Learning competency, entrepreneurial orientation entrepreneurial innovativeness, and business growth: A Study among Malaysian Chinese entrepreneurs

It has been widely acknowledged that Malaysian Chinese entrepreneurs significantly contribute in the success of SMEs’ businesses. This study examined the effect of entrepreneurial innovativeness on the wholesale and retail SMEs’ business growth under the moderating impacts of market turbulence amon...

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Main Authors: Hiung, Hiew Foo *, Tehseen, Shehnaz *, Sajilan, Sulaiman, Memari, Ashkan
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Language:English
Published: 2019
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author Hiung, Hiew Foo *
Tehseen, Shehnaz *
Sajilan, Sulaiman
Memari, Ashkan
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Tehseen, Shehnaz *
Sajilan, Sulaiman
Memari, Ashkan
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description It has been widely acknowledged that Malaysian Chinese entrepreneurs significantly contribute in the success of SMEs’ businesses. This study examined the effect of entrepreneurial innovativeness on the wholesale and retail SMEs’ business growth under the moderating impacts of market turbulence among Chinese entrepreneurs. Additionally, learning competency and entrepreneurial orientation were also assessed entrepreneurial innovativeness’ antecedents. In addition, Composition Based View (CBV) as well as Strategic Contingency Theory (SCT) were identified as the underpinning theories for this study. Six hypotheses were developed according to the proposed research model and the data were gathered from target respondents using convenience. A total of 110 retail SMEs’ owners from Kuala Lumpur as well as Selangor participated in a face-to-face survey procedure. The data were collected at one point of time across the sample population. The findings revealed the positive and significant impacts of learning competency as well as entrepreneurial orientation on the innovativeness. Likewise, based on the findings, market turbulence as a moderator also influenced significantly on business growth. Furthermore, entrepreneurial innovativeness was found as a mediator between learning competency and business growth as well as between entrepreneurial orientation and business growth.
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spelling sunway-12732020-05-05T05:36:18Z http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/1273/ Learning competency, entrepreneurial orientation entrepreneurial innovativeness, and business growth: A Study among Malaysian Chinese entrepreneurs Hiung, Hiew Foo * Tehseen, Shehnaz * Sajilan, Sulaiman Memari, Ashkan LC5201 Education extension. Adult education. Continuing education It has been widely acknowledged that Malaysian Chinese entrepreneurs significantly contribute in the success of SMEs’ businesses. This study examined the effect of entrepreneurial innovativeness on the wholesale and retail SMEs’ business growth under the moderating impacts of market turbulence among Chinese entrepreneurs. Additionally, learning competency and entrepreneurial orientation were also assessed entrepreneurial innovativeness’ antecedents. In addition, Composition Based View (CBV) as well as Strategic Contingency Theory (SCT) were identified as the underpinning theories for this study. Six hypotheses were developed according to the proposed research model and the data were gathered from target respondents using convenience. A total of 110 retail SMEs’ owners from Kuala Lumpur as well as Selangor participated in a face-to-face survey procedure. The data were collected at one point of time across the sample population. The findings revealed the positive and significant impacts of learning competency as well as entrepreneurial orientation on the innovativeness. Likewise, based on the findings, market turbulence as a moderator also influenced significantly on business growth. Furthermore, entrepreneurial innovativeness was found as a mediator between learning competency and business growth as well as between entrepreneurial orientation and business growth. 2019-12-14 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en cc_by_nc_4 http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/1273/1/Shehnaz%20Tehseen%20Learning%20Competency%20Hiung%20et%20al.1%20%282020%29.pdf Hiung, Hiew Foo * and Tehseen, Shehnaz * and Sajilan, Sulaiman and Memari, Ashkan (2019) Learning competency, entrepreneurial orientation entrepreneurial innovativeness, and business growth: A Study among Malaysian Chinese entrepreneurs. In: 13th International Conference on Mathematics, Actuarial Science, Computer Science and Statistics (MACS), 14-15 December 2019, Institute of Business Management (IoBM), Karachi, Pakistan. http://doi.org/10.1109/MACS48846.2019.9024797 doi:10.1109/MACS48846.2019.9024797
spellingShingle LC5201 Education extension. Adult education. Continuing education
Hiung, Hiew Foo *
Tehseen, Shehnaz *
Sajilan, Sulaiman
Memari, Ashkan
Learning competency, entrepreneurial orientation entrepreneurial innovativeness, and business growth: A Study among Malaysian Chinese entrepreneurs
title Learning competency, entrepreneurial orientation entrepreneurial innovativeness, and business growth: A Study among Malaysian Chinese entrepreneurs
title_full Learning competency, entrepreneurial orientation entrepreneurial innovativeness, and business growth: A Study among Malaysian Chinese entrepreneurs
title_fullStr Learning competency, entrepreneurial orientation entrepreneurial innovativeness, and business growth: A Study among Malaysian Chinese entrepreneurs
title_full_unstemmed Learning competency, entrepreneurial orientation entrepreneurial innovativeness, and business growth: A Study among Malaysian Chinese entrepreneurs
title_short Learning competency, entrepreneurial orientation entrepreneurial innovativeness, and business growth: A Study among Malaysian Chinese entrepreneurs
title_sort learning competency, entrepreneurial orientation entrepreneurial innovativeness, and business growth: a study among malaysian chinese entrepreneurs
topic LC5201 Education extension. Adult education. Continuing education
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