This study aimed at obtaining empirical evidence regarding the influence of strategic entrepreneurship on SMEs’ performance under the mediation of competitive advantage in the welding industry in Tanzania. Guided by the resource-based theory, this study adopted learning orientation, strategic resource management, and entrepreneurial orientation as strategic entrepreneurship components. Survey method with cross-sectional design was used to collect data from 300 owners-managers of welding industry SMEs located in Dar es Salaam, Morogoro, and Mbeya urban centers. Structural equation modelling technique was used to develop measurement and structural models. Findings suggest that learning orientation influences entrepreneurial orientation which influences strategic resource management to create competitive advantage that promotes SMEs’ performance. Findings of this study imply that the resource-based theory holds a better chance to describe the influence of strategic entrepreneurship components on SMEs’ performance under the mediation of competitive advantage than the individual resource-based view and knowledge-based view. It has been empirically demonstrated that knowledge is a unique resource that enables the acquisition of other resources and strategies. SMEs are urged to embrace learning orientation to create competitive advantage that leads to superior performance. The study has empirically verified that learning orientation, strategic resource management, and entrepreneurial orientation constructs adopted from entrepreneurship and strategic management literature are components of strategic entrepreneurship. Inclusion of strategic entrepreneurship components, competitive advantage, and SMEs’ performance with their composite measures in a single model distinguishes this study from past studies.

这项研究旨在获得经验性证据，说明在坦桑尼亚焊接行业竞争优势的中介下，战略企业家精神对中小企业绩效的影响。在基于资源的理论的指导下，本研究将学习导向，战略资源管理和创业导向作为战略创业的组成部分。使用具有横断面设计的调查方法从位于达累斯萨拉姆，莫罗哥罗和姆贝亚市中心的300家焊接行业中小型企业的业主经理收集数据。使用结构方程建模技术来开发测量和结构模型。研究结果表明，学习导向会影响创业导向，从而影响战略资源管理，从而创造可提升中小企业绩效的竞争优势。这项研究的结果表明，与基于资源的个人观点和基于知识的观点相比，基于资源的理论具有更好的机会来描述在竞争优势的中介下战略创业成分对中小企业绩效的影响。实验证明，知识是一种独特的资源，可以获取其他资源和策略。敦促中小型企业以学习为导向，创造竞争优势，从而带来卓越的业绩。该研究从经验上证实，学习取向，战略资源管理以及从企业家精神和战略管理文献中采用的企业家取向建构是战略企业家精神的组成部分。包括战略创业成分，竞争优势，