The Chicken or the Egg? Causal Inference in Entrepreneurial Orientation–Performance Research
通过系统综述和模拟研究，指出创业导向与绩效关系的研究中普遍缺乏因果证据，并提出了从相关研究转向因果研究的设计思路，对关注创业导向因果机制的学者有参考价值。
While entrepreneurial orientation (EO) correlates with many organizational phenomena, we lack convincing evidence of causal relationships within EO’s nomological network. We explore the challenges to establishing causal relationships with a systematic review of EO–performance research. We then use a simulation to illustrate how popular research designs in EO research limit our ability to make causal claims. We conclude by outlining the research design considerations to move from associational to causal EO–performance research. Our message is that while experiments may not be practical or feasible in many areas of organizational research, including EO, scholars can nevertheless move towards causal understanding.