Are managerial competencies a blessing to the performance of innovative SMEs in Malaysia?

• Main Authors: Lee, Thean Chye, Huam, Hon Tat, Mohd. Osman, Mohd. Hasan, Md. Rasli, Amran
• Format: Article
• Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia 2010
• Subjects: HB615-715 Entrepreneurship. Risk and uncertainty. Property
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/22873/; http://www.ijem.upm.edu.my/vol4_no1.htm

Innovativeness has been empirically recognized as one of the entrepreneurial orientation (EO) characteristics mandatory for improving the organizational performance of SMEs. Managerial competencies are the business functional skills that have been playing an increasingly important role in the develo...