The Moderating Role of Government Support on Food Processing SME’s Internal Factors and the Impact to Export Performance

PurposeThe aim of this research is to understand how government incentives (financial and non-financial) influence the relationship between green innovation and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in SMEs.Design/methodology/approachTo contribute to the literature, this research uses empirical evidence of 204 Pakistani small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and tests the moderating role of government support between green innovation and SDGs.FindingsThe findings indicate that green innovation has a significant influence on SDGs, community development and environmental activities. The government support significantly strengthens the relationship between green innovation and environmental practices, while it does not moderate the path between green innovation and community development.Practical implicationsThe research recommends SMEs focus on the adoption of green innovation and green technology to protect the environment and facilitate the community. Moreover, the research advises the government to assist SMEs financially and nonfinancially, so they will in turn help in the attainment of SDGs.Originality/valueThis research is the first attempt to assess the importance of green innovation in SDGs with a moderating role of government incentives in emerging SMEs. It provides several useful implications for policymaking.

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Effect of Employee Motivation on Employee Performance

Journal of Business and Social Review in Emerging Economies ◽

10.26710/jbsee.v3i1.182 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 85-100

Author(s):

Moeed Ahmad Sandhu ◽

Javed Iqbal ◽

Waris Ali ◽

Muhmmad Sajid Tufail

Keyword(s):

Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽

Government Support ◽

Role Of Government ◽

Support Policy ◽

And Performance ◽

Technology Orientation ◽

The Relationship ◽

Moderating Role ◽

Northeast Nigeria

Purpose: The study empirically analyzes the moderating role of government support policy on the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation, technology orientation and performance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in northeast Nigeria. Design/Methodology/Approach: The paper adopts quantitative survey method using structured questionnaires, data was collected from 240 SME owner-managers in northeast Nigeria. The data collected was analyzed using Partial Least Squares PLS-SEM. Findings: The findings of the study indicates a significant positive relationship between EO, TO and Performance of SMEs. Additionally, the outcomes of the study authenticate that government support policy moderates the relationship between EO, TO and performance of SMEs in Nigeria. Implications/Originality/Value: The study have practical implication for government, policy makers, regulators, SMEs owner-managers and other stakeholders to recognize government support as it affects SMEs performance. The study further add to the frontier of knowledge on the importance of GSPs in strengthen the relationship between the variables and SMEs performance. This is the first study that focuses on testing the moderating role of government support policy on the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation, technology orientation and SMEs performance in Nigeria.

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Small and medium-size enterprises’ business performance in tourism industry: the mediating role of innovative practice and moderating role of government support

Asian Journal of Technology Innovation ◽

10.1080/19761597.2020.1798796 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-21

Author(s):

Ai Na Seow ◽

Yuen Onn Choong ◽

T. Ramayah

Keyword(s):

Business Performance ◽

Tourism Industry ◽

Government Support ◽

Medium Size ◽

Role Of Government ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Innovative Practice ◽

Moderating Role

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Investor sentiment and government policy interventions: evidence from COVID-19 spread

Journal of Financial Economic Policy ◽

10.1108/jfep-02-2021-0038 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Garima Goel ◽

Saumya Ranjan Dash

Keyword(s):

Stock Returns ◽

Government Policy ◽

Stock Return ◽

Investor Sentiment ◽

Role Of Government ◽

Content Type ◽

Policy Interventions ◽

The Impact ◽

Moderating Role

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the moderating role of government policy interventions amid the early spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) (January–May 2020) on the investor sentiment and stock returns relationship. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses panel data from a sample of 53 countries to examine the impact of investor sentiment, measured by the financial and economic attitudes revealed by the search (FEARS) index (Da et al., 2015) on the stock return. Findings The moderating role of government policy response indices with the FEARS index on the global stock returns is further explored. This paper finds that government policy responses have a moderating role in the sentiment and stock returns relationship. The effect holds true even when countries are split based on five classifications, i.e. cultural distance, health standard, government effectiveness, social well-being and financial development. The results are robust to an alternative measure of pandemic search intensity, quantile regression and two measures of stock market activity, i.e. conditional volatility and exchange traded fund returns. Research limitations/implications The sample period of this study encompasses the early spread phase (January–May 2020) of the novel COVID-19 spread. Originality/value This paper provides some early evidence on whether the government policy interventions are helpful to mitigate the impact of investor sentiment on the stock market. The paper also helps to shed better insights on the role of different country characteristics for the sentiment and stock return relationship.

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Innovative Finance, Technological Adaptation and SMEs Sustainability: The Mediating Role of Government Support during COVID-19 Pandemic

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13169218 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (16) ◽

pp. 9218

Author(s):

Ganlin Pu ◽

Md. Qamruzzaman ◽

Ahmed Muneeb Mehta ◽

Farah Naz Naqvi ◽

Salma Karim

Keyword(s):

Financial Services ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Policy Formulation ◽

Government Support ◽

Market Demand ◽

Role Of Government ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Technological Adaptation ◽

The Impact

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) survival is critical for economic sustainability due to the multifaceted role of the economy. Thus, halting SMEs operation hurts the aggregate economy. During the present pandemic, SMEs’ sustainability in Bangladesh is under-challenged because of limited market demand, supply constraints, financial incapacity, and capital restrictions. However, with the concerted effort from firms and the government, SME’s have been trying to reestablish from the unforeseen consequence by capitalizing on innovation, skills, and economic resources. The motivation of the study is to gauge the impact of innovative finance, technological adaptation, and the government’s role on SMEs’ sustainability during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. As a study sample, 2000 SMEs were considered for data collection through a structured questionnaire from 10 December 2020, to 28 January 2021. A sample of 1895 SMEs was returned with their responses. However, after a careful data cleaning procedure, only a sample of 1395 (69.75%) responses was found suitable for study. The study applied structural equation modelling to explore causal effects and test the proposed hypothesis for the hypnotized model, i.e., more precisely, to explore the direct effects of technology adaptation and innovative finance and indirect effects through government support on SMEs. Study findings revealed that SMEs’ sustainability positively accelerates by applying innovative finance and integration of technological adaptation. In contrast, the mediating role of government was also established with indirect assessment. Study findings suggest that policy formulation and implementation must be initiated, focusing on effective online financial services, settling business transactions, and integrating IT advancements in operation.

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COVID-19 operational disruption and SMEs' performance: the moderating role of disruption orientation and government support

Benchmarking An International Journal ◽

10.1108/bij-03-2021-0131 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Mahmoud Ahmad Mahmoud ◽

Ahmed Mahmoud ◽

Shamsu Lawan Abubakar ◽

Abubakar Salisu Garba ◽

Bashir Ahmad Daneji

Keyword(s):

Financial Performance ◽

Significant Relationship ◽

Government Support ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Content Type ◽

Health Related ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship ◽

Moderating Role

PurposeDespite the growing unforeseen and catastrophic events that disrupt business operations, empirical studies on the impact of operational disruption (OD) on small and medium enterprises' (SMEs) performance dimensions are limited. The study aims to investigate the moderating effect of disruption orientation (DO) and government support (GS) on the relationship between coronavirus disease (COVID-19) OD and SMEs' performance.Design/methodology/approachQuantitative survey method was used to collect data from 170 SMEs in Nigeria, through hand-delivery questionnaires. Partial least square (PLS) structural equation modeling (SEM) was employed to analyze the data.FindingsThe result shows no significant relationship between COVID-19 OD, DO and GS with SMEs' financial performance (FP). However, the relationship between COVID-19 OD and non-financial performance (NFP) is negatively significant. The relationship between DO and NFP is positively significant. DO and GS have insignificant relationship with FP. Finally, DO and GS does not moderate any of the relationships between COVID-19 OD and the dimensions of SMEs' performance.Practical implicationsThe result implies that health-related disruptions such as COVID-19 affect only the NFP of SMEs. However, supply chain managers and SMEs are encouraged to adopt DO to enhance NFP of firms.Originality/valueThe current study is the first to evaluate the impact of health-related disruptions on the two major dimensions of SMEs' performance (FP and NFP) by incorporating the moderating role of internal (DO) and external (GS) factors in to a single framework. However, the paper revealed new theoretical and practical knowledge by illuminating the absence of significant relationship between COVID-19 OD and SMEs' FP, implying that COVID-19 disruption does not significantly affect SMEs' FP.

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