사내 기업가정신의 선행요인과 성과: 발견이론과 창조이론 관점

While growing attention is being paid to corporate entrepreneurship, theories that provide a framework for the concept remain lacking in empirical evidence. Following the theoretical basis - discovery theory and creation theory - suggested by Alvarez & Barney(2007), this research aims to explore antecedents of corporate entrepreneurship in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It also seeks to investigate the effect of corporate entrepreneurship on performance. Drawing on literature regarding corporate entrepreneurship and two theories of entrepreneurial action, hypotheses are developed and tested using structural equation modeling with data collected from 296 SMEs. Results show that two independent variables - environmental scanning and management supporting – are found to be significantly positive to corporate entrepreneurship, which in turn positively affects innovation performance and financial performance. In particular, it is found that corporate entrepreneurship plays a fully mediating role in the relationship between these antecedents and innovation performance. The finding implies that corporate entrepreneurship is crucial to improvements in innovation outcomes and financial performance. It also provides empirical evidence that the discovery theory and creation theory can lay a theoretical foundation for the field of corporate entrepreneurship, moving forwarding our understanding of entrepreneurial action. Limitations and suggestions for future studies are presented.