Entrepreneurial orientation, distinctive marketing competencies and organizational performance

DT Smart, JS Conant - Journal of applied business research, 1994 - search.proquest.com
Abstract A study examines the entrepreneurial orientation (EO) of 599 independent
businesspeople and compared those with high, medium, and low EO along a series of
distinctive marketing competency and organizational performance measures. EO is
measured using a new multi-item scale that is based on an integrative definition of
entrepreneurship. Results indicate that EO is positively and significantly related to ...