Entrepreneurial orientation, environmental sustainability and new venture performance: Does stakeholder integration matter?
研究创业导向如何通过环境可持续性影响新创企业绩效，发现利益相关者整合程度越高，这种间接效应越强。
Abstract Previous research has theorised that the link between entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and performance is mediated by environmental sustainability orientation (ESO). However, firm‐level factors that may moderate this relationship are lacking. This paper attempts to fill this gap by examining how and when EO enhances new venture performance by considering ESO as mediator and stakeholder integration as an important contingent factor. Using primary data obtained from 242 chief executive officers/entrepreneurs, it was found that the indirect relationship between EO and new venture performance is strengthened at high levels of stakeholder integration. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.