The Moderating Effect Of Social Capital In Relation To Entrepreneurial Orientation And Firm Performance

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorJalali, Alireza
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-09T02:50:31Z
dc.date.available2019-01-09T02:50:31Z
dc.date.issued2013-07
dc.description.abstractThe importance of entrepreneurial orientation (EO), resource-based view (RBV), network types of social capital (SC) and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have become the main focus in the manufacturing environment. In view of the highly competitive manufacturing environment, the ability and reliability of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is very important in order to achieve desired SMEs performance namely growthprofitability. In addition to that, literature argues that further research is required in the area of entrepreneurship and firm performance. In order to address this need, the study investigates 1. The relationship between EO and Manufacturing SMEs performance and 2. The moderating effect of intra- and extra-industry network in EO and manufacturing SMEs performance relationship. Quantitative method was done through survey. Instrumentation of data-gathering in quantitative method was done through questionnaires and its validity was measured by content validity. The population of this study was industrial SMEs in Tehran and Hamedan. Proportionate stratified random sampling was employed and out of 351 questionnaires sent out, only 150 questionnaires were returned, yielding a return rate of 25 percent. A model is hypothesized and analyzed by multiple regressions. The result implies that EO positively improved manufacturing SMEs performance.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/7508
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversiti Sains Malaysiaen_US
dc.subjectModerating Effect Of Social Capitalen_US
dc.subjectEntrepreneurial Orientation And Firm Performanceen_US
dc.titleThe Moderating Effect Of Social Capital In Relation To Entrepreneurial Orientation And Firm Performanceen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
Files
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.71 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download
Collections
Pusat Pengajian Pengurusan - Tesis