Stimulating the entrepreneurial orientation of SMEs: the influence of the institutional environment Gómez Haro, Samuel Vidal Salazar, María Dolores Delgado Ceballos, Javier Institutional environment Entrepreneurial orientation Cognitive Normative Country Institutional Profile CIP Esta versión es la enviada a la revista para su revisión. El artículo final aceptado se encuentra publicado en International Journal of Business Environment: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBE.2012.046215 This version is the one submitted to the journal for review. The final accepted article is published in International Journal of Business Environment: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBE.2012.046215. This paper aims to highlight the importance of institutional theory in analysing entrepreneurship. In order to do that, an empirical analysis of how the institutional environment influences the entrepreneurial orientation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has been performed. The model presented in this study starts from the analysis of the dimensions of the institutional environment that have been empirically less analysed: the cognitive and normative dimensions, as well as the entrepreneurial orientation in terms of proactiveness, innovativeness and risk-taking. Our results contribute to the current entrepreneurship research as they expand the development of the relationships between institutions and entrepreneurship. 2024-01-09T11:31:55Z 2024-01-09T11:31:55Z 2012 journal article Stimulating the entrepreneurial orientation of SMEs: the influence of the institutional environment Samuel Gómez-Haro, María Dolores Vidal-Salazar, and Javier Delgado-Ceballos International Journal of Business Environment 2012 5:2, 178-192 https://hdl.handle.net/10481/86655 https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBE.2012.046215 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ open access Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional