Alliance entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial orientation: the mediating effect of knowledge transfer

Arash  Rezazadeh; Mahsa Mahjoub

Arash Rezazadeh University of Tehran
Mahsa Mahjoub University of Tehran

Keywords: coopetition, alliances, entrepreneurial orientation, knowledge transfer

Abstract

Today’s rapidly changing business environment has impelled companies to cooperate with their competitors gaining more competitive advantages by achieving win-win situation. Thereby, building alliances as one of the cooperative strategies has been adopted by many enterprises, consequently attracting great attention of numerous scholars. Nevertheless, the alliance literature seems to lack studies in the domain of entrepreneurship. Accordingly, this paper aims to extend entrepreneurship into the field of alliances highlighting two phenomenal concepts: alliance entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial orientation. Hence, the relationship between these two constructs together with the mediating role of knowledge transfer between alliance partners are investigated. We used Structural Equation Modeling with Partial Least Squares (PLS-SEM) technique under two sections of measurement model and structural model assessment in order to analyze data. The results gathered from Iran’s automotive industry confirmed the positive significant impact of alliance entrepreneurship on partners’ entrepreneurial orientation and the mediating effect of knowledge transfer

Author Biographies

Arash Rezazadeh, University of Tehran

Arash Rezazadeh is currently a research scholar at Faculty of Entrepreneurship, University of Tehran, Iran. He has published several research papers in peer-reviewed journals such as: International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business. His main research interests include small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) management, business model innovation, firm performance, cooperation between firms, strategic alliances, entrepreneurial orientation, and knowledge/technology transfer. He also is a member of the International Student Conference on Entrepreneurship in Iran. His interest and expertise in quantitative research methodologies in particular Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with Partial Least Squares (PLS) techniques led him to publish a book in 2013 on PLS-SEM. Accordingly, one of his goals is to introduce the third generation of SEM techniques

Mahsa Mahjoub, University of Tehran

Mahsa Mahjoub is a research scholar at Faculty of Entrepreneurship, University of Tehran, Iran. Her main research interests include small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) management, innovation in start-ups, cooperation between firms, strategic alliances, and knowledge/technology transfer.

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