Entrepreneurial orientation‐as‐experimentation and firm performance: The enabling role of absorptive capacity

Pankaj C. Patel, Marko Kohtamäki, Vinit Parida, Joakim Wincent · 2014 · Strategic Management Journal

Summary. Entrepreneurial orientation increases variability in innovation outcomes, which can either boost or harm firm performance. The paper shows that absorptive capacity—a firm's ability to acquire and use new knowledge—plays a critical role. Potential absorptive capacity amplifies the innovation variability from entrepreneurial orientation, while realized absorptive capacity helps firms convert that variability into actual performance gains.

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Patel, P. C., Kohtamäki, M., Parida, V., & Wincent, J.. (2014). Entrepreneurial orientation‐as‐experimentation and firm performance: The enabling role of absorptive capacity. Strategic Management Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.2310

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DOI: 10.1002/smj.2310
Countries: United States, Finland, Sweden
Regions: North America, Europe
Categories: entrepreneurship, innovation-theory, general-innovation
Added: 2026-04-28