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Entrepreneurship and Strategic Performance in a Time of Crisis: An Analysis of the Business Behavior of Small and Medium Businesses

Entrepreneurship and Strategic Performance in a Time of Crisis: An Analysis of the Business Behavior of Small and Medium Businesses
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Author(s): Joao Conrado de Amorim Carvalho (Unidade de Ensino Superior Dom Bosco, Brazil)and Carla Roberta Gomes Muniz (FORUM (Centro de Formação, Estudos e Pesquisas), Brazil)
Copyright: 2019
Pages: 16
Source title: Strategy and Superior Performance of Micro and Small Businesses in Volatile Economies
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): João Conrado de Amorim Carvalho (Unidade de Ensino Superior Dom Bosco, Brazil)and Emmanuel M.C.B. Sabino (FORUM (Centro de Formação, Estudos e Pesquisas), Brazil)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7888-8.ch006

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Abstract

This chapter researches the behavior and entrepreneurial capacities of entrepreneurs in the modality of small and medium businesses to better understand their development according to the current theoretical interpretations and based on a sectorial analysis of companies of these sizes in the State of Maranhão. The research directs its attention to the factors that influence the entrepreneurial action and the strategic performance, analyzing the business performance in times of crisis. The research method was defined based on the sector analysis, substantiated by the literature review. The results indicate that the size of the company is irrelevant both for taking strategic actions and for rapidity in undertaking growth actions. It is concluded that SMBs achieve greater swiftness in growth actions and undertake joint actions when they have technological capabilities.

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