Relationship between Entrepreneurial Orientation, Innovation Practicess, Manager Motivationvand Small, and Medium Enterprises (SMEs): A Proposed Framework
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Entrepreneurial orientation is one of the most widely accepted firm-level constructs in the literature.The present study provides a comprehensive qualitative review and evaluation of the empirical entrepreneurial orientation, innovation practices, manager motivation and small, and medium enterprises (SMEs) literature.It finds that entrepreneurial orientation research has made considerable strides in recent years and is accelerating and broadening, although notable biases and inconsistencies in variable choice and model specification remain.Furthermore, current research findings contribute to extending existing relevant knowledge about the effect of entrepreneurial orientation and innovation towards SMEs performance through manager motivation in UAE and understanding the relationship between these variables to be of significant guidance to managing entrepreneurship in emerging economies.The current research contributes to the present literature since very limited studies investigated the entrepreneurial orientation and innovation on SMEs performance.Moreover, previous studies did not sufficiently analyze the effects of entrepreneurial orientation on SMEs performance with the contribution of manager motivation.thus helping to close the research gap related to these relationships from an emerging-economy perspective.
Authors: Ali Abdulla Ali Aleid, S. N. Khalil
Institution: Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka
Language: English
Subfield: Management of Technology and Innovation
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4405596913