Growth Strategy in Small Entrepreneurial Business Organisati A Conceptual Model / Majumdar, Satyajit.
By: Majumdar, Satyajit
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ArticlePublisher: 2007Subject(s): Growth Strategy | Business Organizations | Corporate Entrepreneurship | International Entrepreneurship | International And Corporate Entrepreneur | Entrepreneurshipip | Seventh Biennial Conference On The New F | Biennial Conference Papers
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Seventh Biennial Conference on the New Frontiers of EntrepreSummary: The research article focuses on two major considerations namely growth planning in small organisation as entrepreneurial as well as strategic activity. Growth of small organisations is influenced by the background/resource of the entrepreneur, the nature of the firm, and the strategic decisions taken by the owner/manager. Entrepreneurs of the small businesses are the sole strategic decision makers and their close control supports easy translation of entrepreneurial vision into action. Their ability, need and opportunity are the major determinants of growth. Small business entrepreneurs show different motives and also have different attitude and behaviour towards growth. Also a given set of entrepreneurial characteristics beneficial in one context may work adversely in the other. A fit between strategy, structure and processes is more favourable to the performance. In this article a conceptual model on growth strategy in small entrepreneurial organisations is presented. Three propositions are based on the theoretical framework are - (1) Personal ambition and vision of the entrepreneurs drive the growth of small organisations, (2) The entrepreneurs of small organisation search for...
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The research article focuses on two major considerations namely growth planning in small organisation as entrepreneurial as well as strategic activity. Growth of small organisations is influenced by the background/resource of the entrepreneur, the nature of the firm, and the strategic decisions taken by the owner/manager. Entrepreneurs of the small businesses are the sole strategic decision makers and their close control supports easy translation of entrepreneurial vision into action. Their ability, need and opportunity are the major determinants of growth. Small business entrepreneurs show different motives and also have different attitude and behaviour towards growth. Also a given set of entrepreneurial characteristics beneficial in one context may work adversely in the other. A fit between strategy, structure and processes is more favourable to the performance. In this article a conceptual model on growth strategy in small entrepreneurial organisations is presented. Three propositions are based on the theoretical framework are - (1) Personal ambition and vision of the entrepreneurs drive the growth of small organisations, (2) The entrepreneurs of small organisation search for...
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