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Entrepreneurial entropy: A resource exhaustion theory of firm failure from entrepreneurial orientation

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posted on 2023-01-27, 10:52 authored by Nazha Gali, Mathew Hughes, Robert E Morgan, Catherine L Wang
Entrepreneurial orientation (EO) can generate substantial gains and losses, exhausting firm resources and straining a firm’s ability to sustain its activities. We develop and test a resource exhaustion theory of firm failure, conceptualizing conditions under which EO increases the risk of firm failure by generating unsustainable amounts of entrepreneurial entropy. Using panel data on 804 large U.S. high-technology firms over 18 years, we find that EO increases the risk of firm failure, which is mediated by the lack of organizational resource slack. An abrupt change in EO increases the risk of firm failure, especially among underperforming firms.

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School of Business, University of Leicester

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  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

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Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

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SAGE Publications

issn

1042-2587

Copyright date

2023

Available date

2023-11-15

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en

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