Entrepreneurial Orientation and Export Performance among Malaysian Small and Medium-Sized Exporters: The Mediating Role of International Opportunity Recognition
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my.unimap-610202019-07-11T04:05:16Z Entrepreneurial Orientation and Export Performance among Malaysian Small and Medium-Sized Exporters: The Mediating Role of International Opportunity Recognition Faiz, Masnan Norsafinas, Md. Saad Afifah Alwani, Ramlee faiz_masnan@yahoo.com Entrepreneurial orientation Export performance Small and medium-Sized enterprises Manufacturing Link to publisher's homepage at http://ijbt.unimap.edu.my This study affirms that the export performance of firms in emerging economies is related on their firm-specific capabilities. Specifically, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the manufacturing sector in Malaysia are more likely to increase export activities when their entrepreneurial characteristics and efforts are prominent. When the SMEs’ strategic features and efforts are accompanied by the skills of recognizing opportunities in international markets, started to produce a positive result on export performance. This study investigate SMEs as they currently form the majority of total business entities in Malaysia. The hypotheses are tested using SmartPLS 3.2 to achieve the objectives for this study. The results confirm that entrepreneurial orientation have a strong effect on export performance through international opportunity recognition as a mediator. This study also contributes to the individual influences of dimensions in entrepreneurial orientation on mediating variables as well as export performance. 2019-07-11T04:05:16Z 2019-07-11T04:05:16Z 2019-06 Article International Journal of Business and Technopreneurship, vol.9(2), 2019, pages 151-164 2231-7090 2232-1543 (online) http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/handle/123456789/61020 en School of Business Innovation and Technopreneurship, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) |
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Entrepreneurial Orientation and Export Performance among Malaysian Small and Medium-Sized Exporters: The Mediating Role of International Opportunity Recognition |
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Entrepreneurial Orientation and Export Performance among Malaysian Small and Medium-Sized Exporters: The Mediating Role of International Opportunity Recognition |
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Entrepreneurial Orientation and Export Performance among Malaysian Small and Medium-Sized Exporters: The Mediating Role of International Opportunity Recognition |
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entrepreneurial orientation and export performance among malaysian small and medium-sized exporters: the mediating role of international opportunity recognition |
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