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Business networking and sustainability of small rural business: Mediating effects of entrepreneurial orientation

This study aims to examine the entrepreneurial orientation (EO) of the Small Rural Business (SRB) entrepreneurs in Malaysia by taking Business Networking (BN) as the antecedent. BN is used to explain the influence of EO as a mediator and its’ consequences towards SRB Business Sustainability (BS). Th...

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Main Authors: Amin Mohamad, M., Chin, O.
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Published: 2020
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spelling my.uniten.dspace-133242020-07-03T04:47:48Z Business networking and sustainability of small rural business: Mediating effects of entrepreneurial orientation Amin Mohamad, M. Chin, O. This study aims to examine the entrepreneurial orientation (EO) of the Small Rural Business (SRB) entrepreneurs in Malaysia by taking Business Networking (BN) as the antecedent. BN is used to explain the influence of EO as a mediator and its’ consequences towards SRB Business Sustainability (BS). The survey method was employed in this study and the data was analyzed using Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) multivariate data analysis. Based on the SEM analysis, it can be concluded that in this study, the relationship between BN and BS was not mediated by EO. However, BN has direct effect towards EO. Moreover, EO and BN were significant as predictors towards BS. Size, age and technology of SRB were used as control variables in this study. © 2019 by the authors; licensee Growing Science, Canada. ticle. 2020-02-03T03:31:51Z 2020-02-03T03:31:51Z 2019 Article 10.5267/j.msl.2019.1.003 en
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description This study aims to examine the entrepreneurial orientation (EO) of the Small Rural Business (SRB) entrepreneurs in Malaysia by taking Business Networking (BN) as the antecedent. BN is used to explain the influence of EO as a mediator and its’ consequences towards SRB Business Sustainability (BS). The survey method was employed in this study and the data was analyzed using Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) multivariate data analysis. Based on the SEM analysis, it can be concluded that in this study, the relationship between BN and BS was not mediated by EO. However, BN has direct effect towards EO. Moreover, EO and BN were significant as predictors towards BS. Size, age and technology of SRB were used as control variables in this study. © 2019 by the authors; licensee Growing Science, Canada. ticle.
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author Amin Mohamad, M.
Chin, O.
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Chin, O.
Business networking and sustainability of small rural business: Mediating effects of entrepreneurial orientation
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Chin, O.
author_sort Amin Mohamad, M.
title Business networking and sustainability of small rural business: Mediating effects of entrepreneurial orientation
title_short Business networking and sustainability of small rural business: Mediating effects of entrepreneurial orientation
title_full Business networking and sustainability of small rural business: Mediating effects of entrepreneurial orientation
title_fullStr Business networking and sustainability of small rural business: Mediating effects of entrepreneurial orientation
title_full_unstemmed Business networking and sustainability of small rural business: Mediating effects of entrepreneurial orientation
title_sort business networking and sustainability of small rural business: mediating effects of entrepreneurial orientation
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