What is it about?
Entrepreneurial small and medium-sized enterprises play a crucial role in driving innovation and supporting the robust development of society. However, managers in these firms cannot rely on fragmented or highly specialized disciplinary insights to develop their businesses. Instead, they require a timely, integrated, and cross-disciplinary approach.
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Why is it important?
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) excel at operating under uncertainty, as seen in the current global context. Their entrepreneurial mindset enables them to pursue multiple avenues and bridge disciplinary boundaries when managing innovation and creating value. Because SMEs play a vital role in societal value creation, there is a pressing need for dedicated, cross-disciplinary theoretical development that can better capture and support these dynamics.
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SMEs typically operate with constrained resources, which makes it essential that these resources are deployed as effectively as possible—particularly when navigating uncertainty. Our findings indicate that support initiatives must therefore be grounded in the specific characteristics and capacities of each individual firm, enabling more meaningful cross-disciplinary engagement. This requires pursuing multiple, tailored pathways in close collaboration with SME managers and their organisations, rather than relying on generic, “off-the-shelf” solutions commonly promoted by external actors.
Emerita, Associated Professor Tove Brink
Syddansk Universitet
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This page is a summary of: Multiple paths for entrepreneurial strategy to create value: longitudinal research suggests the integration of antecedents to improve robustness, Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, November 2025, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1186/s13731-025-00600-x.
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