Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Research in Management & Technovation

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15439/2021KM61

Citation: Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Research in Management & Technovation, Vu Dinh Khoa, Shivani Agarwal, Gloria Jeanette Rincon Aponte, Nguyen Thi Hong Nga, Vijender Kumar Solanki, Ewa Ziemba (eds). ACSIS, Vol. 28, pages 217–221 (2021)

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Abstract. The paper examines the impact mechanism of entrepreneurship orientation on the business performance of enterprises through the role of financial resources. The analysis results are based on data including 113 observations collected from small and medium enterprises according to the linear structural model. The findings suggest that financial leverage acts as a mediator for the relationship between entrepreneurship orientation and business performance. On that basis, some implications and future research directions are proposed

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