(1) Department of Business Administration, Lappeenranta University of Technology, P.O. Box 20, FIN-53851 Lappeenranta
Abstract:
In order to be able to seize the opportunities that a dynamic operating environment opens up, entrepreneurial firms have to
reconfigure their existing asset base and processes. This study explores the effect of an entrepreneurial orientation and
a firm's reconfiguring capabilities on international performance by using survey data from 217 manufacturing and service organizations.
Our findings indicate that a firm's entrepreneurial orientation and reconfiguring capabilities have an effect on its international
performance and provide empirical support for the dynamic capability view of the firm. Entrepreneurial behavior combined with
organizational reconfiguring capabilities constitutes a potential source of competitive advantage.