Successful Management Buyouts: Are They Really More Entrepreneurial?

35 Pages Posted: 17 May 2006

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Hans Bruining

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Department of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship; Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM)

Ernst Verwaal

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Department of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship; Queen's University Management School; Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM)

Date Written: November 30, 2005

Abstract

The paper explores the impact of entrepreneurial management dimensions on post-MBO financial performance. We use Stevenson’s conceptualization of entrepreneurship (1983), empirically validated by Brown, Davidsson and Wiklund (2001), positing that entrepreneurial companies will be involved in recognizing and exploiting opportunity, regardless of the resources controlled. From the literature we hypothesize positive effects of entrepreneurial management dimensions on post-MBO financial performance. We find that successful buyout managers cannot be classified as entrepreneurs on all entrepreneurial dimensions. Instead they ambidextrously combine the pursuit of valuable opportunities with the exploitation and control of their resources. Implications for theory and managerial practice are discussed.

Keywords: Entrepreneurial Management, Financial Performance, Management Buyouts

Suggested Citation

Bruining, Hans and Verwaal, Ernst and Verwaal, Ernst, Successful Management Buyouts: Are They Really More Entrepreneurial? (November 30, 2005). ERIM Report Series Reference No. ERS-2005-076-STR, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=863029

Hans Bruining (Contact Author)

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Department of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship ( email )

RSM Erasmus University
Rotterdam, 3000 DR
Netherlands

Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM)

P.O. Box 1738
3000 DR Rotterdam
Netherlands

Ernst Verwaal

Queen's University Management School ( email )

25 University Square
Belfast
United Kingdom

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Department of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship ( email )

RSM Erasmus University
Rotterdam, 3000 DR
Netherlands

Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM)

P.O. Box 1738
3000 DR Rotterdam
Netherlands

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