Uncertainty, Entrepreneurial Orientation and the Use of Agreement-Only Alliances: Implications for Small Firm Governance

K Mark Weaver; Pat H Dickson; Brian Gibson; George Vozikis

Uncertainty, Entrepreneurial Orientation and the Use of Agreement-Only Alliances: Implications for Small Firm Governance

K Mark Weaver, Pat H Dickson, Brian Gibson, George Vozikis

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This study proposes that fundamental differences in how owners and managers of small- to medium-sized enterprises view the uncertainty of their environments and their propensities towards risky and proactive behaviour significantly influence their decisions regarding whether to adjust their overall governance in the form of equity-based or agreement-based alliances. The study sets forth tests using a model with data from 686 SMEs in Eastern Australia, Costa Rica and Norway. The results suggest that how managers perceive the uncertainty in their environments and their orientations towards risky and proactive behaviour influence their choice of alliance structures but do so in differing and interesting ways across countries.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Symposium Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Corporate Governance in Privately Owned Firms
Editors	Brian Gibson
Place of Publication	Armidale, Australia
Publisher	University of New England, School of Business, Economics and Public Policy, Faculty of the Professions
ISBN (Print)	9781921597046
Publication status	Published - 2009
Event	1st International Symposium on Corporate Governance in Privately Owned Firms - Australia Technology Park, Sydney, Australia Duration: 5 Apr 2009 → 7 Apr 2009

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Conference	1st International Symposium on Corporate Governance in Privately Owned Firms
City	Sydney, Australia
Period	5/04/09 → 7/04/09

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Weaver, K. M., Dickson, P. H., Gibson, B., & Vozikis, G. (2009). Uncertainty, Entrepreneurial Orientation and the Use of Agreement-Only Alliances: Implications for Small Firm Governance. In B. Gibson (Ed.), Symposium Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Corporate Governance in Privately Owned Firms University of New England, School of Business, Economics and Public Policy, Faculty of the Professions. https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/5340

Weaver, K Mark ; Dickson, Pat H ; Gibson, Brian et al. / Uncertainty, Entrepreneurial Orientation and the Use of Agreement-Only Alliances : Implications for Small Firm Governance. Symposium Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Corporate Governance in Privately Owned Firms. editor / Brian Gibson. Armidale, Australia : University of New England, School of Business, Economics and Public Policy, Faculty of the Professions, 2009.

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Symposium Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Corporate Governance in Privately Owned Firms. ed. / Brian Gibson. Armidale, Australia: University of New England, School of Business, Economics and Public Policy, Faculty of the Professions, 2009.

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