The Impact of Corporate Entrepreneurship on the Performance of Jordanian Telecom Corporates
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The Telecom sector in Jordan is highly competitive in a way that affects the performance of firms working in this sector, many solutions were provided to enhance performance, but corporate entrepreneurship as a solution to significantly improve performance still not have fully adopted, that is why this research was carried to highlight the importance of such concept to improve performance. This research was aimed at determining the impact of corporate entrepreneurship dimensions (innovation, risk-taking, proactiveness, competitive aggressiveness, and autonomy) on the performance of Jordanian telecom corporates in Jordan. Data were collected from 39 telecom corporates in Jordan. The questionnaires entail assessing the degree of corporate entrepreneurship in relation to the performance of telecom corporates in Jordan. SmartPLS 2.0 Statistical program was used to conduct descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings of the research indicated that corporate entrepreneurship dimensions (innovation, risk-taking, proactiveness, and competitive aggressiveness) positively affect the performance of Jordanian telecom corporates except for the autonomy dimension.
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Corporate EntrepreneurshipPerformanceBalanced Score CardJordanian telecom corporates
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Awwad, Mohammad Suleiman, and Abdullah Aref Abu-Karaki. 2021. “The Impact of Corporate Entrepreneurship on the Performance of Jordanian Telecom Corporates”. Studies in Business and Economics 24 (1). https://doi.org/10.29117/sbe.2021.0126.
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