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Article number | 101989 |
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<mark>Journal publication date</mark> | 1/02/2021 |
<mark>Journal</mark> | Long Range Planning |
Issue number | 1 |
Volume | 54 |
Publication Status | Published |
Early online date | 20/03/20 |
<mark>Original language</mark> | English |
Corporate enterprises must support its business units to adapt to changes that are increasingly dramatic and complex. In response, corporate entities must organize to embed a corporate entrepreneurial orientation (EO) that pervades the actions of its business units to create the radical innovations needed to thrive in these circumstances. By developing a global willingness–local ability framework, we test a multi-level model of corporate EO by conceptualizing its effects on business unit radical innovation and business unit financial performance, moderated by business unit R&D resourcing and business unit absorptive capacity. With data from 2820 business units of 1290 Taiwanese corporations from two separate surveys, we find support for our theoretical expectations and contribute much-needed knowledge of the multi-level effects of EO and the conditions to turn EO into actual innovation activity and profit from it.