Entrepreneurial strategy-making, corporate entrepreneurship preparedness and entrepreneurial sales actions: Improving B2B sales performance
Abstract
This study addresses the interrelationships between strategy-making, organizational preparedness for corporate entrepreneurship (OPCE), selling actions, and the performance of the organization's business-to-business (B2B) salespeople. A survey of B2B salespeople suggests that entrepreneurial strategy-making is positively associated with OPCE, an organization's entrepreneurial sales actions (i.e., creative selling and sales innovativeness), and, ultimately, its sales performance. This research contributes to the nexus of entrepreneurship and sales literature by highlighting the relationships between entrepreneurial strategy-making, OPCE, creative and sales action innovativeness, and B2B sales performance.
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of Publication
3-1-2023
Volume
157
Publication Title
Journal of Business Research
Publisher
Elsevier
School
School of Business and Law
RAS ID
53001
Copyright
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Comments
Edwards, J., Miles, M. P., D'Alessandro, S., & Frost, M. (2023). Entrepreneurial strategy-making, corporate entrepreneurship preparedness and entrepreneurial sales actions: Improving B2B sales performance. Journal of Business Research, 157, Article 113586. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.113586