%0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2011 %T Entrepreneurial Orientation and Company Performance: Can the Academic Literature Guide Managers? %A R. Sandra Schillo %K entrepreneurial orientation %K entrepreneurship %X This article comments on the management implications of the various approaches to measuring entrepreneurial orientation (EO), and it discusses the implications of a range of empirical findings for management decisions. On the whole, the argument is that academic research needs to increase its understanding of the differences in empirical results between different studies. To date, the research mostly spells a small number of useful warnings, for example that the positive impact of EO may level off or turn negative beyond a certain point and that it may not have the anticipated positive effect in all circumstances. However, the academic research has yet to identify these circumstances to a level of specificity that could provide useful guidance to managers. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 1 %P 20-25 %8 11/2011 %U http://timreview.ca/article/497 %N 2 %1 Innovation Impact Inc. Sandra Schillo is a researcher and consultant in the area of innovation and entrepreneurship. She is the Founding Editor of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, a publication founded to make academic literature on innovation and entrepreneurship accessible to policy professionals and researchers. She also is the President of Innovation Impact Inc., a company specializing in custom research and consulting services in the areas of innovation, science and technology policy, and entrepreneurship. Dr. Schillo is also on the Review Board of the Technology Innovation Management Review. Dr. Schillo obtained her Doctorate from the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, University of Kiel, Germany, and received her Masters' degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Karlsruhe, Germany. She has extensive experience working with government departments and agencies on innovation and entrepreneurship. Dr. Schillo draws on both her practical and academic experience to ensure the relevance and quality of her work. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/497