To read this content please select one of the options below:

The role of entrepreneurial skills as a vehicle for business growth: a study in Spanish start-ups

Dolores Botella-Carrubi (Departamento de Organización de Empresas, Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain)
Samuel Ribeiro-Navarrete (Departamento de Organización de Empresas, Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain)
Klaus Ulrich (ESIC Business and Marketing School, Organización de Empresas, Valencia, Spain)
Cristina Blanco González-Tejero (Empresa, Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid, Spain)

Management Decision

ISSN: 0025-1747

Article publication date: 12 August 2022

371

Abstract

Purpose

Business growth is one of the most studied areas over the years. However, with the current uncertainty and entrepreneurial dynamism it becomes relevant to consider new variables such as entrepreneurial skills and competencies that influence its development. Accordingly, this research refers to the impact that the individual's skills have on the entrepreneurial environment. For this purpose, a survey has been developed of employees of different organizations considering the variables of high degree of proactivity in the employees' attitude, entrepreneurial training, innovation, previous experience or risk aversion.

Design/methodology/approach

The research has been conducted through fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) and the result shows the differences between the combination of variables for business growth through the consideration of sales growth and profit.

Findings

The results of this research provide new insights that allow the development and boosting of business growth.

Originality/value

The main contribution of this work is to pay attention to the human team of startups and show the role that this has in their growth.

Keywords

Citation

Botella-Carrubi, D., Ribeiro-Navarrete, S., Ulrich, K. and Blanco González-Tejero, C. (2022), "The role of entrepreneurial skills as a vehicle for business growth: a study in Spanish start-ups", Management Decision, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-02-2022-0161

Publisher

:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2022, Emerald Publishing Limited

Related articles