Abstract
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) play a vital role in the development of an
economy. Looking at this perspective, it is imperative to develop the entrepreneurial
orientation and to update the entrepreneurial competencies in order to perform in this
competitive environment. This research study focuses specifically on these aspects and
attempts to establish the need of identifying entrepreneurial orientation and
entrepreneurial competencies in entrepreneurs in order to enhance enterprise
performance. Researchers have collected the data from SMEs in Pakistan using simple
random sampling technique. Partial least square based structural equation modeling is
used in order to analyze the data and to test the hypotheses. Analysis revealed positive
relationships between entrepreneurial orientation and entrepreneurial competencies,
entrepreneurial competencies and entrepreneurial performance, entrepreneurial
orientation and entrepreneurial performance. Moreover, entrepreneurial competency has
proved to be a mediator between entrepreneurial orientation and entrepreneurial
performance. Resource based view explains the importance of entrepreneurs as
competent resources in playing vital role in escalating the performance level of SMEs.
Lastly, this study can be used by different stakeholders to emphasize more on developing
the competency level of entrepreneurs and determining the level of orientation towards
better performance of enterprises.
Mukaram Ali Khan, Kashif Rathore, Muhammad Adnan Sial. (2020) Entrepreneurial Orientation and Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises: Mediating Effect of Entrepreneurial Competencies, Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Sciences, Volume 14, Issue 2.
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