Entrepreneurial competences and growth of female-owned enterprises: the mediation role of absorptive capacity

Samuel Dawa, Rebecca Namatovu, Fiona Mulira, Sarah Kyejjusa, M. Arinaitwe, Alice Arinaitwe
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Purpose Focusing on female entrepreneurs operating in a resource-scarce environment, this study aims to draw from the resource-based view to examine the relationship between entrepreneurial competences and firm growth. Design/methodology/approach This study used a cross-sectional research design. Data was collected from 232 women entrepreneurs operating in Kampala’s two biggest markets. The data were analyzed to test the mediation effect of absorptive capacity on the relationship between entrepreneurial competences and firm growth; a Sobel test and bootstrap estimation were analytical approaches that were used. Findings This paper argues that for female entrepreneurs, the venture growth process is not simply dependent on inimitable resources such as competences, as these are first not readily available to female entrepreneurs and second, only provide a temporary competitive advantage. Rather, venture growth also involves the ability to continuously identify and exploit knowledge resources through an absorptive capacity that may be limited by the sociocultural context within which the female entrepreneur operates in sub-Saharan Africa. Originality/value The novelty of this research resides in support for the mediating role of the ability to recognize the value of new information, assimilate it and apply it to commercial ends. This study shows that female entrepreneurs use externally generated knowledge as a mechanism to grow their firms and this is impacted by the sociocultural context within which they operate. The study further improves the understanding of the resource-based view by suggesting that a black box exists in the relationship between resources and performance. It is shown that the possession of one resource facilitates the acquisition of other resources and proposes that the role of resources continuously unfolds as a firm develops.
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创业能力与女性企业成长:吸收能力的中介作用
目的以资源稀缺环境下的女性企业家为研究对象,从资源基础视角考察企业家能力与企业成长之间的关系。设计/方法/方法本研究采用横断面研究设计。数据收集自在坎帕拉两个最大市场经营的232名女企业家。通过对数据的分析,检验吸收能力在创业能力与企业成长之间的中介作用;索贝尔检验和自举估计是使用的分析方法。本文认为,对于女性企业家来说,创业成长过程并不仅仅依赖于能力等不可模仿的资源,因为这些资源首先对女性企业家来说是不容易获得的,其次,它们只提供了暂时的竞争优势。相反,风险增长还涉及通过吸收能力不断识别和利用知识资源的能力,这种吸收能力可能受到撒哈拉以南非洲女性企业家经营所处社会文化背景的限制。独创性/价值本研究的新颖之处在于,它支持了识别新信息价值、吸收新信息并将其应用于商业目的的能力的中介作用。这项研究表明,女性企业家利用外部产生的知识作为一种机制来发展自己的公司,这受到她们所处的社会文化背景的影响。本研究通过提出资源与绩效之间的关系存在黑箱,进一步提高了对资源基础观的理解。研究表明,拥有一种资源有利于获得其他资源,并提出资源的作用随着企业的发展而不断发挥。
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期刊介绍: Launched in 2009, the International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship (IJGE) aims to facilitate the natural evolution of the field of gender and entrepreneurship by drawing together the very best research contributions from around the world. The journal seeks to: -Provide a dedicated publication outlet for high calibre, international research of interest to scholars, entrepreneurs and policy makers in the field of gender and entrepreneurship -Offer a unique perspective on the practice of gender and entrepreneurship by including sections dedicated to practitioner and policy content -Support a more consistent global approach to the presentation of research in the field -Platform the work of dynamic young researchers and those who are in a position to offer new perspectives on this particular research area -Enable those active in the area as researchers, educators, trainers, practitioners, support personnel and policy makers to keep up to date with the field on an international level. The coverage of the journal includes, but is not limited to: Entrepreneurship, Female/Women’s entrepreneurship , Business, Management, Strategy, Gender, Economics, Internationalization, Marketing.
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