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Entrepreneurial Orientation and Export Performance among Malaysian Small and Medium-Sized Exporters: The Mediating Role of International Opportunity Recognition

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Main Authors: Faiz, Masnan, Norsafinas, Md. Saad, Afifah Alwani, Ramlee
Other Authors: faiz_masnan@yahoo.com
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: School of Business Innovation and Technopreneurship, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) 2019
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Entrepreneurial orientation
Export performance
Small and medium-Sized enterprises
Manufacturing
Online Access:http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/handle/123456789/61020
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spelling my.unimap-610202019-07-11T04:05:16Z Entrepreneurial Orientation and Export Performance among Malaysian Small and Medium-Sized Exporters: The Mediating Role of International Opportunity Recognition Faiz, Masnan Norsafinas, Md. Saad Afifah Alwani, Ramlee faiz_masnan@yahoo.com Entrepreneurial orientation Export performance Small and medium-Sized enterprises Manufacturing Link to publisher's homepage at http://ijbt.unimap.edu.my This study affirms that the export performance of firms in emerging economies is related on their firm-specific capabilities. Specifically, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the manufacturing sector in Malaysia are more likely to increase export activities when their entrepreneurial characteristics and efforts are prominent. When the SMEs’ strategic features and efforts are accompanied by the skills of recognizing opportunities in international markets, started to produce a positive result on export performance. This study investigate SMEs as they currently form the majority of total business entities in Malaysia. The hypotheses are tested using SmartPLS 3.2 to achieve the objectives for this study. The results confirm that entrepreneurial orientation have a strong effect on export performance through international opportunity recognition as a mediator. This study also contributes to the individual influences of dimensions in entrepreneurial orientation on mediating variables as well as export performance. 2019-07-11T04:05:16Z 2019-07-11T04:05:16Z 2019-06 Article International Journal of Business and Technopreneurship, vol.9(2), 2019, pages 151-164 2231-7090 2232-1543 (online) http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/handle/123456789/61020 en School of Business Innovation and Technopreneurship, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)
institution Universiti Malaysia Perlis
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topic Entrepreneurial orientation
Export performance
Small and medium-Sized enterprises
Manufacturing
spellingShingle Entrepreneurial orientation
Export performance
Small and medium-Sized enterprises
Manufacturing
Faiz, Masnan
Norsafinas, Md. Saad
Afifah Alwani, Ramlee
Entrepreneurial Orientation and Export Performance among Malaysian Small and Medium-Sized Exporters: The Mediating Role of International Opportunity Recognition
description Link to publisher's homepage at http://ijbt.unimap.edu.my
author2 faiz_masnan@yahoo.com
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Faiz, Masnan
Norsafinas, Md. Saad
Afifah Alwani, Ramlee
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author Faiz, Masnan
Norsafinas, Md. Saad
Afifah Alwani, Ramlee
author_sort Faiz, Masnan
title Entrepreneurial Orientation and Export Performance among Malaysian Small and Medium-Sized Exporters: The Mediating Role of International Opportunity Recognition
title_short Entrepreneurial Orientation and Export Performance among Malaysian Small and Medium-Sized Exporters: The Mediating Role of International Opportunity Recognition
title_full Entrepreneurial Orientation and Export Performance among Malaysian Small and Medium-Sized Exporters: The Mediating Role of International Opportunity Recognition
title_fullStr Entrepreneurial Orientation and Export Performance among Malaysian Small and Medium-Sized Exporters: The Mediating Role of International Opportunity Recognition
title_full_unstemmed Entrepreneurial Orientation and Export Performance among Malaysian Small and Medium-Sized Exporters: The Mediating Role of International Opportunity Recognition
title_sort entrepreneurial orientation and export performance among malaysian small and medium-sized exporters: the mediating role of international opportunity recognition
publisher School of Business Innovation and Technopreneurship, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)
publishDate 2019
url http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/handle/123456789/61020
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