Abstract

DE LA GARZA CARRANZA, María Teresa; GUZMAN SORIA, Eugenio; EGRI, Carolyn P.  and  HERNANDEZ SOTO, Daniel. Small business managers from México and Canada; a comparison of their entrepreneurial orientation. Nova scientia [online]. 2013, vol.5, n.10, pp.73-100. ISSN 2007-0705.

This comparative study examines the entrepreneurial orientation of 140 Mexican and 125 Canadian small business entrepreneurs. Mexican and Canadian small business managers were similar in terms of the entrepreneurial orientation dimensions of innovation and proactivity, whereas Mexican managers had a higher risk-taking entrepeneurial orientation. Although Canada and Mexico have significant cultural differences and are geographically separated by the U.S., this study found substantial similarities in the entrepreneurial orientation of small business managers in these two countries. These findings suggest that international research on entrepreneurship should investigate not only cross-cultural national differences but also identify the influence of individual characteristics and organizational factors on managers' entrepreneurial orientations.

Keywords : Cultural differences; Entrepreneurial orientation; Mexico; Canada.

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