How Entrepreneurial climate effects firm performance?

Abstract

In today's global competitive environment, companies are focused on entrepreneurial behavior so managers try to create appropriate entrepreneurial climate. Researchers have been studying entrepreneurial orientation (EO) performance relation or clarifying the key internal organizational factors. However, there are not enough studies that investigate relation between entrepreneurial orientation with internal organizational factors. The objective of this research is to empirically examine internal organization factors that initiate entrepreneurial climate which influence entrepreneurial orientation that affect business performance. To investigate the stated relationships data is collected from Turkey's Top 500 Industrial Enterprises. Questionnaires are prepared by the researchers based on the measurement instrument used by Hornsby, Kuratko and Zahra (2002) and Dess & Lumpkin (1996). After the preliminary survey which is done for the reliability and validity analysis of the measurement instrument, is distributed via mail and the internet site. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.