What Do Matter Entrepreneurial Competencies on Business Performance? An Empirical Investigation of SMEs in Indonesia
- DOI
- 10.2991/aebmr.k.210928.013How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- SMEs, entrepreneurial competencies, business performance
- Abstract
This study aims to examine the relationship between entrepreneurial competence and business performance in SMEs, which contributes to SMEs’ development by strengthening entrepreneurial competencies. This research object is the owner of Batik SMEs in Bayat Klaten, Central Java, Indonesia. This study uses a quantitative approach to investigate whether entrepreneurial competence has a significant effect on business performance by involving 138 owners of Batik SMEs as respondents. The sampling technique used proportional random sampling and the hypothesis were tested using structural equation modelling of least squares, adopting the SmartPLS software. The results showed that Entrepreneurial Competencies have a positive and significant effect on Business Performance. It means that the higher the Entrepreneurial Competencies, the more potential it will increase business performance. Leadership Competency and Innovation Competency have the largest contribution in forming Entrepreneurial Competencies for SMEs in enhancing their business performance. Furthermore, Risk-Taking Competency has the lowest contribution in establishing Entrepreneurial Competencies. Indeed, it makes a challenge for SMEs in an uncertainty business era.
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- © 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Yudha Prakasa PY - 2021 DA - 2021/09/30 TI - What Do Matter Entrepreneurial Competencies on Business Performance? An Empirical Investigation of SMEs in Indonesia BT - Proceedings of the 3rd Annual International Conference on Public and Business Administration (AICoBPA 2020) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 60 EP - 64 SN - 2352-5428 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.210928.013 DO - 10.2991/aebmr.k.210928.013 ID - Prakasa2021 ER -