Date of Award
2025-08-01
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Department
Business Administration
Advisor(s)
Mengge Li
Abstract
While scholars confirm the positive relationship between entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and firm performance with meta-analyses, the mixed findings with widespread effect sizes imply that this critical relationship in entrepreneurship literature deserves further inspection. In this three-essay dissertation, I integrate the entrepreneurial orientation literature with the competitive repertoire literature. Specifically, in essay 1, I develop a theoretical framework of EO, competitive repertoire, and firm performance through the lens of capability theory. In the second essay, I examine the moderating role of competitive pressure on the EO-competitive repertoire relationship with a sample of all U.S.-listed firms. Finally, I articulate and examine how competitive repertoire mediates the relationship between EO and firm performance in the third essay. My dissertation contributes not only to EO literature but also to competitive repertoire literature in several ways.
Language
en
Provenance
Received from ProQuest
Copyright Date
2025-08
File Size
121 p.
File Format
application/pdf
Rights Holder
Gang Fan
Recommended Citation
Fan, Gang, "Three Essays On Entrepreneurial Orientation And Competitive Repertoire" (2025). Open Access Theses & Dissertations. 4364.
https://scholarworks.utep.edu/open_etd/4364
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