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Purpose: This research aims to measure the impacts of determining factors of organizational ambidexterity on academic performance in private higher education institutions (HEIs) in Brazil. Originality/value: This study investigates predictive, mediating, and moderating relationships in a model that has yet to be explored in the literature. Design/methodology/approach: This theoretical-empirical research uses questionnaires containing 172 Brazilian private HEIs and analyzes them through structural equation modeling. Findings: The results indicated that entrepreneurial orientation positively influences academic performance directly or is mediated by organizational ambidexterity. Learning orientation does not directly influence academic performance, but the result is significant when mediated by organizational ambidexterity. Although not substantial, market turbulence shows a medium moderation in the relationship between ambidexterity and performance. The indirect path between entrepreneurial orientation and academic performance mediated by organizational ambidexterity was stronger than the direct path without the mediation of ambidexterity. In conclusion, ambidexterity is presented as a relevant construct to mediate entrepreneurial orientation and learning orientation in the performance of private HEIs in Brazil under conditions of market pressure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: This study focuses on analyzing the institutional context and collaborative networks affecting farmers' entrepreneurial capacity in Mexico. Originality/value: Both the institutional framework and collaborative networks are part of the environment faced by the farmer and empower them to decide about their business, being decisive elements to generate confidence in the environment and reduce the risk of assuming economic responsibilities. Design/methodology/approach: We incorporate the moderating effect of the institutional context considering its influence on collaboration networks. The statistical technique of structural equation models was used to test the hypotheses. The sample comprised 192 farmers from the state of Aguascalientes, Mexico. Findings: The results showed significant and positive effects of institutional pillars and collaborative networks on the capacity to undertake. Regarding the non-significant effects of the institutional context as a moderating variable, further research is suggested to review the relationship of institutional pillars with collaboration networks and their possible negative relationship. Institutional pillars represent the perception of the social structure relevant to measuring society's position regarding the capacities, in this case, of rural entrepreneurship, especially when making public policies. The impact of current government actions on the commercial activity should be considered. Subsequently, public policies must have a practical application by the legal framework and the formation of an environment of certainty based on the normative and cognitive pillars of the institutional context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to verify the mediating effect of a proactive market orientation capability in the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and service innovation in micro and small companies in the food-away from home sector. We analyzed the mediating effect of a marketing capability (proactive market capability) because, according to Morgan et al. (2009), a capability is an ability developed from a strategic orientation, and capabilities and orientations together contribute to organizational performance. Originality/Value: The article verifies the mediating effect of a specific marketing capability, the proactive market orientation (PMO) in the proposed relationship. Most studies on market orientation (OM) treat the construct as a business strategic orientation, but few studies investigate market orientation based on the perspective of dynamic capabilities (Hou, 2008). Design/methodology/approach: A quantitative survey was carried out using a non-probabilistic sampling technique for convenience with 168 establishments. The research was carried out in micro and small companies of the food-way from home sector of Curitiba PR, and the respondents were the managers and owners of the establishments. Findings: The results indicate the existence of the mediating effect of PMO in the relationship between EO and service innovation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The academic literature presents current progress in understanding the development of business strategies, how to improve the skills and resources to meet competition and turbulence of the competitive environment. This paper examined the relationships of the constructs entrepreneurial orientation (Naman; Slevin, 1993) and marketing capability (VORHIES; HARKER, 2000) on business performance (GONZÁLES-BENITO et al., 2009) perceived by managers, focusing on small business retailers. We evaluated the empirical models proposed in the literature for entrepreneurial orientation, marketing capabilities, business performance and the role of their relationships under the moderating effects of the type of firm, location, and age since its foundation. Data were collected in a non-probabilistic cross-sectional sample of 262 retail and service business in the Mato Grosso do Sul State. The hypotheses tested by means of statistical approaches and exploratory factor analysis and by structural equations modeling, using the maximum likelihood estimation and fit indices of the conceptual model. Review of data provides empirical evidence for the confirmation of the theoretical models adopted, favoring the inference that small retailers achieve higher business performance, when greater is the intensity of entrepreneurial orientation and the marketing capability. Empirical evidence supports that there are no significant differences in the practices of entrepreneurial orientation and marketing capability among firms like micro or small business. However, practices were observed between these two different constructs for businesses as their location, age and business sector, like retail or service. With regard to managerial implications, due to the results of this paper, leads to the suggestion that businessman retailer adopt a posture more entrepreneurial, knowledge of the strategic actions of competitors and in understanding the wants and needs of consumers, such as in the intensification of marketing tools for obtaining greater business performance. We highlight the originality of this study to address the possible shortcomings of the few empirical studies related to strategic actions and business performance of small retailers available in the national and international literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]