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Entrepreneurial Orientation. Dr. Harold Welsch DePaul University. Entrepreneurial Strategic Posture. High levels of Innovativeness Proactiveness Risk-taking. Innovativeness.
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Entrepreneurial Orientation Dr. Harold Welsch DePaul University
Entrepreneurial Strategic Posture • High levels of Innovativeness • Proactiveness • Risk-taking
Innovativeness • Reflected in the extent to which an organization is committed to supporting new ideas, creativity, and experimentation in relation to the development of new products, services, and processes
Proactiveness • Reflected in the extent to which an organization maintains an opportunity-seeking, forward-looking perspective, in an effort to pre-empt rivals’ competitive actions, particularly strategic actions
Risk-taking • Reflected in the extent to which organizations and their entrepreneurs are willing to make ‘large and risky resource commitments’