Evaluation of entrepreneurial behavior of technology-based companies in stages of the business life cycle

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Intangible Capital Pub Date : 2022-03-24 DOI:10.3926/ic.1876

C. Michelin, I. F. Minello, J. Siluk, V. Gerhardt, Jordana Dos Santos, Alvaro Neuenfeldt

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Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the entrepreneurial behavior of managers of technology-based companies in specific stages of the business life cycle.Design/methodology/approach: Structured questionnaire based on the entrepreneurial behavior characteristics was applied to the thirty-one managers of the technology-based companies mapped for the paper. The collected data were processed by the Hierarchical Process Analysis (AHP) technique in a multicriterial approach to measure the entrepreneurial behavior according stages of the business life cycle. Findings: The results of the paper show that the level of entrepreneurial behavior of managers follows the development of the company. Managers working in technology-based companies at later stages of the business life cycle showed more entrepreneurial characteristics. The results showed that the experience that the manager acquires as the company evolves influences his or her behavior and consequently the company's performance. Moreover, certain characteristics could be related to the particularities of each stage of the business life cycle. Originality: The results of this paper can provide managers with understanding of how entrepreneurial behaviors diversify according to the stage of the technology-based company. Since both entrepreneurial behavior and the stages of the business life cycle influence the performance of technology-based companies, the results provide important knowledge for managers to improve their businesses. These managers can use the contributions of the paper as a management practice throughout the stages of their existence, which may provide the adoption of more appropriate strategies, being a connection between the theory studied and the business practices.

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技术型企业生命周期阶段创业行为评价

目的:本文的目的是评价技术型公司管理者在企业生命周期特定阶段的创业行为。设计/方法/方法:采用基于创业行为特征的结构化问卷对31位科技型公司的管理者进行调查。利用层次过程分析(AHP)技术对收集到的数据进行多指标分析，根据企业生命周期的不同阶段来衡量创业行为。研究发现:研究结果表明，管理者的创业行为水平随公司的发展而变化。在科技公司工作的管理者在企业生命周期的后期表现出更多的创业特征。结果表明，随着公司的发展，管理者所获得的经验会影响他或她的行为，从而影响公司的绩效。此外，某些特征可能与业务生命周期每个阶段的特殊性有关。原创性:本文的研究结果可以帮助管理者理解科技型公司不同阶段的创业行为是如何多样化的。由于创业行为和企业生命周期的各个阶段都会影响技术型公司的绩效，因此研究结果为管理者改善其业务提供了重要的知识。这些管理者可以将论文的贡献作为他们存在的各个阶段的管理实践，这可能会提供更合适的策略的采用，作为理论研究和商业实践之间的联系。

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Intangible Capital MANAGEMENT-

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1.50

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16.70%

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审稿时长

33 weeks

期刊介绍： The aim of Intangible Capital is to publish theoretical and empirical articles that contribute to contrast, extend and build theories that contribute to advance our understanding of phenomena related with management, and the management of intangibles, in organizations, from the perspectives of strategic management, human resource management, psychology, education, IT, supply chain management and accounting. The scientific research in management is grounded on theories developed from perspectives taken from a diversity of social sciences. Intangible Capital is open to publish articles that, from sociology, psychology, economics and industrial organization contribute to the scientific development of management and organizational science. Intangible Capital publishes scholar articles that contribute to contrast existing theories, or to build new theoretical approaches. The contributions can adopt confirmatory (quantitative) or explanatory (mainly qualitative) methodological approaches. Theoretical essays that enhance the building or extension of theoretical approaches are also welcome. Intangible Capital selects the articles to be published with a double bind, peer review system, following the practices of good scholarly journals. Intangible Capital publishes three regular issues per year following an open access policy. On-line publication allows to reduce publishing costs, and to make more agile the process of reviewing and edition. Intangible Capital defends that open access publishing fosters the advance of scientific knowledge, making it available to everyone. Intangible Capital publishes articles in English, Spanish and Catalan.