Entrepreneurial orientation, online credibility, and online performance: Evidence from SMEs in a B2B electronic market in China
研究了中国B2B电子市场中149家中小企业的创业导向对在线绩效的影响，发现主动性和竞争进取性显著提升绩效，且在线可信度增强了主动性的效果。
Entrepreneurial orientation (EO) is a major strategy for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Prior studies have focused mainly on the EO-performance relationship in the traditional market. This article investigates the EO of online SMEs using a panel of secondary data for 149 SMEs from Alibaba.com over a three-month period. The results suggest that proactiveness and competitive aggressiveness have significant effects on online performance for SMEs in the business-to-business (B2B) electronic market. Online credibility plays an important role when SMEs adopt a strategy of proactiveness in the electronic market, but does not enhance the effectiveness of competitive aggressiveness. These findings offer managerial implications for online SMEs and suggestions for future research.