Decomposing market orientation and its relationship to innovativeness of SMEs in Malaysia: the moderating effects of market turbulence

This study aims to investigate the relationship between market orientation and innovativeness, and the moderating effects of market turbulence in the context of Malaysian SMEs. Market orientation comprises three dimensional constructs, the customer orientation, competitor orientation, and interf...

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Main Authors: Shiaw, Tong Ha, Lo, May-Chiun, T., Ramayah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. 2016
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Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12325/
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author Shiaw, Tong Ha
Lo, May-Chiun
T., Ramayah
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description This study aims to investigate the relationship between market orientation and innovativeness, and the moderating effects of market turbulence in the context of Malaysian SMEs. Market orientation comprises three dimensional constructs, the customer orientation, competitor orientation, and interfuncional coordination. Data was gathered through self-administered questionnaires and a total of 180 respondents comprising owners and managers of small and medium sized enterprises participated in this study. Smart PLS 2.0 (M3) was employed to assess the proposed model through path modelling and bootstrapping technique. The results showed that customer orientation, competitor orientation and interfunctional coordination are positively related to innovativeness. Also, market turbulence was found to have moderated the relationship between customer orientation and innovativeness. Interestingly, the findings revealed that market turbulence negatively moderated the relationship between interfunctional coordination and innovativeness. Implications of the findings, limitations of the study and directions for future research are further discussed.
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spelling unimas-123252021-06-09T16:02:21Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12325/ Decomposing market orientation and its relationship to innovativeness of SMEs in Malaysia: the moderating effects of market turbulence Shiaw, Tong Ha Lo, May-Chiun T., Ramayah HF Commerce This study aims to investigate the relationship between market orientation and innovativeness, and the moderating effects of market turbulence in the context of Malaysian SMEs. Market orientation comprises three dimensional constructs, the customer orientation, competitor orientation, and interfuncional coordination. Data was gathered through self-administered questionnaires and a total of 180 respondents comprising owners and managers of small and medium sized enterprises participated in this study. Smart PLS 2.0 (M3) was employed to assess the proposed model through path modelling and bootstrapping technique. The results showed that customer orientation, competitor orientation and interfunctional coordination are positively related to innovativeness. Also, market turbulence was found to have moderated the relationship between customer orientation and innovativeness. Interestingly, the findings revealed that market turbulence negatively moderated the relationship between interfunctional coordination and innovativeness. Implications of the findings, limitations of the study and directions for future research are further discussed. Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. 2016 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12325/1/Shiaw.pdf Shiaw, Tong Ha and Lo, May-Chiun and T., Ramayah (2016) Decomposing market orientation and its relationship to innovativeness of SMEs in Malaysia: the moderating effects of market turbulence. Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development, 9 (3). ISSN 1747-6763
spellingShingle HF Commerce
Shiaw, Tong Ha
Lo, May-Chiun
T., Ramayah
Decomposing market orientation and its relationship to innovativeness of SMEs in Malaysia: the moderating effects of market turbulence
title Decomposing market orientation and its relationship to innovativeness of SMEs in Malaysia: the moderating effects of market turbulence
title_full Decomposing market orientation and its relationship to innovativeness of SMEs in Malaysia: the moderating effects of market turbulence
title_fullStr Decomposing market orientation and its relationship to innovativeness of SMEs in Malaysia: the moderating effects of market turbulence
title_full_unstemmed Decomposing market orientation and its relationship to innovativeness of SMEs in Malaysia: the moderating effects of market turbulence
title_short Decomposing market orientation and its relationship to innovativeness of SMEs in Malaysia: the moderating effects of market turbulence
title_sort decomposing market orientation and its relationship to innovativeness of smes in malaysia: the moderating effects of market turbulence
topic HF Commerce
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12325/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12325/1/Shiaw.pdf