Entrepreneurial Strategy, Innovation, and Cognitive Capabilities: What Role for Intuitive SMEs?

Authors

  • Jose Manuel Saiz-Alvarez Nebrija University
  • Carlos Cuervo-Arango Nebrija University
  • Alicia Coduras Nebrija University

Abstract

The role of intuition applied to entrepreneurship remains under-researched. The present work contributes to the progress on research on this field proposing and testing an indicator to measure the degree of intuition of entrepreneurs at early and consolidated stages. The indicator is designed under the literature highlights and applied over a sample of 501 early stage and consolidated entrepreneurs, a sample extracted from GEM Spain 2011-2012. The intuitive behavior of the Spaniard entrepreneurs is moderated and depends significantly on leadership abilities along with skills to motivate others, capacity to develop technological products or services, and the age. The intuitive style is proportionally more prevalent at early stages of entrepreneurship and, in Spain, does not show significant dependence on the previous experience of the entrepreneurs as employees, managers of companies, other entrepreneurial activities or years in the same sector as they are operating at present.

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2013-05-21

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Entrepreneurial Strategy, Innovation, and Cognitive Capabilities: What Role for Intuitive SMEs?. (2013). Journal of Small Business Strategy (archive Only), 23(2), 29-40. https://libjournals.mtsu.edu/index.php/jsbs/article/view/179