Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management (품질경영학회지)

Korean Society for Quality Management (한국품질경영학회)
권호 표지
DOI QR코드

DOI QR Code

A Study on the Effects of Regional Context on Entrepreneurial Orientation

지역적 맥락이 기업가 지향성에 미치는 영향

  • Received : 2019.12.07
  • Accepted : 2019.12.11
  • Published : 2019.12.31
Download PDF
⟨ Previous Next ⟩

Abstract

Purpose: The companies must be located in the area, scale up, create jobs, and return to the local economy. This paper attempted to analyze empirically the relationship between regional context and entrepreneurial orientation(EO) in the region of Korea. Methods: This paper analyzed survey data and regional statistics. We measured EO by region and then examined which regional context affect EO. Regional contexts were measured by population, economic size, budget size, firm size, innovation capacity, and education level. EO was measured by innovativeness, risk taking, proactiveness, autonomy, competitive aggressiveness, and need for achievement. Results: EO was high in the region where the budget size per thousand population, the number of manufacturers per thousand population, the number of new corporations per thousand population, the number of R&D personnel per thousand population, and the number of students of higher education institutions per thousand population were high. Conclusion: The implications of this paper are that regional context affect EO, and there are differences in budget scale, firm size, innovation capacity, and education level. In regions with many investment resources for innovation and startups and manufacturers, the number of R&D personnel and students of higher education institutions (future R&D personnel), in particular, determines EO.

Keywords

References

  1. Calantone, R. et al. 2002. "Learning orientation, firm innovation capability, and firm performance." Industrial Marketing Management 31(6):515-524. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0019-8501(01)00203-6
  2. Carlsson, B. et al. 2013. "The evolving domain of entrepreneurship research." Small Business Economics 41, 913-930. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-013-9503-y
  3. Chang Hee Han, et al. 2014. "Development of entrepreneurship level diagnosis model." KoEF.KORMS
  4. Covin, J., and Slevin, D. 1989. "Strategic management of small firms in hostile and benign environments." Strategic Management Journal 10(1):75-87. https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.4250100107
  5. Covin, J., and Slevin, D. 1991. "A conceptual model of entrepreneurship as firm behavior." Entrepreneurship theory and practice (16)1:7-26. https://doi.org/10.1177/104225879101600102
  6. Hughes, M., and Robert, M. 2007. "Deconstructing the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and business performance at the embryonic stage of firm growth." Industrial Marketing Management 36(5):651-661. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2006.04.003
  7. Jung Woo Lee, et al. 2017. "In-depth study of 2017 Entrepreneurship Survey." KoEF․STEPI.
  8. Kang Rae Ma. 2017. Local City Death Note, gaemagowon.
  9. Lumpkin, T, et al. 2009. "Understanding and measuring autonomy: An entrepreneurial orientation perspective." Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice 33(1):47-69. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6520.2008.00280.x
  10. Lumpkin, T., and Gregory, D. 1996. "Clarifying the entrepreneurial orientation construct and linking it to performance." Academy of management Review 21(1):135-172. https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.1996.9602161568
  11. McClelland, D. 1962. "Business drive and national achievement." Harvard Business Review 40(4):99-112.
  12. Meyer, M. et al. 2014. "Origin and emergence of entrepreneurship as a research field, Scientometrics." 98(1):473-485. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-013-1021-9
  13. Miller, D. 1983. "The correlates of entrepreneurship in three types of firms." Management Science 29(7):770-791. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.29.7.770
  14. Miller, D., and Peter, F. 1978. "Archetypes of strategy formulation." Management Science 24(9):921-933. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.24.9.921
  15. Mintzberg, H. 1973. "A new look at the chief executive's job." Organizational Dynamics 1(3):21-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0090-2616(73)80015-4
  16. Muller. 2016. Dominant perspectives and discussions within the regional entrepreneurship liter
  17. Murray, A. 1938. "Explorations in personality: A clinical and experimental study of fifty men of college age." New York: Oxford Press.
  18. Robinson, P. et al., 1991. "Entrepreneurship education in America's major universities." Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice 15(3):41-52. https://doi.org/10.1177/104225879101500304
  19. Statistics Korea. 2018. statistics on corporate life and death.
  20. Sunwoo Kim, et al. 2018. "How to Scale Up Local Small and Medium Cities." STEPI Insigh 225, STEPI.
  21. Sunwoo Kim, et al. 2019. "The impact of regional factors on entrepreneurship." Presentation at The Korean Assocation of Small Business Studies Spring Conference.
  22. Venkatraman, N. 1989. "The concept of fit in strategy research: Toward verbal and statistical correspondence." Academy of Management Review 14(3):423-444. https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.1989.4279078
  23. Yoon-jun Lee, et al. 2014. "Startup Activation Strategies for Corporate Partnership - Focused on Corporate Venturing Activities." Policy Research, 1-208.
  24. Youngsoo Kim. 2006. "Entrepreneurship and Regional Development : Theoretical Approach." KIET Industrial Economy, Korea Institute for Industrial Economics & Trade.