Dimensional effects of Korean SME’s entrepreneurial orientation on internationalization and performance: the mediating role of marketing capability

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 195-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Byoungho Jin ◽  
Sojin Jung ◽  
So Won Jeong
Keyword(s):  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Marketing Capability ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Dimensional Effects ◽  
And Performance

Dynamic capabilities, innovation and branding capabilities and their impact on competitive advantage and SME's performance in Portugal: the moderating effects of entrepreneurial orientation

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 255-286
Author(s):  
Jorge Ferreira ◽  
Arnaldo Coelho
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Exploration And Exploitation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Positive Direct ◽  
Moderating Role

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand the impact of dynamic capabilities (DC) (in the view of exploration and exploitation) on competitiveness and performance, considering the mediating role the innovation capability (IC) and branding capabilities (BC)on competitive advantage and firm’s performance and the moderating role of entrepreneurial orientation (EO). Design/methodology/approach This investigation proposes a theoretical model tested using structural equation modelling (SEM). Multi-group analysis was performed to understand the moderating role of. A questionnaire survey was developed to explore the relations between DC and innovation variable. For this study, 387 valid questionnaires were collected from a sample of Portugal SME’ firms. A 90-item questionnaire which consists to study the relationships among all the variables. Findings The results show that exists a positive direct and indirect influence of DC on competitive advantage and performance variables and mediating impact the IC and BC. Research limitations/implications This study has some methodological limitations affecting its potential contributions. As a cross-sectional study that captures one image in time, its ability to identify strict causality between variables is limited. Furthermore, the results are based on log collected from a key respondent, rather than broader actual data. The results are restricted to one country, Portugal. Some variables, such as ICs, may play a different role in other countries. Future research should initially target different countries. Such research could then test the generalizability of the results. Practical implications This study has important implications for the managers. It highlights the necessity of firms to develop superior strategic orientation of all their members and to invest in better resources and consequently superior capabilities as a way of achieving high levels of firm performance. Another implication from the study is that the firms should develop their marketing programs by focusing on developing innovativeness. Originality/value This study contributes to the understanding of the indirect and direct impact of exploration and exploitation variables, and the mediating role of ICs and BC on the competitive advantage and performance and the moderating effect of EO.

The role of internationalization in entrepreneurial orientation-performance link: empirical study of SMEs in a developing nation perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zaynab Dadzie ◽  
Ahmed Agyapong ◽  
Abdulai Suglo
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Developing Nation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose This study aims to examine the mediating role of internationalization in the relationship between the dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and performance, empirical study of small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) in a developing nation. Design/methodology/approach The study uses a sample of 158 exporting SMEs based in the sub-Saharan developing economy, Ghana. The use of hierarchical regression (ordinary least square analysis) was used by the researcher to assess the suggested model of the study. Findings Largely supporting the conjectural predictions, the study indicates that EO positively and significantly influences performance; internationalization fully mediates the relationship between innovativeness and performance of export firms; internationalization fully mediates the relationship between risk-taking and performance of export firms; and finally, internationalization partially mediates the relationship between competitive aggressiveness and performance of export firms. Managers are, therefore, encouraged to strategically develop both their EO and internationalization, as the study has confirmed that EO has both a direct and indirect relationship with performance. Originality/value This study integrated a resource-based view of the firm and international entrepreneurship theory as a theoretical foundation. Theoretically, internationalization’s mediating role reveals the relevance of this construct in the linkage between entrepreneurial orientation and firm performance. Furthermore, the study extends the entrepreneurial orientation concept to the international business literature by estimating and testing models of the mediating link between entrepreneurial orientation and performance. Moreover, the study seeks to broaden the knowledge of entrepreneurial orientation and its relationship with performance in small and medium businesses. The study further extends the limited studies on performance, driven by entrepreneurial orientation and internationalization in a developing nation (Ghanaian) context. This paper besides seeks to highlight the impact of entrepreneurial orientation on performance when channeled through internationalization. The study also reveals the dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation to be important antecedents of internationalization, in attempts at unearthing the critical predictors of firm performance, especially those of international characteristics.

Linking entrepreneurial orientation and small service firm performance through marketing resources and marketing capability

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 231-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phyra Sok ◽  
Lan Snell ◽  
Wai Jin (Thomas) Lee ◽  
Keo Mony Sok
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Marketing Capability ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Service Firm ◽  
Moderation Effects ◽  
Marketing Resources ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Mediation And Moderation

Purpose The literature establishes complex relationships between entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and performance, with mixed findings suggesting the variability of the magnitude of the relationship between the two. Some studies report a positive relationship, some negative, while some report an insignificant relationship between EO and performance. These conflicting findings suggest that the EO-performance relationship is more complex than a simple main-effects-only relationship. The literature offers two distinct approaches – integrating moderating or mediation variables in advancing the EO-performance relationship. The purpose of this paper is to extend current knowledge by examining underlying processes through which EO contributes to performance and the specific conditions under which this process is facilitated. Design/methodology/approach To test the hypotheses the authors chose small service firms in Australia. Industry representation included: accommodation and food services; health care services; rental, hiring and real estate services; transport, postal and warehousing; arts and recreation services; retail trade; construction and training services; and professional, scientific and technical services. The services sector offers a unique opportunity to analyze variances in entrepreneurial engagement and organizational outcomes given the competitive intensity within the service sector which requires firms to engage in venturing, renewal and innovation. The proposed hypotheses were tested through a hierarchical regression analysis. Findings This study finds the support for the mediation effect of marketing capability on the EO-performance relationship. Critically, this study also finds that marketing resources moderates on the indirect effect of EO on performance via marketing capability. The findings supporting both the mediation and moderation effects of marketing capability and marketing resources on the EO-performance relationship (moderated mediation model) suggests that greater insight into how EO influences small service firm performance can be achieved through considering in combination with other firm-level constructs (marketing capability and marketing resources in this study). Originality/value It addresses the call by prior studies to link the EO construct to theory by embedding marketing resources and marketing capabilities in the EO-performance relationship. Importantly, by accounting for both mediation and moderation effects the authors provide a more complete picture of the EO-performance relationship that highlights the mediating role of marketing capability and the moderating role of marketing resources. This approach helps to reconcile the critical but separate directions proposed by prior studies in advancing the EO-performance relationship.

scholarly journals Mediating role of strategic orientations in the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and performance of Saudi SMEs

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. e20211113
Author(s):  
Mohammed Abdulrab ◽  
Yaser Hasan S. Al-Mamary ◽  
Mohammed A. Alwaheeb ◽  
Naif Ghazi M. Alshammari ◽  
Hamad Balhareth ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Strategic Orientations ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Relationship

Entrepreneurial Orientation and Performance in Franchise Networks: The Mediating Role of Innovation

2019 ◽  
Vol Vol. 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 199
Author(s):  
Anne-Laure Le Nadant ◽  
Frédéric Perdreau ◽  
Magali Chaudey ◽  
Muriel Fadairo
Keyword(s):  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Franchise Networks

Poor resource capital of micro-entrepreneurs: the mediating role of entrepreneurial orientation

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eijaz Ahmed Khan ◽  
Mohammad Alamgir Hossain ◽  
Mohammed Abu Jahed ◽  
Anna Lee Rowe
Keyword(s):  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Business Outcomes ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Resource Setting ◽  
Start Up ◽  
And Performance

Purpose Understanding the micro-start-up resources and its relationships with entrepreneurial orientation and performance is unique because it operates a business in a poor resource setting. However, poor resource settings of micro-start-up are not adequately examined into the literature in relation to entrepreneurial orientation and performance. Therefore, grounded on resource-based view, this paper aims to attempt to examine the relationships between resource capital, entrepreneurial orientation and performance in a developing country context. Design/methodology/approach To establish this, the authors conducted a survey among 180 micro-entrepreneurs from Bangladesh and analyzed the data using the partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) approach. Findings The results demonstrate the mediating role of entrepreneurial orientation on the relationship between human and financial resources and performance, while having partial mediating influence between social resource and performance, therefore indicating the importance of resources for determining business outcomes for micro-entrepreneurs. Research limitations/implications These results extend theoretical explanations of micro-entrepreneurship within the poor resource setting context. The findings have implications for identifying micro-firms likely to succeed for the purpose of strategic allocation of resources and supports; they also provide future research avenues. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, no previous study has established that entrepreneurial orientation plays a critical and mediating role between resource capital and micro-firm performance in a poor resource setting.

scholarly journals Mediating role of Innovation and Moderating Role of Size of Enterprise over the Relationship between Entrepreneurial Orientation and Performance of Micro and Small Enterprises

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4.7) ◽  
pp. 60
Author(s):  
Yousif Riyadh Mahmood ◽  
Khitam Dekhn Hamzah
Keyword(s):  
Risk Taking ◽  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Small Enterprises ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Micro And Small Enterprises ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

In this study the authors tried to identify mediating role of innovation and moderating role of size of enterprise in the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and performance of Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs). The researchers also investigated the effect that vary from enterprise size that basically means micro and small enterprises. For the purpose of this study data was collected from 384 MSE's operating in Punjab province. Initially the data was analyzed using SPSS 22 and later on for the development of structure equation modeling Smart PLS-3 was used. Only two aspects of entrepreneurial orientation have been analyzed; first one is risk taking and second one is pro-activeness, third most common aspect innovation has been taken as mediating variable as an enterprise cannot be innovative if it has not the capacity of risk taking and pro-activeness. These both aspects are attached to performance and also deals with innovation. The major contribution of the study is to identify any moderating effect of size of the enterprise over the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation, innovation and performance of MSEs. These elements basically show the contribution that is made by the innovation and performance of the MSE's. The objectives of the study were achieved, and it was found that there is no difference between performance of MSEs on the basis of entrepreneurial orientation and innovation. It is proved that the size of the enterprise is not the factor. The linkages found are affected by size of the enterprises. 

scholarly journals THE MODERATING ROLE OF VRIN AND MEDIATING ROLE OF ICT ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MANAGEMENT COMPETENCIES, ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION AND SMES PERFORMANCE

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 69-71
Author(s):  
Buba Musa Pulka ◽  
Mohammed Alhaji Audu ◽  
Hauwa Aliyu Yamta
Keyword(s):  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Standard Of Living ◽  
Management Competencies ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

The study is informed by inconsistencies and controversies that characterised previous research on SMEs performance that made the findings to be inconclusive. Similarly, there is dearth of studies and understanding of the moderating role of VRIN and the mediating role of ICT resources on the relationship between management competencies, entrepreneurial orientation and SMEs performance. Therefore, these have put limits to the researchers, academics, practitioners and other stakeholders in understanding the moderating and mediating role of VRIN and ICT resources on the relationship between management competencies and entrepreneurial orientation in achieving better SMEs performance. Consequently, this paper contributes to filling in the gaps identified in the literature by developing and proposing a conceptual framework for achieving better SMEs performance, and that could explain the relationships among the various SMEs resources and SMEs performance. Therefore, the study proposed twelve propositions. Consequently, the study contributed to knowledge by providing a framework that could be used to examine the relationship between the variables of this study empirically. It also provides a basis for further/ future studies. It is hoped it would lead the achieving better SMEs performance capable of providing employment, growth of GDP, enhancing exports and standard of living of the society. Therefore, SMEs performance is defined as the abilities of the SMEs to harness, integrate and utilize various internal and external resources with timely and right reconfiguration to achieve targeted set of objectives and performance capable of providing employment opportunities, growth of GDP, export and to uplift the standard of living of the society (Pulka, 2019). Management competencies are defined as “effective performance of a task or activity in a job setting, due to the underlying characteristics of the individual: motives, traits, skills, self-image, social role, or knowledge and experience” (LeBrasseur, Blanco, & Dodge, 2002). Covin and Slevin (1991) defined entrepreneurial orientation as the process of development of specific behaviour that is targeted towards improving the SMEs propensity to take and absorb risks, to be creative, initiative, proactive and innovative toward achieving entrepreneurial success and a better SMEs performance. VRIN resources refer to the specific bundle of unique resources posses by the SMEs that are drivers of the SMEs’ better performance (Barney, Wright, & Ketchen, 2001). Bhakoo and Choi (2013) see ICT as “the technology-based infrastructure that acts as a conduit for facilitating transactions, sharing information with trading partners, coordinating activities and establishing governance structures between SMEs.

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