Social entrepreneurship has been recognized as an innovative and effective approach to poverty reduction and employment generation. However, the roles undertaken by social enterprises in Malaysia and Singapore are still limited and many are grappling to survive. Determine the external resources that could increase social enterprises' efficiencies and performance, are the key management issues for the external supportive bodies. Guiding by the resource dependence theory, this cross-nation quantitative study established a framework to examine the most prominent external resources (i.e., financial and training supports), which were mediated by formal business planning, towards the financial and social performance of social enterprises in the emerging contexts (i.e., Malaysia and Singapore). The empirical data on 181 Malaysian and Singaporean social enterprises were analysed by using a structural equation modelling approach. The research findings reveal that financial and training supports should be correlated closely with formal business planning in order to generate a significant impact on their organisational performance. The results showed business planning plays a dominant role between the external supports and social enterprises' performance. This challenges the conventional knowledge that common business practices of profit-driven companies are not suitable for mission-driven organisations. The moderation effects of the socio-economic context were found to be insignificant. The research model's predictive power and predictive capability for all the endogenous constructs were satisfied and assured. Furthermore, the Importance-Performance Map Analysis corresponded with the path coefficient results, the main factor to enhance social enterprises' performance is through the improvement in business planning practices, and financial support is another area to enhance their social performance.

社会企业家精神已被公认为是减少贫困和创造就业机会的一种创新和有效的方法。但是，马来西亚和新加坡的社会企业所扮演的角色仍然有限，许多人正在为生存而奋斗。确定可以提高社会企业效率和绩效的外部资源，是外部支持机构的关键管理问题。在资源依赖理论的指导下，这项跨国定量研究建立了一个框架，以检查由正式商业计划介导的，对社会企业的财务和社会绩效最重要的外部资源（即财务和培训支持）。新兴环境（即马来西亚和新加坡）。采用结构方程模型分析方法，对181家马来西亚和新加坡社会企业的实证数据进行了分析。研究结果表明，财务和培训支持应与正式的业务计划紧密相关，以对其组织绩效产生重大影响。结果表明，业务计划在外部支持与社会企业绩效之间起着主导作用。这挑战了传统知识，即以利润为导向的公司的常规业务实践不适合以使命为导向的组织。人们发现，社会经济环境的调节作用微不足道。研究模型对所有内生结构的预测能力和预测能力都得到了满足和保证。此外，研究结果表明，财务和培训支持应与正式的业务计划紧密相关，以对其组织绩效产生重大影响。结果表明，业务计划在外部支持与社会企业绩效之间起着主导作用。这挑战了传统知识，即以利润为导向的公司的常规业务实践不适合以使命为导向的组织。人们发现，社会经济环境的调节作用微不足道。研究模型对所有内生结构的预测能力和预测能力都得到了满足和保证。此外，研究结果表明，财务和培训支持应与正式的业务计划紧密相关，以对其组织绩效产生重大影响。结果表明，业务计划在外部支持与社会企业绩效之间起着主导作用。这挑战了传统知识，即以利润为导向的公司的常规业务实践不适合以使命为导向的组织。人们发现，社会经济环境的调节作用微不足道。研究模型对所有内生结构的预测能力和预测能力都得到了满足和保证。此外，这挑战了传统知识，即以利润为导向的公司的常规业务实践不适合以使命为导向的组织。人们发现，社会经济环境的调节作用微不足道。研究模型对所有内生结构的预测能力和预测能力都得到了满足和保证。此外，这挑战了传统知识，即以利润为导向的公司的常规业务实践不适合以使命为导向的组织。人们发现，社会经济环境的调节作用微不足道。研究模型对所有内生结构的预测能力和预测能力都得到了满足和保证。此外，重要性-绩效图分析与路径系数结果相对应，提高社会企业绩效的主要因素是通过改进业务计划实践，而财务支持则是提高其社会绩效的另一个领域。