Entrepreneurial orientation and effectiveness of small and medium agro-based enterprises (SMAES) in Malaysia. Gading Business and Management Journal, 11 (1): 2. pp. 1-24. ISSN 0128-5599 (2007)
Abstract
This paper aims to explore the mediating role of knowledge and networking on entrepreneurial orientation (EO)-performance relationship among the small and medium agro-based enterprises (SMAEs) in Malaysia. The concept is somewhat vague thus knowledge-base and networking strategies are some basic features to understand in the relationships. EO, knowledge and network were entrepreneurial capabilities under the purview of the resource-based view (RBV) that were found to explain firm’s effectiveness. Results of the study noted that EO dimensions among SMAEs entrepreneurs showed strong relationship to knowledge-base elements of human capital development and tacit knowledge and network variables (consist of strategic alliance and social network capabilities). The analysis done to 615 Malaysian agro-based small business entities (SMAEs) discovered social network as mediator in the EO’s competitiveness-effectiveness relationship. The results imply that Malaysian SMAEs consider social networking as an efficient means of entrepreneurial firms to be more effective. The study encapsulates proposed future research directions.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keywords: | Entrepreneurial orientation, Knowledge, Small and medium agro-based enterprises, Networking relations |
| Taxonomy: | By Subject > Plantation & Agrotechnology > Plantation and Agribusiness Management By Subject > Entrepreneurship > Business Planning |
| Local Content Hub: | Subjects > Entrepreneurship |
| Depositing User: | Mohd Fadhli Samsudin |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Oct 2020 02:31 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Oct 2020 02:31 |
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