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Should Fast-Food Franchisees Pursue Entrepreneurial Orientation?

  • Ehsan Asgharian , Misagh Tasavori und Jim Andersén
Veröffentlicht/Copyright: 9. Februar 2021

Abstract

Although it is widely accepted that entrepreneurial orientation (EO) improves firm performance, scholars have advised that particular attention should be paid to the context. In this research, we investigate a less explored context of franchising where business systems and procedures are usually dictated to franchisees by franchisors. Therefore, whether a franchisor should allow franchisees to pursue EO (innovativeness, proactiveness, risk-taking, competitive aggressiveness, and autonomy) is not clear. In the context of franchising, the majority of prior studies have mainly focused on the employment of EO as a unidimensional construct and at the franchisor level. In this research, we take a bottom-up perspective and evaluate the impact of different dimensions of EO on franchisees’ performance. Our analysis of a multi-group of 183 restaurant franchisees located in Sweden and Iran reveals that only the pursuit of proactiveness and competitive aggressiveness improves a franchisee’s performance and other dimensions do not play a significant role in improving performance in this context.


Corresponding author: Ehsan Asgharian, PhD, Graduated from Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, E-mail:

Appendix 1

Factor loading
Sweden Iran
Risk taking
People in our outlet are encouraged to take calculated risks with new ideas 0.84 0.96
We, in our outlet, would rather accept a risk to pursue an opportunity than miss it altogether 0.78 0.83
Innovativeness
We actively introduce improvements and innovations in our business 0.83 0.86
When it comes to problem-solving, we value creative new solutions more than solutions that rely on conventional wisdom 0.62 0.85
Our outlet tries to find new ways of advertising, customer relations, distribution and so on 0.80 0.79
Proactiveness
We always try to take the initiative in every situation (e.g., against competitors, in projects and when working with others) 0.97 0.91
We excel at identifying opportunities 0.88 0.91
We initiate actions to which other businesses respond 0.85 0.80
Competitive aggressiveness
Our business is intensely competitive 0.81 0.78
In general, our business takes a bold or aggressive approach when competing 0.82 0.91
We try to undo and outmaneuver the competition as best as we can rather than to avoid competitive clashes 0.83 0.83
Autonomy
We are pursuing business opportunities and make decisions on our own without constantly referring to the franchisor 0.90 0.80
We are given authority and responsibility to act alone if we think it is in the best interests of the business 0.78 0.96
Performance
Net profit (i.e., sales minus operational costs) 0.87 0.77
Development of sales (i.e., change or growth in the volume of sales) 0.92 0.85
Cash flow (i.e., inflows vs. outflows of money) 0.90 0.87
Growth of the franchised outlet’s value 0.85 0.74
Environmental competitiveness
Competition in our local market is intense 0.89 0.78
Our organizational unit has relatively strong competitors 0.77 0.89
Competition in our local market is extremely high 0.87 0.89
Price competition is a hallmark of our local market 0.65 0.76
  1. CFA fit indices in Sweden: (χ 2/df = 1.50, CFI = 0.91, RMSEA = 0.09). CFA fit indices in Iran: (χ 2/df = 1.73, CFI = 0.927, RMSEA = 0.07).

Appendix 2 Loading factors and convergent validity of the constructs-aggregated data.

Aggregated data
Factor loading AVE CR
Risk taking
People in our outlet are encouraged to take calculated risks with new ideas 0.89 0.754 0.860
We, in our outlet, would rather accept a risk to pursue an opportunity than miss it altogether 0.84
Innovativeness
We actively introduce improvements and innovations in our business 0.85 0.653 0.849
When it comes to problem-solving, we value creative new solutions more than solutions that rely on conventional wisdom 0.79
Our outlet tries to find new ways of advertising, customer relations, distribution and so on 0.79
Proactiveness
We always try to take the initiative in every situation (e.g., against competitors, in projects and when working with others) 0.93 0.777 0.912
We excel at identifying opportunities 0.90
We initiate actions to which other businesses respond 0.82
Competitive aggressiveness
Our business is intensely competitive 0.78 0.689 0.869
In general, our business takes a bold or aggressive approach when competing 0.89
We try to undo and outmaneuver the competition as best as we can rather than to avoid competitive clashes 0.82
Autonomy
We are pursuing business opportunities and make decisions on our own without constantly referring to the franchisor 0.90 0.763 0.865
We are given authority and responsibility to act alone if we think it is in the best interests of the business 0.85
Performance
Net profit (i.e., sales minus operational costs) 0.81 0.700 0.903
Development of sales (i.e., change or growth in the volume of sales) 0.88
Cash flow (i.e., inflows vs. outflows of money) 0.88
Growth of the franchised outlet’s value 0.77
Environmental competitiveness
Competition in our local market is intense 0.80 0.688 0.898
Our organizational unit has relatively strong competitors 0.87
Competition in our local market is extremely high 0.89
Price competition is a hallmark of our local market 0.74
(χ 2/df = 1.89, CFI = 0.940, RMSEA = 0.07)

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Received: 2019-12-18
Accepted: 2020-10-26
Published Online: 2021-02-09

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