scholarly journals Entrepreneur Network Behavior as the Gamechanger for Venture Performance : the Mediation Effect of Social Capital and Tacit Knowledge

2020 ◽  
pp. 482-501
Author(s):  
Isaac Gumah Akolgo ◽  
Cai Li ◽  
Peter Yao Lartey ◽  
Kankam William Adomako
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Tacit Knowledge ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Mediation Effect ◽  
Network Behavior ◽  
Venture Performance ◽  
Network Building

The individual characteristics continue to set apart who a successful or failed entrepreneurs and business ventures are in the business environment. The study therefore sought to investigate network behavior mechanism as a gamechanger for venture performance; the mediation effect of social capital and tacit knowledge. Entrepreneurs here were regarded as individuals who created their businesses and therefore respondents other than owners were not included in the study population. In total, 530 entrepreneurs were selected from three cities in Jiangsu Province. Purposive, convenient and simple random sampling techniques were applied in choosing the respondents. 410 completed questionnaires were retrieved. The results show that entrepreneurs engaging in network building attitude, network maintenance and network orientation determined their network behaviour. Network behaviour then positively and directly influences venture performance. This effect was significant showing that any effort or activities that lead to network behavior wield a corresponding effect on startups business performance. The results indicated that social capital mediated the relationship such that entrepreneur network behavior indirectly influences venture performance. Tacit knowledge acquisition was shown to boosts network behaviour effect on venture performance. This study departs from the psychological perspective which mainly focus on stable features of the entrepreneur to include the behaviour mechanisms hence makes the study central to better understand the entrepreneurial behavior and performance relationships.

scholarly journals The Role of Value Innovation Capabilities in the Influence of Market Orientation and Social Capital to Improving the Performance of Central Kalimantan Bank in Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 140
Author(s):  
Usup Riassy Christa ◽  
I Made Wardana ◽  
Christantius Dwiatmadja ◽  
Vivy Kristinae
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Market Orientation ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Mediation Process ◽  
Value Innovation ◽  
Central Kalimantan ◽  
Core Business

Research in the field of banking business management during a pandemic requires the cooperation of organizations with the changing business environment. Resources that are able to be managed effectively and efficiently at the Central Kalimantan Regional Bank in Indonesia are thus managed in an effort to support the organization. The key to the bank’s performance as an innovative organization lies in the core business values that are strengthened by organizational resources, so that the focus of value innovation becomes the activities that improve business performance as a mediating factor between external and internal factors. Research was conducted on 250 senior employees with quantitative analysis using the Structural Equation Modelling-Partial Least Square (SEM-PLS) statistical tool. It was found that external factors originating from market orientation and social capital significantly improved business performance. The success of the mediation process as a novelty research conceptual research has significant positive results as a core business innovation to improve the business performance of Central Kalimantan regional banks. The research objective is to improve banking performance by collaborating between consumer needs, value innovation and social capital as a trigger for excellent change in Bank Kal-Teng. The value of this research is as a reference for innovating capability value as the main business strategy using information from external factors, so as to improve the bank’s business performance as needed.

scholarly journals Determinan Kinerja Usaha Mikro (Studi Pada Usaha Mikro Di Kecamatan Wenang, Manado)

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 09-26
Author(s):  
Paskanova Christi Gainau
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Physical Capital ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
City Government ◽  
Result Show ◽  
The Government

Nowadays, regarding increasing number of micro-business in urban areas,  achieving competitive advantage is considered as one of the business concerns. Obtaining competitive advantage entails specific requirements that social capital, physical capital, and human capital - is regarded as one of the most important factors. This study aims to examine the effect of capital to the performance of microbusinesses. The sample of this study was 31 micro-businesses in Wenang subdistrict, Manado, who were selected by simple random sampling.  After distributing the questionnaires, the data analysis was done by SmartPLS 3.0 M3. The result show that social capital and physical capital had no significant effect on the performance of micro-business, while human capital had a positive, and significant effect on the business performance. The implication is the Manado City government has to make the labor of micro-business as the target of empowerment activities that are organized by the government, private sector, bank, NGOs, domestic or foreign. In the long term, it can drive the micro-industry to the small and medium industries.  

scholarly journals The effect of innovation capability on business performance: The role of social capital and entrepreneurial leadership on SMEs in Indonesia

Accounting ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 323-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Astri Ayu Purwati ◽  
Budiyanto Budiyanto ◽  
Suhermin Suhermin ◽  
Muhammad Luthfi Hamzah
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Entrepreneurial Leadership ◽  
Substantial Impact ◽  
Variable Approach ◽  
Innovative Capabilities ◽  
Innovation Ability ◽  
The Government

The presence of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Indonesia will contribute to the movement of the Indonesian economy, so its growth is an essential part that must be considered by the government. The goal of this study was to explore the role of innovative capabilities in improving the performance of Indonesian SMEs. A variable approach to social capital, entrepreneurial leadership, innovation ability and SME efficiency was used in this research. The research included a sample of 352 small and medium-sized enterprises in Pekanbaru, Indonesia, consisting of 19 medium-sized enterprises and 333 small enterprises out of a total population of 2887 small and medium-sized enterprises (the sampling methodology used was chance sampling and simple random sampling methods). The findings show that social capital does not explicitly have a substantial impact on the business performance of SMEs in Pekanbaru, but if it is mediated by creative capacities, social capital indirectly plays a role in improving the performance of SMEs. Entrepreneurial leadership has a big influence on SMEs.

The strategic importance of tacit knowledge management activities in construction

2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Chen ◽  
Sherif Mohamed
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Tacit Knowledge ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Explicit Knowledge ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Professional Staff ◽  
Sampling Frame ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Strategic Role

PurposeTacit knowledge is perceived as the most strategically important resource of the construction organisation, and the only renewable and sustainable base for its activities and competitiveness. Knowledge management (KM) activities that deal with tacit knowledge are essential in helping an organisation to achieve its long‐term organisational objectives. The purpose of this paper is to provide empirical evidence for the stronger strategic role of tacit KM in comparison to explicit KM.Design/methodology/approachA questionnaire survey was administered in 2005 to a sample of construction contractors operating in Hong Kong to elicit opinions on the internal business environment, intensity of KM activities as executed by targeted organisations, and contribution of these activities to business performance (BP). A total of 149 usable responses were received from 99 organisations representing about 38 per cent of the sampling frame. The statistical analyses helped to map the reported KM activities into two groups that, respectively, deal with tacit and explicit knowledge. The sensitivity to variations of organisational policies and strength of association with BP in relation to the two groups of KM activities were also compared empirically. A total of 15 interviews with the managerial and professional staff of leading contractors was undertaken to provide insightful narratives of KM implementations.FindingsThe effective implementation of organisational policies, such as encouraging innovations and strengthening strategic guidance for KM, would facilitate human interactions of tacit KM. Higher intensity of activities in managing tacit knowledge would ultimately help the organisations to achieve economic gain in the long run.Originality/valueThe stronger strategic role of tacit KM is empirically investigated and established within the context of construction organisations.

E-Voting Kepala Desa dan Modal Sosial

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 759
Author(s):  
Khaulah Afifah ◽  
Lala M Kolopaking ◽  
Zessy Ardinal Barlan
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Time Saving ◽  
The Social ◽  
Voting System

Head of a village election with e-voting system is a new thing for community The success level of e-voting system can be reached by fulfil several principles in order to the implementation going effective and the result of the election can be accepted by all. The objectives of this research is to analyze the relation between the success level of e-voting system with social capital of the community. This research is carried out with the quantitative approach and supported by qualitative data. This research takes 60 respondents using simple random sampling technique. The results showed that the success level of e-voting has a correlation with the level of social capital of the community. Based on the field study, the social capital of the community is classified as high. The high social capital makes the implementation of e-voting successful and the success level is also high, because in the election ten years ago occurred a conflict. The community considers e-voting easier and more practical, cost effective and time-saving, and the results of e-voting are also reliable. A practical and fast of e-voting system can be a solution especially for “rural-urban” community who are busy or work outside the village.Keywords: E-voting, the success level of the system, social capital Pemilihan kepala desa dengan sistem e-voting merupakan hal yang baru bagi masyarakat. Keberhasilan penerapan sistem e-voting dilihat dari terpenuhinya beberapa prinsip agar penerapannya berlangsung efektif dan hasilnya dapat diterima oleh seluruh masyarakat. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis hubungan tingkat keberhasilan sistem e-voting dalam pemilihan kepala desa dengan tingkat modal sosial masyarakat. Bentuk penelitian ini adalah penelitian kuantitatif yang didukung oleh analisis data kualitatif. Penelitian ini mengambil enam puluh responden dengan teknik simple random sampling. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa tingkat keberhasilan e-voting memiliki hubungan dengan tingkat modal sosial masyarakat. Berdasarkan kajian di lapang, modal sosial masyarakat tergolong tinggi. Tingginya modal sosial tersebut membuat pelaksanaan e-voting berhasil dan tingkat keberhasilannya juga tergolong tinggi karena pada pemilihan sepuluh tahun silam sempat terjadi konflik. Masyarakat menganggap sistem evoting lebih mudah dan praktis, hemat dalam segi biaya dan waktu, serta hasil dari pemilihan juga dapat dipertanggungjawabkan. Sistem e-voting yang praktis dan cepat dapat menjadi solusi khususnya bagi masyarakat daerah “desa-kota” yang memiliki kesibukan atau pekerjaan di luar desa.Kata Kunci: E-voting, keberhasilan sistem, modal sosial. 

scholarly journals Datasets of social capital and business performance in the Nigerian informal sector

Data in Brief ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 106918
Author(s):  
Olamide Oluwabusola Akintimehin ◽  
Anthony Abiodun Eniola ◽  
Damilola Felix Eluyela ◽  
Rose Ogbechie
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Informal Sector ◽  
Business Performance

The Optimal Diversification Strategy in Pharmaceutical Industry: Balance-centred or Hetero-centred?

2021 ◽  
pp. 097172182110056
Author(s):  
Keungoui Kim ◽  
Junseok Hwang ◽  
Sungdo Jung ◽  
Eungdo Kim
Keyword(s):  
Business Performance ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Product Diversification ◽  
Diversification Strategy ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Pharmaceutical Firms ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Market Product ◽  
High Uncertainty

Due to high uncertainty of product development and business environment, firm-level diversification has been regarded as one of the most effective methods in pharmaceutical firms. In previous study, firm-level diversification was discussed by different value chains of market, product, and technology. However, in most cases, the diversification itself was adopted in a simple manner although its property contains different aspects and the results varies depending on the diversity property of selected index. In addition, the existing approach for measuring firm’s product/market diversification using sales information distinguished by standard industry classification cannot provide direct implication as different strategies are made for market and product diversification. Therefore, this study examines the effects of firm-level diversification on business and innovation performances in pharmaceutical firms by considering (1) three diversification types: market, product, and technology, (2) clear separation between market and product diversification, and (3) two diversification perspectives: balance-centred and hetero-centred. For empirical analysis, an integrated firm-level data set combining from Medtrack, Orange Book, Compustat and Total Patent database is used. From the result, in case of market diversification, less market heterogeneity causes significant influence on business performance. For product and technology, a concentrated and greater heterogeneity of product diversification are turned out to promote business performance, while the more intensive and heterogeneous technology diversification has been shown to improve innovation performance.

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