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Development Department, Faculty of Entrepreneurship, University of Tehran
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Organizational Department, Faculty of Entrepreneurship, University of Tehran
Abstract
Nonprofit organizations, as one of the key pillars of the third economy, play a vital role in meeting social needs and promoting public welfare. However, the reduction of public and private financial resources, increasing competition, and environmental changes have brought serious challenges to these organizations. This study aimed to identify factors affecting entrepreneurial orientation and examine its effects on the performance of nonprofit organizations. Entrepreneurial orientation, which includes innovation, risk-taking, and active response to environmental changes, can increase financial sustainability, improve organizational efficiency, and facilitate the fulfillment of social missions. This study was applied in terms of purpose and based on the documentary-meta-composition approach and the seven-stage model of Sandusky and Barroso (2007) in terms of methodology. The findings show that managerial, organizational, and environmental factors play a role as the main drivers of entrepreneurial orientation. These factors include the personal and professional characteristics of managers, structure, culture, organizational processes and resources, and environmental conditions. Entrepreneurial orientation has multiple impacts on nonprofit organizations, from improving internal processes, increasing flexibility, and strengthening an innovation culture to optimizing resources, developing new products and services, enhancing social innovation, and improving financial and social performance. Research innovations include integrating prior knowledge into a coherent model based on a combination of scientometrics and content analysis of articles, identifying knowledge gaps in the existing literature, and providing suggestions for evolving research in this area. The research results show that entrepreneurial orientation not only helps strengthen the competitive position and attract diverse resources, but also has the ability to better respond to the changing needs of society and create added value in nonprofit organizations. This approach is proposed as a key strategy for addressing the challenges facing these organizations.
arasti, Z. , Esfandyari, Z. and sakhdari, K. (2025). "Presenting a conceptual model of entrepreneurial orientation in non-profit organizations with a meta-synthesis approach". Science and Technology Policy Letters, (), -.
MLA
arasti, Z. , , Esfandyari, Z. , and sakhdari, K. . ""Presenting a conceptual model of entrepreneurial orientation in non-profit organizations with a meta-synthesis approach"", Science and Technology Policy Letters, , , 2025, -.
HARVARD
arasti, Z., Esfandyari, Z., sakhdari, K. (2025). '"Presenting a conceptual model of entrepreneurial orientation in non-profit organizations with a meta-synthesis approach"', Science and Technology Policy Letters, (), pp. -.
CHICAGO
Z. arasti , Z. Esfandyari and K. sakhdari, ""Presenting a conceptual model of entrepreneurial orientation in non-profit organizations with a meta-synthesis approach"," Science and Technology Policy Letters, (2025): -,
VANCOUVER
arasti, Z., Esfandyari, Z., sakhdari, K. "Presenting a conceptual model of entrepreneurial orientation in non-profit organizations with a meta-synthesis approach". Science and Technology Policy Letters, 2025; (): -.
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