Small Business Orientation: A Construct Proposal
提出小企业导向(SBO)这一构念,将其定义为独立于企业规模和年龄、反映管理者经营价值观的个体层面现象,并讨论了其价值基础、多维要素及可能后果。
Entrepreneurship and small business management literatures diverged decades ago, with the former receiving the bulk of subsequent scholarly attention. The concept of a small business orientation (SBO) has not been widely and consistently employed in the literature. We present a conceptual framework aimed at clarifying the construct of SBO, and conceptualize SBO as a firm size- and age-independent phenomenon operating at the individual level, and reflecting manager values about how the business ought to be conducted. We discuss the values-based derivation of SBO, identify elements of this multidimensional construct, its likely consequences, and propose future research directions.