Handbook of measures for international entrepreneurship research : multi-item scales crossing disciplines and contexts

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    • Coviello, Nicole
    • Yli-Renko, Helena

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Handbook of measures for international entrepreneurship research : multi-item scales crossing disciplines and contexts

edited by Nicole Coviello, Helena Yli-Renko

E. Elgar, c2016

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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The Handbook of Measures for International Entrepreneurship Research is a user-friendly collection of multi-item measures developed and used in the research of international entrepreneurship and important areas related to it: international business, entrepreneurship, marketing, strategy, and innovation. Editors Nicole Coviello and Helena Yli-Renko carefully compiled 212 scales from over 820 possible measures using rigorous selection criteria. The scales fall into eight distinct categories: Individual-level influences Firm and team-level influences External environmental influences Relationships, networks, and social capital Organizational learning Capabilities Orientation and strategy Performance and innovation outcomes For each scale, the book includes the following information to enable ease of use: summary, construct definition, description, source, development or adaptation procedures, sample, validity, scores, references, and scale items. This standout Handbook not only builds a compelling case for a more rigorous approach to research methods in international entrepreneurship research, but also explores the best practices in development, adaptation, use, and reporting of multi-item measures. Academic researchers in international entrepreneurship, international business, entrepreneurship, marketing, strategy, and/or innovation will find this reference tool a welcome addition to their survey research practices. Policy-makers conducting research in these areas will also appreciate this book.

Table of Contents

Contents: 1. INTRODUCTION 2. INDIVIDUAL-LEVEL INFLUENCES Affect: Negative Affect Affect: Positive Affect Autonomy Effectiveness in Acquiring New Information Effectiveness in Acquiring New Resources Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy Opportunity Recognition Ability Passion for Developing Passion for Founding Passion for Inventing Perceived Passion Perception of Preparedness Personal Cultural Orientation Prior Knowledge of Customer Problems Prior Knowledge of Markets Prior Knowledge of Technology Prior Knowledge of Ways to Serve Markets Social Competence: Expressiveness Social Competence: Ingratiation Social Competence: Self-Promotion Social Competence: Social Adaptability Social Competence: Social Perception 3. FIRM- AND TEAM-LEVEL INFLUENCES Bricolage Causation Centralization Coordination Cross-Functional Integration Decentralization Effectuation Effectuation vs. Causation: Acknowledge the Unexpected vs. Overcome the Unexpected Effectuation vs. Causation: Affordable Loss vs. Expected Returns Effectuation vs. Causation: Means-Driven vs. Goal-Driven Effectuation vs. Causation: Partnerships vs. Competitive Market Analysis Exposure to Foreign Market Particularities Firm Resources Imitability Innovation Ambidexterity Knowledge Intensity Leadership Style: Consideration Leadership Style: Participation Operational Flexibilities: Cognitive Flexibility Operational Flexibilities: Political Flexibility Operational Flexibilities: Relational Flexibility Operational Flexibilities: Structural Flexibility Organizational Culture: Adhocracy Organizational Culture: Bureaucracy Organizational Culture: Clan Organizational Culture: Market Organizational Innovativeness Protectability Reputation Resource Flexibility Resources Available to the Export Venture Scalability Team Creativity Technological Distinctiveness Technology Scanning 4. EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES Competitive Intensity Competitive Turbulence Environmental Competitiveness Environmental Dynamism Institutional Impediments Institutional Influences: Contract Enforcement Institutional Influences: Corruption Institutional Influences: Cost of Business Closing Institutional Influences: Costs of Trade Institutional Influences: Ease of Hiring Institutional Influences: Ease of Starting a Business Institutional Influences: Economic Situation Institutional Influences: Infrastructure Institutional Influences: Need Institutional Influences: Social Norms Institutional Influences: Taxes Market Dynamism Market Turbulence Technological Turbulence 5. RELATIONSHIPS, NETWORKS, AND SOCIAL CAPITAL Behavioural Uncertainty Commitment Communication Intensity Cooperative Competency Cross-Functional Relationship Conflict Cross-Functional Task Conflict Cross-Functional Trust Customer Participation Customer Reputation Interaction with Foreign Market Players Managerial Network: Strength of Expressive Ties Managerial Network: Strength of Instrumental Ties New Venture's Commitment to Supplier New Venture's Power over Supplier Partner Fit Partner Opportunism Procedural Justice Relationship-Specific Investment Satisfaction (with Customer) Social Capital: Customer Network Ties Social Capital: Identification-Based Trust Social Capital: Relationship Quality Social Capital: Shared Values Social Capital: Social Interaction (v1) Social Capital: Social Interaction (v2) Social Ties: Direct Tie Social Ties: Indirect Tie Social Ties: Political Ties Strength of Ties Tie Strength Tie Strength: Knowledge Redundancy Tie Strength: Relational Embeddedness Willingness of Support Firms to Cooperate 6. ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING Alliance Learning Process Customer Knowledge Development Exploitative Market Learning Exploratory Market Learning Foreign Market Knowledge Knowledge Acquisition Knowledge Integration Learning Effectiveness Learning Efficiency Learning Effort: Domestic Learning Effort: International Market Information Acquisition Market Information Use New Process Creativity New Product Creativity Perceived Business Familiarity Perceived Institutional Familiarity Prior Foreign Market Analysis Process-Based Creativity Process Information Acquisition Product Information Acquisition Resource-Based Learning Capacity Speed of Technological Learning Team Information Exchange Team-Level Experiential Knowledge 7. CAPABILITIES Absorptive Capacity Bilateral Communication Capabilities Bilateral Investment Capabilities Competence Exploitation Competence Exploration Coordination Flexibility Export Capabilities Founding Team Marketing Capabilities Founding Team Market-Linking Capabilities Founding Team Service Design Capabilities Global Technological Competence Incremental Innovation Capability Information and Communication Technology Capability International Business Competence Knowledge Capability Upgrading Market Launch Capability Marketing Capabilities: Distribution Capability Marketing Capabilities (for Exporting): Architectural Marketing Capabilities (for Exporting): Specialized Marketing Capabilities: Marketing Communication Capability Marketing Capabilities: Pricing Capability Marketing Capabilities: Product Development Capability Network Capabilities Network Capability Upgrading Networking Capability Overseas Market-Related Exploitative Capabilities Overseas Market-Related Explorative Capabilities Product Development Exploitative Capabilities Product Development Explorative Capabilities Sensing Capability 8. ORIENTATION AND STRATEGY Attitude to International Markets Competitive Strategy in Export Markets Customer Orientation: Emerging Customers Customer Orientation: Mainstream Customers Entrepreneurial Management Entrepreneurial Strategic Posture (aka Entrepreneurial Orientation) Export Entrepreneurial-Oriented Behavior Export Market Orientation Export Marketing Strategy: Distribution Adaptation Export Marketing Strategy: Pricing Adaptation Export Marketing Strategy: Product Adaptation Export Marketing Strategy: Promotion Adaptation Growth by Acquisition Growth through Partnership International Entrepreneurial Culture International Entrepreneurial Orientation International Entrepreneurial Proclivity: Innovativeness International Entrepreneurial Proclivity: Proactiveness International Entrepreneurial Proclivity: Risk Taking Learning Orientation Leveraging Foreign Distributor Competences Market Orientation (v1) Market Orientation (v2) Marketing Exploitation Strategies Marketing Exploration Strategies Quality Focus Technological Orientation Unique Products Development 9. PERFORMANCE AND INNOVATION OUTCOMES Competitiveness during Firm Growth Stage Disruptive Innovation Exploitative Innovation Exploratory Innovation Export Venture Performance Evaluation of Partner Performance Firm Performance (Perceived) Innovation Performance: Incremental Innovation Performance: Radical Innovation Radicalness Innovation Type New Product Cost Efficiency New Product Development Speed New Product Differentiation New Product Meaningfulness New Product Novelty New Product Performance Outcome-Based Creativity Performance: Financial Radical Innovation Index

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