The Role of Environment in Sustainable Entrepreneurial Orientation. The Case of Family Firms
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Model Proposed
2.2. Data
2.3. Measures of Variables
2.3.1. Sustainable Entrepreneurial Orientation
2.3.2. International Performance of Family Firms
- (1)
- (2)
- (3)
2.3.3. Environment
2.3.4. Control Variables
3. Results
3.1. Assessment of the Measurement Model
3.2. Assessment of the Structural Model
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Sample Size | 1.045 |
Scope of application | Spain |
Valid answers | 174 |
Sample processing | Simple random |
Confidence level | 95%, p = 50%; α = 0.05 |
Response rate | 16.65% |
Sampling error | 6.79% |
Fieldwork | November 2015–February 2016 |
Composite | Composed Reliability | Cronbach Alpha | AVE a |
---|---|---|---|
SEO 1 | 0.747 | 0.792 | 0.694 |
EO 2 | 0.850 | 0.733 | 0.756 |
CSR 3 | 0.827 | 0.882 | 0.809 |
EN 4 | 0.937 | 0.866 | 0.882 |
IPF 5 | 0.744 | 0.780 | 0.695 |
SEO 1 | CSR 2 | EO 3 | EN 4 | IPF 5 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SEO 1 | 0.833 * | ||||
CSR 2 | 0.642 | 0.899 * | |||
EO 3 | 0.701 | 0.647 | 0.869 * | ||
EN 4 | 0.548 | 0.684 | 0.563 | 0.939 * | |
IPF 5 | 0.687 | 0.713 | 0.671 | 0.695 | 0.833 * |
SEO 1 | CSR 2 | EO 3 | EN 4 | IPF 5 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SEO 1 | |||||
CSR 2 | 0.676 | ||||
EO 3 | 0.784 | 0.743 | |||
EN 4 | 0.687 | 0.712 | 0.693 | ||
IPF 5 | 0.610 | 0.636 | 0.702 | 0.698 |
Original Data (O) | Mean of Data (M) | 5.0% | 95.0% | Mean of Data (M) | Bias | 5.0% | 95.0% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CSR 3 SEO 1 | 0.636 | 0.622 | 0.275 | 0.657 | 0.622 | −0.014 | 0.277 | 0.658 |
EO 2 SEO 1 | 0.702 | 0.696 | 0.258 | 0.758 | 0.696 | −0.006 | 0.247 | 0.754 |
SEO 2 IPF 5 | 0.707 | 0.706 | 0.635 | 0.770 | 0.706 | 0.001 | 0.630 | 0.767 |
EN 4 IPF 5 | 0.902 | 0.908 | 0.882 | 0.928 | 0.908 | 0.006 | 0.882 | 0.928 |
EO 2 | ||
Factor | Loads (λ) | VIF |
Innovativeness | 0.478 | 1.905 |
Proactiveness | 0.429 | 1.703 |
Risk taking | 0.308 | 1.28 |
SEO 1 | ||
Factor | Loads (λ) | VIF |
EO 2 | 0.632 | 2.253 |
CSR 3 | 0.529 | 2.398 |
R 2 | B | t-Value | Support | |
---|---|---|---|---|
SEO 1 IPF 5 | 0.586 | 0.404 | 8.563 | Yes |
SEO 1 IPF 5 EN 4 IPF 5 | 0.647 | 0.482 0.395 | 6.681 5.854 | |
SEO 1 × EN 4 IPF 5 | 0.735 | 0.375 0.412 0.290 | 9.837 7.543 4.759 | Yes |
Variable | ß | t-Value |
---|---|---|
Age | −0.086 | 0.976 |
Sector | −0.089 | 0.751 |
Size | −0.072 | 0.864 |
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Hernández-Perlines, F.; Ibarra Cisneros, M.A. The Role of Environment in Sustainable Entrepreneurial Orientation. The Case of Family Firms. Sustainability 2018, 10, 2037. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10062037
Hernández-Perlines F, Ibarra Cisneros MA. The Role of Environment in Sustainable Entrepreneurial Orientation. The Case of Family Firms. Sustainability. 2018; 10(6):2037. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10062037
Chicago/Turabian StyleHernández-Perlines, Felipe, and Manuel Alejandro Ibarra Cisneros. 2018. "The Role of Environment in Sustainable Entrepreneurial Orientation. The Case of Family Firms" Sustainability 10, no. 6: 2037. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10062037
APA StyleHernández-Perlines, F., & Ibarra Cisneros, M. A. (2018). The Role of Environment in Sustainable Entrepreneurial Orientation. The Case of Family Firms. Sustainability, 10(6), 2037. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10062037