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The Influence of Entrepreneurial Orientation on SMEs Performance in Ghana: The Role of Social Capital and Government Support Policies

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The primary aim of this current theoretical paper is to propose a research framework on the influence of Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO) on SMEs performance in Ghana with the role of Social Capital (SC) and Government Support Policies (GSPs). The study re-viewed existing literature and theories pertaining EO, SC and GSPs by using the five EO dimensions of Lumpkin and Dess (1996) to further ascertain the mediating and moderating effect of SC and GSPs in relation to SMEs performance and in Ghana and used measures of SC, and GSPs. A questionnaire will be administered to 380 registered SME-owners of Ghana based on Ghana Statistical Survey (2016) using simple random sampling technique, and the data will be analysed by the Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) approach to determine the emerged hypothesis. This study would be hinged on the resource-based view and the social capital theories stressing the need for SMEs to focus more on their unique internal and external resources that existed with-in their social capital network based on their reciprocal relations. This novel study would further provide new insight to practitioners to understand and appreciate the role of SC in explaining the EO of SMEs and how GSPs can enhance the EO and SMEs performance relationship.

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Zaato, S.G., Ismail, M., Uthamaputhran, S., Owusu-Ansah, W., Owusu, J. (2021). The Influence of Entrepreneurial Orientation on SMEs Performance in Ghana: The Role of Social Capital and Government Support Policies. In: Alareeni, B., Hamdan, A., Elgedawy, I. (eds) The Importance of New Technologies and Entrepreneurship in Business Development: In The Context of Economic Diversity in Develo** Countries. ICBT 2020. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 194. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69221-6_96

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