SAGE Open (Jul 2019)

The Impact of Entrepreneurial Orientation on Spin-Offs’ Performance: A Cross-Cultural Study

  • Mariem Khadhraoui,
  • Michel Plaisent,
  • Lassaad Lakhal,
  • Bernard Prosper

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244019865817
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9

Abstract

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Previous studies considered entrepreneurial orientation as a determinant of firms’ growth and performance. In this research, we are interested in spin-offs. Indeed, we aim to study the relationship between their entrepreneurial orientation and their performance. Therefore, we carried out a cross-cultural study in three different countries; Tunisia, Canada, and Morocco. We opted for a personal survey. We addressed our questionnaire to 180 managers of spin-offs and we analyzed the research variables using SPSS 20.00 (Statistical Packages for Social Sciences) and Smart PLS 3 (Partial Least Squares). Our findings highlight a positive correlation between entrepreneurial orientation and performance of spin-offs within the three samples.