Entrepreneurial Orientation, Innovation and Performance of Value-system Actors

Simon Kamuri
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The purpose of this study was to explore entrepreneurial orientation as a cognitive construct attributable to individuals and its relationship with innovation and performance from an industry ecosystem perspective. The study adopted a mixed design approach involving exploration of the factors and a diagnosis of their hypothesized relationships. A mixed sampling of members of a leather industry association and the linked industry institutions was carried out with a 76% response rate achieved. Quantitative data was collected from key decision-makers as informants of firms in Kenya’s leather industry using a questionnaire for guided interviews. The Delphi Technique and a pilot study (Cronbach’s Alpha 0.700 – 0.772) were used to establish instrument reliability. Factor analysis was performed on the study variables using Principal Component Analysis before inferential analysis. Entrepreneurial orientation showed validity as a second-order latent construct comprising three cognitive dimensions, namely vision for growth, opportunity recognition and calculated risk-taking. Entrepreneurial orientation and its antecedents were established as determinants of performance of value-system actors in an industry (R2=0.422, F=13.417, p=0.000). It further showed that this relationship is partially mediated by innovation by the firms (Sobel test Z-value = 3.30449610, p=0.00095147). The study recommends extension of this research to other industries.
创业导向、创新与价值系统行为体绩效
本研究的目的是在产业生态系统的视角下,探讨创业导向作为一种可归因于个体的认知结构及其与创新和绩效的关系。该研究采用了混合设计方法,包括对因素的探索和对其假设关系的诊断。对皮革行业协会和相关行业机构的成员进行了混合抽样,达到了76%的回复率。定量数据是从肯尼亚皮革行业公司的关键决策者中收集的,使用问卷进行指导访谈。采用德尔菲法和初步研究(Cronbach 's Alpha 0.700 - 0.772)建立仪器的信度。在进行推理分析之前,对研究变量进行主成分分析。创业取向作为一种二阶潜在构念具有显著的效度,该构念包括三个认知维度,即成长愿景、机会识别和计算风险。创业取向及其前因缘被确定为行业价值系统行为者绩效的决定因素(R2=0.422, F=13.417, p=0.000)。进一步表明,企业创新在这种关系中起到部分中介作用(Sobel检验z值= 3.30449610,p=0.00095147)。该研究建议将这项研究扩展到其他行业。
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