•The ability to innovate increases sustainable business performance.•Green innovations are hard to imitate in the market.•Green technology companies should not focus only on creating products.•They ...should also provide business solutions to end-users.
In response to greater environmental awareness among stakeholders, companies have become increasingly interested in practices such as eco-innovation. Despite the expanding literature on eco-innovation, scholars have so far paid little attention to the study of eco-innovation and its impact on business sustainability, particularly considering the mediating effect of service innovation capability. To fill this research gap, this study extends the concepts of green business by investigating an original conceptual framework, which proposes that the capacity for service innovation has a mediating effect on the relationship between sustainable organizational performance and environmental innovation. This conceptual framework is subjected to empirical testing, implemented through a survey involving 95 Malaysian firms which use green technology. Data is collected through both postal and online questionnaires and analyzed through structural equation modeling using partial least squares. Respondents for this paper were identified using the directories of MyHijau (2013) and the Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation, 2014. The results suggest that: (1) eco-innovations unlock better sustainable performance; (2) service innovation capability has a partially significant positive mediating effect; (3) service innovation capability ultimately benefits companies by allowing them to differentiate through an emphasis on value creation; (4) service capability can also act as a business strategy to create barriers to new entry by competitors. Thus, eco-innovation and service innovation capability tend to represent significant intangible resources and enable an organization to achieve long-term objectives, competitive advantage and business sustainability. To date, this is the first study relating eco-innovation, service innovation capability and sustainability performance in the Malaysian corporate context and using a specific sample of companies that make use of green technologies.
Objective: This study used the Behavioural theory of entrepreneurship as the theoretical foundation, and correlation research design to examine the impact of the entrepreneurial management practices ...(strategic orientation, resource orientation, management structure, reward philosophy, growth orientation, and entrepreneurial culture) on business performance in Ghana. Research Design & Methods: 500 businesses in the Greater Accra Region were selected for the data analysis. Descriptive statistics and hierarchical multiple regression were used to analyse the data. Findings: After controlling the business profile, the result showed that four out of the six entrepreneurial management practices – resource orientation, strategic orientation, reward philosophy, and entrepreneurial culture significantly predicted business performance. However, growth orientation and management structure did not. Implications & Recommendations: The study concludes that entrepreneurial management practices improve business performance in Ghana. The researcher recommends that approaching the study with a mixed-method will help provide a holistic understanding of the management decision-making of the entrepreneurs and its impact on their business performance. Contribution & Value Added: This study contributes to the entrepreneurial management literature in Ghana.
This study is an analysis of the personality factors and characteristics of Muslim entrepreneurs on the business performance of Muslim SMEs in Purwokerto. Interestingly in this study, there are many ...Muslim entrepreneurs but have not run a business according to Islamic sharia. This research method uses a quantitative approach, with 55 Muslim entrepreneurs as respondents in the city of Purwokerto. The acceptance of the first and second hypotheses shows the important role of the personality and characteristics of Muslim entrepreneurs in improving the performance of Muslim SMEs.
The impact of social media on business performance of women entrepreneurs and their empowerment is examined in this research. Focusing on Sri Lanka, two research questions are addressed: (1) How are ...social media platforms empowering women entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka today, and (2) How can the use of social media be improved to support women entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka? A mixed-methods approach was used, with a survey (157 responses) and an online focus group (5 respondents) discussion. The statistical findings showed that business performance of women entrepreneurs mediates the relationship between use of social media and women’s empowerment. Qualitative analysis revealed that the use of social media transforms mindsets, facilitates knowledge sharing, provides motivation, supports business operations, promotes gender-neutral branding, and enables networking for women entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka to enhance the performance of their businesses, leading to empowerment. To enhance support, social media platforms should prioritize motivation, targeted networking, professional courses, and robust security measures.
Business is an activity full of competition; having a competitive advantage is essential in achieving success and business survival. This research aims to determine the mediating influence of ...competitive advantage in product innovation on business performance. The research method uses quantitative exploratory. The population in this study is a regional souvenir and culinary centre with official stalls on the South Ring Road (JLS) Tulungagung - Trenggalek, totaling 236 stalls. Sampling in this study used simple random sampling with 147 respondents. Data analysis used Partial Least Square (PLS) to test direct and indirect effects. The results reveal that product innovation has a direct impact on business performance. Competitive advantage has a direct effect on business performance. Product innovation has a direct impact on competitive advantage. And the last, product innovation has an indirect effect on business performance through competitive advantage. The limitations of this research are the time, costs, and energy expended by researchers due to the long distance between the respondents’ locations. This research suggests that traders in the southern route should innovate their products to sustain their businesses and have a competitive advantage as differentiators from similar businesses in that area
This study aims to empirically prove the effect of entrepreneurial orientation and government support on culinary MSME business performance in Padang City. In addition, this research also aims to ...prove the role of government support to strengthen the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and culinary MSME business performance in Padang City. In this research, as many as 120 culinary actors managed by gen Z or business actors aged between 16 and 23 years were used at this time. Data collection was carried out through distributing questionnaires. The data analysis method used is quantitative by using path analysis. The results of testing the hypothesis found that entrepreneurial orientation will encourage increased culinary MSME business performance managed by gen Z in Padang City. The research results obtained also found that government support in the form of financial or non-financial has a strong influence on the performance of micro business businesses managed by gen Z in Padang City. Another finding obtained through our research is that government support moderates the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and business performance. These findings show that the implementation of an entrepreneurial orientation will be carried out and on target if it gets financial or nonfinancial support from the government so that it can encourage increased business performance.
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