...Paulo Jose Azevedo; Paulo Roberto Arvate; Luisa Cordeiro Evangelista Moraes Purpose Women entrepreneurs in the informal economy ( IE ) are expected to experience a different trajectory and worse performance than men due to the societal context in which they operate (e.g. norms and culture...

.... Findings The analysis reveals that wineries managed by “extremely conceptual” (EC) innovators – those who introduce radical, disruptive changes and plan and execute innovations with detailed foresight – demonstrate superior export performance compared to those led by other innovators. EC innovators...

... of microentrepreneurs who went through a training program (quantitative) and a focus group (qualitative). This study had a mixed approach, exploratory scope and experimental design. Findings The research showed real evidence about the performance level of microentrepreneurs when they passed through the process...

...Martha Lucia Cruz Rincon; Martha Lucia Agredo Diaz; Raquel Castro Puente Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the multiple mediation role of both market orientation (MO) and marketing capabilities (MC) in the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and performance (OP...

...) regression is used to test the hypotheses concerning the antecedents to firm financial performance, economic and social outcomes. Cox proportional hazards modeling is used to assess the impact of antecedents on firm survival. Findings First, firms providing more social benefits (e.g. employment...

... their performance in a highly competitive environment. Thus, this study aims to re-examine the effect of SMEs’ entrepreneurial orientation (EO) on firms’ performance during the COVID-19. This study has also studied the moderating role of social media usage and the mediating role of marketing capabilities and social...

..., 2007). Several studies examined the importance of capabilities in improving SMEs financial and nonfinancial performance (Tzokas et al., 2015 ; Davcik et al., 2020). According to Day (1994) , capabilities can be defined as bundles of resources, accumulated skills...

... Performance Entrepreneurship Ethics Sport Success Athletic training Over the years, ethics and its role in effective business decision-making practices have been an area of great debate (Hays, 2003). Similarly, the concept of entrepreneurial success and its close connection with ethical judgement...

... marginal effects method on a large random sample of 4,478 enterprises. In this analysis, the authors defined two groups of enterprises – “winners” and “losers” – based on the company’s dissolution and performance indicators. Findings The GFC struck the enterprise population asymmetrically in terms...

...Hawa Petro Tundui; Charles Stephen Tundui Purpose This paper aims to examine marriage and family-related determinants of performance of micro and small businesses owned by women in Tanzania. Design/methodology/approach The authors surveyed a total of 429 micro and small women entrepreneurs...

.... Design/methodology/approach This paper surveyed 600 respondents – 200 Malaysian Chinese, 200 Malaysian Indians and 200 Malays – and collected data about the types of competencies and about self-reported growth as firm performance. The study used PLS-SEM for inferential testing and PLS-MGA to conduct...

...Nico van Rensburg; Kanayo Ogujiuba Purpose This paper aims to identify how mind-power ability and its underlying elements, acting as drivers, impact managerial, and individual performance levels among achieving entrepreneurs in South Africa. Design/methodology/approach The study adopted...

...Channappa Santhosh Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand the mediating effects of Chief Executive officer (CEO) attributes on the earliness of internationalization and performance in context of Indian small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach The proposed...

...Pooja Jha; Munish Makkad; Sanjiv Mittal Purpose The purpose of this study is to conceptualize, develop and validate a scale reflecting performance dimensions of women entrepreneurs. The study intends to address the important aspects of women entrepreneur such as identifying factors influencing...