a rational discourse.

Formal accounting planning in SMEs : the influence of family ownership and entrepreneurial orientation

PurposeSeveral studies have highlighted the importance of management accounting practices such as formal short-term planning and formal long-term planning for SME performance. However, few studies ...

What about the employees in entrepreneurial firms? A multi-level analysis of the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation, role ambiguity, and social support

Research on entrepreneurial orientation (EO) has mainly addressed outcomes of EO at the level of the firm. However, few studies have examined how EO affects employees. Using a multi-level analysis of 343 employees nested in 25 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) the analysis presented shows that EO will increase the degree of role ambiguity among employees. Social support from management was not found to have any effect on the relationship between EO and role ambiguity. However, social support from co-workers weakens the EO-ambiguity relationship and can counteract the negative effects of EO to some degree. The study contributes to the EO literature by being one of a few studies that have considered the possible negative consequences of EO. The article also highlights how to reduce role ambiguity in entrepreneurial SMEs.

Resource organization and firm performance : How entrepreneurial orientation and management accounting influence the profitability of growing and non-growing SMEs

PurposeThe aim of this study is to examine how entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and the use of management accounting practices (MAPs) in decision making affects the profitability of SMEs, and also ...