摘要：This study investigates the impact of the three dimensions of Entrepreneurial Orientation (innovativeness, proactiveness and risk-taking) on the three dimensions of sustainable organizational performance (social, economic and environmental) in industrial companies from Rio Grande do Sul (Brazilian state). A survey was conducted with 140 MSMEs of various segments. The data analysis was performed mainly by correlation analyses and multiple regression analyses. The results suggest that the innovativeness significantly impacts on environmental performance of the organizations surveyed. However, the other dimensions of the Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO) do not impact significantly on sustainable organizational performance. Thus, social performance impacts positively on economic performance. On the other hand, environmental performance does not impact on economic performance. This may suggests that social performance has an effect on economic results in short terms and environmental performance impacts on economic gains in long terms. Longitudinal studies may contribute to this kind of investigation.
