Exploring the Link Between Entrepreneurial Capabilities, Cognition, and Behaviors
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2021Autor
Gancarczyk, Marta
Ujwary-Gil, Anna
Jagiellonian University
Institute of Economics, Polish Academy of Sciences
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The papers in this volume explore the links between entrepreneurial
capabilities, cognition, and behaviors, adopting a wide range of theoretical
and methodological approaches. Mensah, Asamoah, and Saghedi perform
extensive literature review regarding how cognitive skills and personal traits
complement each other in affecting the entrepreneur’s decisions to discover
or create opportunities in an uncertain environment. They contribute with
an integrated approach to entrepreneurial choices, considering both cognitive
and personal characteristics, as well as creation and discovery of opportunities.
This conceptual basis for a comprehensive conditions in entrepreneurs choices
has been specified in the form of propositions for future research.
Flechas, Kozesinski, and Camargo focus on capability perspective in
entrepreneurial choices, in particular, on the role of absorptive capacity
(AC) in new ventures. Using a systematic literature review, they identify links
between AC and knowledge, innovation, and performance dimensions. The
study proposes theoretical input to the knowledge on the role of absorptive
capacity in the context of newly created companies, and thus it broadens
the entrepreneurship and innovation research. It is also informative for
the practice of innovation processes in new firm, identifying potential firm
strategies in this area.
The paper by Kovanen explores collaborative approach in social
entrepreneurship. A systematic literature review enabled knowledge
accumulation and structuring the major theoretical approaches in the
field. The author finds ambiguity in the construct of collaboration in social
enterprise, and difficulties to measure this phenomenon. Besides the
synthesis of the field, the study contributes with critical review of conceptual
grounds of collaboration in social entrepreneurship.
Nuryakin broadens extant confirmatory studies on the relationship
between entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and the performance of small
and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It supports significance and positive
relationships between the referred constructs in the context of furniture
SMEs in central Java. Structural equation modeling enabled additional
identification of the mediating effect from relational capabilities on the core
relationship studied. Nuryakin expands the extant evidence on the strategic
role of entrepreneurial orientation in business performance and strengthens
theoretical generalization in this regard.
Doanh studies the entrepreneurial motivations and cognitions of
Vietnamese students. The author investigates interrelations between selfefficacy,
attitude towards entrepreneurship, subjective norms, perceived
behavioral control, and intention to run a business. Unlike the majority of
extant research, this study finds entrepreneurial intention (EI) affected by
subjective norms both directly and indirectly. Self-efficacy proved insignificant
as moderator between subjective norms and perceived behavioral control.
However, it performed this role between attitude towards entrepreneurship
and EI. This study supports the theory of planned behavior by conforming
and nuancing it in the context of Vietnamese would-be entrepreneurs.
Following the focus on entrepreneurial intention, Liu and Liang offer indepth
and qualitative investigation of EI’s antecedents with a focus on social
entrepreneurial intention (SEI). Unlike the earlier referred studies, which
adopted either literature reviews or quantitative approaches, this research uses
the case study method. Based on a comprehensive theoretical framework of
EI, entrepreneurial event theory and theory of planned behavior, the authors
describe, illustrate and explain antecedents of SEI. The paper contributes with
an analytical generalization and corroboration of the theoretical framework of
SEI with two additional drivers of knowledge capital and work experience, as
well as with related conceptual and practical implications.
Another qualitative and in-depth investigation of entrepreneurial
motivations and attitudes is focused on specialty coffee businesses in
Bangkok, Thailand, and Penang, Malaysia. Azavedo and Gogatz use explorative
interviews and they report findings that challenge classical economics
assumptions on income and profit maximization. Instead, they find lifestyle
and professional passion as dominant motivations. The study supports the
view on non-monetary motivations of entrepreneurs and offers theoretical
redefinition of entrepreneurial passion as professional excellence or craft
passion. Moreover, it is informative for policy-makers and educators.
This thematic issue also hosts two articles published based on the general
call for papers. Although not directly linked with the major topics of the current
volume, they are valuable for the understanding of entrepreneurship context.
Rodríguez-Castro and Aparicio undertake the issue of measuring performance
of higher education institutions. They adopt extensive literature review to
identify the production models in higher education vis a vis related policy
objectives. Moreover, the authors identify types of performance measures,
however, they find the means of accomplishing objectives by universities
largely underexplored. The paper contributes with the conceptual framework
of evaluation functions and capabilities that might be relevant for educational
policy and institutions of higher education. Pilelienė and Tamulienė investigate
consumer choices, in particular the attitudes and behaviors towards organic products, as well as their determinants, in the context of the Lithuanian market.
The research broadens the knowledge of consumer choices towards organic
goods in the specific national context, and it shows discrepancy between the
environmental awareness, the knowledge of qualities of organic products,
and purchasing decisions. The results are informative both for business and
consumer agents, as well as for policy-makers.
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