Configurations of entrepreneurial orientation and competitive strategy for high performance

G Linton, J Kask - Journal of Business Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Entrepreneurial orientation (EO)–that is risk-taking, proactiveness and innovativeness–and
Porter's generic competitive strategies have become core constructs within entrepreneurship …

Innovation and public procurement: Terminology, concepts, and applications

N Obwegeser, SD Müller - Technovation, 2018 - Elsevier
The growing awareness of public procurement as an innovation policy tool has recently
sparked the interest of both policy makers and researchers. While an increasing number of …

Small-and medium-sized enterprises and public procurement: A review of the UK coalition government's policies and their impact

K Loader - Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper examines the public procurement policy towards small-and medium-sized
enterprises adopted by the UK coalition government during its five-year term of office from …

The implications of international entrepreneurial orientation, politicization, and hostility upon SME international performance

IC Thanos, P Dimitratos… - … small business journal, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
This article investigates the relationship between international entrepreneurial orientation
(IEO) and international performance taking into account the moderating effects of …

How external stakeholders drive the green public procurement practice? An organizational learning perspective

J Liu, Y Ma, A Appolloni, W Cheng - Journal of Public Procurement, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to uncover the black box of the influence mechanism between
external stakeholder drivers and green public procurement practice, and meanwhile to …

Dynamic capabilities for SME participation in public procurement

TO Akenroye, JD Owens, J Elbaz… - Business Process …, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose Although small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play major roles in most
economies in terms of job creation, innovation and contribution to national income, they are …

Should SMEs pursue public procurement to improve innovative performance?

J Saastamoinen, H Reijonen, T Tammi - Technovation, 2018 - Elsevier
While public procurement is an efficient demand-side policy instrument, resource constraints
impede small and medium-sized enterprises from accessing innovation procurement …

The impacts of entrepreneurial orientation on the profitability growth of construction firms in Tanzania

FP Okangi - Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research, 2019 - Springer
Literature considers entrepreneurship as an important catalyst in the process of improving
firm performance and growth. This study analyzes the impacts of entrepreneurial orientation …

Participation of women-owned SMEs in public procurement: the role of entrepreneurial orientation and knowledge management orientation

B Tukamuhabwa, S Namagembe - Journal of Public Procurement, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to examine the influence of entrepreneurial orientation and
knowledge management orientation on participation of women-owned small and medium …

Reconciling conflicting policy objectives in public contracting: The enabling role of capabilities

S Cabral - Journal of Management Studies, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This paper analyses how capabilities can reconcile conflicting objectives in policy driven
public contracting. Results obtained from a quasi‐experiment involving a policy intervention …