RESILIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE-BASED FIRMS PERFORMANCE: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF ENTREPRENEURIAL THINKING

Elahe Hosseini; Mehdi Tajpour; Aidin Salamzadeh; Kursat Demiryurek; Hiroko Kawamorita

Authors

Elahe Hosseini Department of Business Administration, Yazd University, Yazd, (IRAN)
Mehdi Tajpour Faculty of Entrepreneurship, University of Tehran, Tehran, (IRAN)
Aidin Salamzadeh Faculty of Management, University of Tehran, Tehran, (IRAN)
Kursat Demiryurek Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, (TURKEY)
Hiroko Kawamorita Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, (TURKEY)

Keywords:

Resilience, Entrepreneurial Thinking, Performance, Knowledge-based Firms

Abstract

Resilient organisations tolerate challenges and provide them with growth and survival in complex environments. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the effect of resilience on the performance of knowledge companies based on information technology by considering the mediation role of entrepreneurial thinking in Iranian science and technology parks. Data were collected using a questionnaire with a Likert scale from a sample of 172 students who were executives of the selected knowledge-based companies. Data analysis was performed with a structural equation modelling approach using Smart PLS 3 software. The research findings indicated a positive and significant increase in the performance of knowledge-based companies by the mediation of entrepreneurial thinking. According to the findings, companies can be equipped with their dynamics and structural trust and process continuity. Since it is not enough to have structural trust capabilities, companies that survive and succeed in the long run should also have dynamic capabilities. Paying attention to the dynamic capabilities of knowledge-based companies, if not accompanied by considering structural trust capabilities, is ineffective because its impact would be reduced.

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