Entrepreneurship and the concept of fit: a model and empirical tests
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A model of 'fit' is developed that takes into consideration entrepreneurial, structural and strategic factors. Fit is defined as the degree to which a firm has adjusted and can adjust to environmental structure, processes and strategic characteristics. Based on extant empirical research, the model includes entrepreneurial style, mission, firm structure and environmental turbulence as determinants in calculating a measure of fit for 82 small and medium-sized high-technology manufacturers. The results indicate a positive relationship betweeen firm performance and fit. Diagnostic and corrective measures of 'misfit' for individual businesses are then proposed to assist practitioners, including the transmission of research to management, managerial awareness of the factors and techniques involved, prioritization of efforts and progress evaluation.
Publication Name: Strategic Management Journal
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0143-2095
Year: 1993
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Research notes and communications development and validation of the strategic locus of control scale
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The Strategic Locus of Control Scale is presented as an alternative measure of locus of control beliefs that is suitable to strategic management studies. The measure is compared with the Rotter I-E scale and found to be generally context-specific and to display acceptable levels of reliability and construct validity. The new measure is designed specifically for an organization's self-assessment, as well as other organizations' assessments, of strategic management issues. These issues are resolved using strategic management methodologies, such as strategic planning and environmental analysis, or through external environmental forces that are generally beyond the reach of organizational control.
Publication Name: Strategic Management Journal
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0143-2095
Year: 1992
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