The Relationship Between the Type of Organizational/Economic Structure and Organizational Entrepreneurship in SMEs

Authors

1 Assistant Professor, University College Qom, University of Tehran

2 . M.S. Student, Faculty of Management, University College Qom, University of Tehran

Abstract

This paper addresses the issue of the relationship between the type of organizational / economic structure and organizational entrepreneurship in small- and- medium- sized enterprises (SMEs). It further provides discussions on mechanical/organic structures as well as organizational entrepreneurship and knowledge structure. In another section, the methodology of the research includes hypotheses, research method, target population and case studies on which this study is based. The research method is a field study and the means for data collection is questionnaire. Our population includes 105 SMEs in Shokuhieh Town (Qom Province) with 70 firms. The applied statistical technique is Spearman's correlation coefficient and Freedman's ranking test.
Data analysis is performed by SPSS software. The findings show that there is a significant relationship between the type of organizational/economic structure and organizational entrepreneurship in SMEs.

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