Linking Between Intellectual Capital and SME Performance Mediating Role of Entrepreneurial Orientation

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nur Atiqah Zakiyyah Ramlee ◽  
Hatinah Abu Bakar
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Mediating Role

Entrepreneurial Orientation and Innovation Intensity: A New “Mediated-Moderated” Model Empirical Validation in the Tunisian Context

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (03) ◽  
pp. 309-350
Author(s):  
Samah Chemli Horchani ◽  
Mahmoud Zouaoui
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Environmental Turbulence ◽  
Organizational Conditions ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Industrial Companies ◽  
Innovation Intensity

Much of the prior research on entrepreneurial orientation (EO) has focused on its determinants. This paper attempts to extend a point of view by which the EO allows to grasp the internal and external organizational conditions in order to update its business opportunities and innovate (Aloulou and Fayolle, 2005). The study examines the link between entrepreneurial orientation and innovation intensity through intellectual capital in a turbulent context. Research features were drawn in the light of the literature review and access to the ground. After stimulating the debate on the EO phenomenon and ensuring a critical revisit of its approach, the empirical basis was formed by 155 questionnaire surveys among industrial companies active in Tunisia. The mediating role of intellectual capital and the moderating role of environmental turbulence are highlighted while detecting the context specificities. Analysis reveals important contributions in the management research field.

The role of green process innovation translating green entrepreneurial orientation and proactive sustainability strategy into environmental performance

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anderson Betti Frare ◽  
Ilse Maria Beuren
Keyword(s):  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Process Innovation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Green Process ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Sustainability Strategy ◽  
Green Process Innovation

PurposeThis paper analyzes the mediating role of green process innovation in the relationships of green entrepreneurial orientation and proactive sustainability strategy with environmental performance.Design/methodology/approachThe authors analyze data from 81 Brazilian agriculture technology startups (AgTechs) using partial least squares–structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) and fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA).FindingsThe results show that the green process innovation assumes an important role in AgTechs, promoting full mediations between green entrepreneurial orientation and proactive sustainability strategy with environmental performance. There are two ways for AgTechs to achieve high environmental performance. In both, green process innovation is a central condition, while green entrepreneurial orientation or proactive sustainability strategy is a complementary condition.Research limitations/implicationsThis study demonstrates how internal elements (green entrepreneurial orientation, proactive sustainability strategy and green process innovation) improve environmental performance. This answers calls to explore which elements translate green entrepreneurial orientation and proactive sustainability strategies into environmental performance, by highlighting the mediating role of green process innovation.Practical implicationsThe findings are useful for founders and managers of AgTechs to find ways to manage sustainable technological advancement and cleaner production in agribusiness.Originality/valueThis study analyses the interface between sustainable entrepreneurship, strategy and innovation in promoting environmental performance of AgTechs from an emerging economy country.

The mediating role of competitive strategy in international entrepreneurial orientation

2016 ◽  
Vol 69 (11) ◽  
pp. 5383-5389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felipe Hernández-Perlines ◽  
Juan Moreno-García ◽  
Benito Yañez-Araque
Keyword(s):  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Competitive Strategy ◽  
Mediating Role

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.

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