Entrepreneurial orientation and SME international performance: The mediating role of networking capability and experiential learning

Karami, Masoud; Tang, Jintong

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“…In the SME segment, a lack of risk management can cause the failure of an enterprise. Appropriate risk management as a part of the entrepreneurial orientation of an SME can help also it to internationalize [88]. This article aimed to establish a risk profile for the V4 countries and for Serbia.…”

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The Assessment of Non-Financial Risk Sources of SMES in the V4 Countries and Serbia

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Risks are a very important part of the business environment. If risks are managed well, they can provide a higher level of competitiveness and sustainability advantages for a company. The first step towards successful risk management is an identification of risks. The aim of this article is to create a risk profile for (small and medium-sized enterprises) SMEs in V4 countries (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary), compare them to each other and then compare the results with those for Serbia. The data were collected during an extensive research project organized by Tomas Bata University in Zlín in 2017 and 2018. In total 2110 answers of SMEs were analyzed. For the verification of hypotheses, a 5-point Likert scale, Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA) and Multiple Factors Analysis (MFA) and ANOVA were used. The level of legal, security, personnel and operational risks is statistically higher in Serbia than in V4 countries, and the lowest level is in Slovakia. Some significant differences among the exposure to risk according to economic sectors were identified.

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“…Because exploration of these mechanisms is largely neglected in the literature, recent entrepreneurial research has called for research that explores mediating effects in the EO–outcome link (Wales, 2016). In response to this call, a recent study by Karami and Tang (2019) has empirically tested the mediating effect of external networking capability on the EO–performance link; however, the internal manufacturing capability perspective, such as ILPs, remains underexplored in the literature.…”

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“…However, given that sustainable entrepreneurship endeavours do not guarantee success owing to their inherently innovative and risky nature, some explanatory factors can help EO to reach more productive outcomes (Courrent, Chasse, & Omri, 2018). Specifically, recent entrepreneurship literature explores mediating effects on the relationship between EO and outcome variables (Karami & Tang, 2019). This represents a research opportunity for understanding how EO could better achieve TBL performance.…”

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Can entrepreneurial orientation improve sustainable development through leveraging internal lean practices?

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Jajja

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This study aims to examine the mediating role of internal lean practices (ILPs) on the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and triple bottom line performance (i.e. environmental, social, and operational performance). We examine Chile, which represents a vibrant economy and one of the world's most productive entrepreneurship ecosystems but with a history of socio‐economic inequalities and strong profit‐driven pressures to overextract natural resources. The study is based on a questionnaire related to manufacturing sent to 112 companies in Chile. The proposed relationships are analysed through structural equation modelling. The results indicate that ILPs fully mediate the effect of entrepreneurial orientation on environmental performance and social performance and partially mediates the effect of entrepreneurial orientation on operational performance. Our study extends the literature by explaining that entrepreneurial orientation builds and strengthens ILPs for creating triple bottom line competitive advantage.

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“…Many firms realize the necessity of systematic risk management (Hudakova & Dvorsky, 2018). Appropriate ERM can help to extend SMEs' internationalization (Karami & Tang, 2019).…”

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Perception of non-financial risk determinants in SMEs in Visegrad countries

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Dvorský

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Research background: The identification of risks and their management is a key task of strategic management. The right and early identification of risk sources can help companies to survive not only during a crisis period. However, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) underestimate the necessity to analyze risks and implement the enterprise risk management (ERM). Purpose of the article: The primary aim of the contribution is to identify the most important non-financial risks and their causes in the V4 countries and to analyze the perception of these risks by SME owners. Methods: The results are based on the survey conducted in 2018. The valid questionnaire of 1781 owners of SMEs from four countries was evaluated and analyzed to fulfil the main objective. The statistical hypotheses were con-firmed through statistical methods such as Z-score and Chi-square test. The SPSS Statistics was used for data evaluation. Findings & Value added: The results can be interesting not only for research organizations investigating the development of SMEs, but also for state institutions or private agencies seeking to adapt national support for SMEs. It was discovered that the entrepreneur’s country is the most important factor for the perception of the sources of safety risk, legal risk, and other business risks. There are differences in managers’ perception in case of other risk sources (corruption and clientelism) between entrepreneurs from the Czech Republic and other countries of the Visegrad Group. The SMEs’ country of origin is an important factor for the evaluation of the source of non-financial risks (safety risk, legal risk and other business risks). Differences in the perception of safe-ty risk sources between entrepreneurs from the Czech Republic and Poland were confirmed. More than 25% of SMEs in the Visegrad Group perceive frequent changes of the legal regulation as a legal risk.

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Entrepreneurial orientation and SME international performance: The mediating role of networking capability and experiential learning

Cited by 193 publications

References 105 publications

The Assessment of Non-Financial Risk Sources of SMES in the V4 Countries and Serbia

The Assessment of Non-Financial Risk Sources of SMES in the V4 Countries and Serbia

Can entrepreneurial orientation improve sustainable development through leveraging internal lean practices?

Perception of non-financial risk determinants in SMEs in Visegrad countries

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