Association between Innovative Entrepreneurial Orientation, Absorptive Capacity, and Farm Business Performance

Xavier Gellynck; Jorge Cárdenas; Zuzanna Pieniak; Wim Verbeke

doi:10.1002/agr.21394

journal article Jun 25, 2014

Association between Innovative Entrepreneurial Orientation, Absorptive Capacity, and Farm Business Performance

Xavier Gellynck Jorge Cárdenas Zuzanna Pieniak Wim Verbeke

Agribusiness Vol. 31 No. 1 pp. 91-106 · Wiley

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Abstract

ABSTRACTA growing interest emerges with regard to how entrepreneurship and innovation can contribute to the success and well‐being of the farmers. The main objective of the study is to develop and test a model, which emphasizes the relationship of trust and innovative entrepreneurial orientation on absorptive capacity in an agricultural context. This article examines also the effect of absorptive capacity on innovation as well as the connection of both innovative entrepreneurial orientation and innovation outcome on farm business performance. Cross‐sectional data were collected from a sample of 199 banana farmers in 2008‐2009 in Ecuador. A structural equation modeling approach has been applied to validate the hypothesized model. The findings show that all relationships established in the model are significantly and positively associated, except for the linkage between innovation outcome and farm business performance. [EconLit citation: L260; O310; Q160]

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Published: Jun 25, 2014
Vol/Issue: 31(1)
Pages: 91-106
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Authors

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Xavier Gellynck

Department of Agricultural Economics Faculty of Bioscience Engineering Ghent University Coupure links 653 9000 Ghent Belgium

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Jorge Cárdenas

Department of Agricultural Economics Faculty of Bioscience Engineering Ghent University Coupure links 653 9000 Ghent Belgium; ESPAE Graduate School of Management Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL) Campus Las Peñas, Malecón No.100 Guayaquil Ecuador; Center of Rural Research Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Production Sciences Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL) Campus Gustavo Galindo, Km. 30.5 Vía Perimetral P. O. Box 09‐01‐5863 Guayaquil Ecuador

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Zuzanna Pieniak

Department of Agricultural Economics Faculty of Bioscience Engineering Ghent University Coupure links 653 9000 Ghent Belgium; Consumer and Sensory Research Institute ul.Sienna 55/9 00‐820 Warsaw Poland

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Wim Verbeke

Department of Agricultural Economics Faculty of Bioscience Engineering Ghent University Coupure links 653 9000 Ghent Belgium

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Xavier Gellynck, Jorge Cárdenas, Zuzanna Pieniak, et al. (2014). Association between Innovative Entrepreneurial Orientation, Absorptive Capacity, and Farm Business Performance. Agribusiness, 31(1), 91-106. https://doi.org/10.1002/agr.21394

Association between Innovative Entrepreneurial Orientation, Absorptive Capacity, and Farm Business Performance

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