E-Commerce and SME Performance: The Moderating Influence of Entrepreneurial Competencies
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62690094%3A18450%2F22%3A50019552" target="_blank" >RIV/62690094:18450/22:50019552 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3387/12/1/13/htm" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3387/12/1/13/htm</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/admsci12010013" target="_blank" >10.3390/admsci12010013</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
E-Commerce and SME Performance: The Moderating Influence of Entrepreneurial Competencies
Original language description
This research aims to examine the mediating role of the use of the e-commerce and moderating influence of entrepreneurial competencies on the performance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The study data were collected via a structured questionnaire comprised of a seven-point Likert scale from practitioners serving at the top and middle-level positions in Pakistani SMEs. The Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) technique was applied on 250 useable returned questionnaires. The results showed that the association between the use of e-commerce and firm performance is positively significant. Moreover, the use of e-commerce mediates the positive association between technological readiness, adoption cost, and firm performance. However, the moderating role of entrepreneurial competencies does not appear as significant between the use of e-commerce and manufacturing SMEs' performance. The present study is the first to explore entrepreneurial competencies as a moderator between e-commerce adoption and firm performance. The empirical outcomes of this research provide useful theoretical and practical implications for the managers and practitioners to understand the underlying factors for the successful implementation of e-commerce in the SME sector to enhance firm performance.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50204 - Business and management
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES
ISSN
2076-3387
e-ISSN
2076-3387
Volume of the periodical
12
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
CH - SWITZERLAND
Number of pages
16
Pages from-to
"Article Number: 13"
UT code for WoS article
000775482600001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85123785115