ABSTRACT

This paper used a quantitative cross-sectional survey design to collect data from 228 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Uganda to test the mediating role ecologies of innovation in the relationship between symbiotic resonance, nexus of generative influence and opportunity exploitation, but also, the moderating role of firm size in the relationship between symbiotic resonance and ecologies of innovation. The mediated – moderated hypotheses were tested through Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) using SmartPLS version 3.3.0. The study found that ecologies of innovation positively and significantly mediate the relationship between nexus of generative influence and opportunity exploitation. Additionally, we confirmed that firm size moderates the relationship between symbiotic resonance and ecologies of innovation. Managers of SMEs and policy makers should pay more attention to situations where the owner/manager can act as a leader to influence employees positively, create an enabling environment, provide feedback, allow employee to deviate from norms.

摘要

本文采用定量横断面调查设计从乌干达 228 家中小企业 (SME) 收集数据，以检验创新生态在共生共振、生成影响关系和机会利用之间的关系中的中介作用，而且，企业规模在共生共振和创新生态之间的关系中的调节作用。使用 SmartPLS 3.3.0 版通过偏最小二乘结构方程建模 (PLS-SEM) 测试了中介 - 缓和假设。研究发现，创新生态积极且显着地调节了生成影响与机会利用之间的关系。此外，我们确认公司规模调节共生共振和创新生态之间的关系。