Antecedents of Corporate Entrepreneurship in SMEs: Evidence from an emerging economy

Hughes, M.; Mustafa, M.

doi:10.1111/jsbm.12269

Antecedents of Corporate Entrepreneurship in SMEs: Evidence from an emerging economy

Hughes, M.; Mustafa, M.

Authors

M. Hughes

M. Mustafa

Abstract

Corporate entrepreneurship (CE) research has reached a certain degree of consensus around five core internal antecedents that enable CE, but consensus remains focused on large-sized firms in Western economies. Using institutional theory, we argue that contextual factors may undermine the viability of internal antecedents in emerging economy contexts. Our qualitative study shows that the organization of the internal environments for CE among service sector Kenyan SMEs is much more interactive and complex than currently presented in the literature. Specifically cultural and contextual factors appear to influence the extent to which the antecedents are able to produce CE activity. Our findings provide a more fine-grained depiction of the internal environment for CE in emerging economy SMEs.

Citation

Hughes, M., & Mustafa, M. (2017). Antecedents of Corporate Entrepreneurship in SMEs: Evidence from an emerging economy. Journal of Small Business Management, 55(S1), 115-140. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsbm.12269

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Aug 10, 2015
Online Publication Date	Sep 1, 2016
Publication Date	Dec 1, 2017
Deposit Date	Aug 5, 2015
Publicly Available Date	Sep 1, 2018
Journal	Journal of Small Business Management
Print ISSN	0047-2778
Electronic ISSN	1540-627X
Publisher	Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	55
Issue	S1
Pages	115-140
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1111/jsbm.12269
Public URL	https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1401706

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This is the accepted version of the following article: Hughes, M. and Mustafa, M. (2017), Antecedents of Corporate Entrepreneurship in SMEs: Evidence from an Emerging Economy. Journal of Small Business Management 55(S1): 115-140, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/jsbm.12269. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.