Does Environmental Uncertainty Affect Entrepreneurs� Orientation and Performance? Empirical Evidence from Indonesian SMEs
Abstract: Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have a critical role in economic growth in Indonesia and become the backbone for job creation, poverty alleviation, and safeguard during the crisis. However, they are highly exposed to uncertain environments. The present study aimed to investigate the in...
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[Yogyakarta] : Universitas Gadjah Mada
2012
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| Summary: | Abstract: Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have a critical role in economic growth in Indonesia and become the backbone for job creation, poverty alleviation, and safeguard during the crisis. However, they are highly exposed to uncertain environments. The present study aimed to investigate the influence of SMEs� entrepreneurial orientation on business performance when uncertain environments exist. A total of 152 Indonesian SMEs were studied in order to assess this relationship. Moderated regression analysis is performed as the main statistical procedures to analyse the moderating role of environmental uncertainty on the influence of entrepreneurial orientation on business performance. Surprisingly, the result of the present study did not confirm the previous predominant studies which found that entrepreneurial orientation dimensions are positively associated with business performance in growing in an uncertain environment. Indonesian entrepreneurs were reluctant to innovate, be proactive, and take risks when an uncertain environment exists. The present study was an endeavour to provide better insight in explaining the inconsistent and ambiguous findings from existing literature.
Abstrak: Usaha kecil dan menengah (UKM) memiliki peran penting dalam pertumbuhan ekonomi di Indonesia dan menjadi tulang punggung untuk penciptaan lapangan kerja, pengentasan kemiskinan, dan menjaga ekonomi tetap stabil selama krisis. Meskipun demikian, UKM sangat rentan terhadap ketidakpastian lingkungan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis pengaruh orientasi kewirausahaan UKM terhadap kinerja bisnis dalam kondisi yang tidak pasti. Sebanyak 152 UKM Indonesia diteliti untuk menilai hubungan tersebut. Moderated Regression Analysis digunakan sebagai prosedur statistik utama untuk menganalisis peran moderasi ketidakpastian lingkungan terhadap hubungan antara orientasi kewirausahaan terhadap kinerja bisnis.Hasil pada penelitian ini tidak mengkonfirmasi penelitian sebelumnya yang pada umumnya menemukan bahwa dimensi orientasi kewirausahaan berpengaruh positif terhadap kinerja bisnis dalam kondisi lingkungan yang tidak pasti. Penelitian ini menemukan bahwa pemilik UKM di Indonesia enggan untuk berinovasi, proaktif, dan mengambil risiko ketika dihadapkan pada lingkungan yang tidak pasti. Penelitian ini merupakan upaya untuk memberikan pemahaman yang lebih baik dalam menjelaskan literatur terdahulu yang cenderung memberikan hasil dan penjelasan yang tidak konsisten dan ambigu |
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