Purpose

The purpose of this study is to examine the moderating influence of the external environment on the relationship between entrepreneurial competencies, entrepreneurial orientation, entrepreneurial network, government business support and SMEs performance. The objectives of the study are achieved using the resource-based view and dynamic capability theory.

Design/methodology/approach

The survey method of research was used by personally administering questionnaires to the respondents. Multistage sampling techniques are used in selecting 470 SMEs owners/managers that participated in the survey. SPSS 24 and PLS-SEM 3.0 were used in the analysis of the data.

Findings

In the Nigerian context, the findings indicated that EC, EO and GBS directly influence the SMEs performance. Surprisingly, SMEs performance is not influenced by EN. Similarly, EE significantly moderated the relationship between EC, GBS and SMEs performance. On the contrary, EE does not have any moderating influence on the relationship between EO, EN and SMEs performance.

Research limitations/implications

The study is limited to northeastern Nigeria. The study is limited to the EC, EO, EN GBS EE and SMEs performance and the use of cross-sectional data. The findings imply that SMEs owners/managers need a high level of entrepreneurial competencies and government business support to achieve a better performance especially in an external environment that is characterised by dynamism, diversity, complexity and hostility. Hence, providing support for both RBV and DCT.

Practical implications

Thus, the study offers additional empirical evidence from Nigeria and also expands knowledge and understanding in this field. The findings offer owners/managers, government agencies, financial institutions and other stakeholders of SMEs strategies EC, EO, GBS and EE to achieve a better SMEs performance.

Originality/value

The conceptual framework of the study is unique, and the study was conducted in northeastern Nigeria which is grossly underrepresented in the literature. It also provided understanding on the moderating influence of EE on the framework.

中文翻译：

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创业能力、创业导向、创业网络、政府企业支持和中小企业绩效。外部环境的调节作用

目的

本研究的目的是检验外部环境对创业能力、创业导向、创业网络、政府企业支持和中小企业绩效之间关系的调节影响。本研究的目标是使用基于资源的观点和动态能力理论来实现的。

设计/方法/方法

研究的调查方法是通过亲自对受访者进行问卷调查来使用的。多阶段抽样技术用于选择参与调查的 470 名中小企业所有者/经理。使用SPSS 24和PLS-SEM 3.0进行数据分析。

发现

在尼日利亚的背景下，调查结果表明 EC、EO 和 GBS 直接影响中小企业的绩效。令人惊讶的是，中小企业的表现不受 EN 的影响。同样，EE 显着调节了 EC、GBS 和中小企业绩效之间的关系。相反，EE对EO、EN和中小企业绩效之间的关系没有任何调节作用。

研究限制/影响

该研究仅限于尼日利亚东北部。该研究仅限于 EC、EO、EN GBS EE 和 SME 的表现以及横截面数据的使用。调查结果表明，中小企业所有者/经理需要高水平的创业能力和政府业务支持才能取得更好的业绩，尤其是在充满活力、多样性、复杂性和敌意的外部环境中。因此，为 RBV 和 DCT 提供支持。

实际影响

因此，该研究提供了来自尼日利亚的额外经验证据，并扩展了该领域的知识和理解。调查结果为业主/经理、政府机构、金融机构和其他中小企业战略的利益相关者提供了 EC、EO、GBS 和 EE，以实现更好的中小企业绩效。

原创性/价值

该研究的概念框架是独一无二的，该研究是在尼日利亚东北部进行的，该地区在文献中的代表性严重不足。它还提供了对 EE 对框架的调节影响的理解。