Association between Innovative Entrepreneurial Orientation, Absorptive Capacity, and Farm Business Performance

Abstract

A growing interest emerges with regard to how entrepreneurship and innovation can contribute to the success and well-being of the farmers. The main objective of the study is to develop and test a model, which emphasizes the relationship of trust and innovative entrepreneurial orientation on absorptive capacity in an agricultural context. This article examines also the effect of absorptive capacity on innovation as well as the connection of both innovative entrepreneurial orientation and innovation outcome on farm business performance. Cross-sectional data were collected from a sample of 199 banana farmers in [2008][2009]

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