**Entrepreneurial Orientation and Firm Performance**

**Entrepreneurial Orientation and Firm Performance**

DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.72009

Orlando Lima Rua, Alexandra França and Rubén Fernández Ortiz Rubén Fernández Ortiz Additional information is available at the end of the chapter

Orlando Lima Rua, Alexandra França and

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http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.72009

#### **Abstract**

This chapter assesses the important contribution of entrepreneurial orientation's strategic determinant that influences export performance. Based on survey data from 247 Portuguese small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), findings suggest that entrepreneurial orientation has a positive and significant influence on export performance. This study deepens our understanding and provides novel insights into entrepreneurship and strategic management literature, since it combines multiple factors and has obtained the importance of each construct in SMEs business growth. Moreover, this chapter presents further evidences of the strategies that small firm managers should pursue and policy makers should promote.

**Keywords:** entrepreneurial orientation, export performance, Portuguese textile industry, SMEs, PLS-SEM
