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Market Orientation: Journey from Antecedents to Business Performance in a Developing Economy : A Case-Study of Botswana¡¯s Small and Medium Size Manufacturing Firms
Opeda, Frederick. O.; Jaiyeoba, Olumide. O.; Donatus, Amanze - In: International Journal of Business Administration 2 (2011) 4, pp. 61-68
This paper aims to investigate the link between antecedents of market orientation and performance of Botswana¡¯s Small …¡¯s small and medium sized manufacturing firms, and investigating the factors (Antecedents) influencing the Botswana … applicability of MARKOR Scale ( A widely used market orientation measure developed by Kholi and Jaworski (1990) ,amongst Botswana …
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Romanian SMEs Financing Options: An Empirical Analysis
Nistor, Ioan E.; Popescu, Daniela-Rodica - In: Finante - provocarile viitorului (Finance - Challenges … 1 (2013) 15, pp. 12-21
One of the most pressing problems faced by micro, small and medium sized enterprises (henceforth SMEs) in Europe is the … by the Romanian micro, small and medium sized enterprises in the aforementioned period. …
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Building Philippine SMEs Resilience to Natural Disasters
Ballesteros, Marife M.; Domingo, Sonny N. - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 2015
Disasters are bad for business specifically for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). These catastrophic events can …
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The Entrepreneur Makes a Difference: Evidence on MSE Upgrading Factors from Egypt, India, and the Philippines
Hampel-Milagrosa, Aimée; Loewe, Markus; Reeg, Caroline - In: World Development 66 (2015) C, pp. 118-130
In many low- and middle-income countries most micro and small enterprises (MSEs) struggle to upgrade into medium …
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Entrepreneurial orientation, market orientation, network ties, and performance: Study of entrepreneurial firms in a developing economy
Boso, Nathaniel; Story, Vicky M.; Cadogan, John W. - In: Journal of Business Venturing 28 (2013) 6, pp. 708-727
Entrepreneurial orientation (EO), market orientation (MO) and network ties are typically modeled as separate antecedents of performance. However, the boundary conditions for such models are under-explored, as is their applicability to developing economy settings. Accordingly, drawing on...
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The Implementation of Market Orientation and Innovation in SMEs
Sukato, Nuntasaree - In: International Journal of Academic Research in Business … 4 (2014) 5, pp. 614-625
This study attempts to explore the implementation of market orientation and innovation on business performance for SMEs hospitality industry in Thailand. The market orientation perspective of Kohli and Jaworski (1990), which consists of intelligence generation, intelligence dissemination, and...
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Relational capabilities in market orientation to improvement of performance outcomes in SMEs
Shafei, Reza; Zohdi, Mehran - In: International Journal of Business Performance Management 15 (2014) 4, pp. 295-315
This paper analysed the intermediary effect of market orientation as a variable that can change the business performance of some markets especially SMEs. Market orientation which plays a significant role in marketing and give rise to the organisation's competitive advantage and success and...
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Effect of the business environment on market orientation and performance in an emerging country
Berács, József; Nagy, Gábor - In: Tržište/Market 22 (2010) 2, pp. 243-254
In the paper the relationship between market orientation and performance, and the effect of the business environment on these two factors in an emerging economy, in Hungary, was investigated. In a research conducted at 572 firms we found that both market orientation and the business environment...
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What is the Predictive Power of Market Orientation?
Langerak, F. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2002
The majority of studies on market orientation claim that compelling evidence exists that market orientation has a positive effect on business performance. This study takes a closer look at forty studies that have addressed the relationship between market orientation and business performance in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005288621
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What is the Predictive Power of Market Orientation?
Langerak, Langerak, F. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2002
The majority of studies on market orientation claim that compelling evidence exists that market orientation has a positive effect on business performance. This study takes a closer look at forty studies that have addressed the relationship between market orientation and business performance in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010731513