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Effects of Firm-Level Entrepreneurship Orientation on Digital Transformation in SMEs: The Moderating Role of Strategic Agility

Published:2024-03-05 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:2194-6175
Container-title:Entrepreneurship Research Journal
language:en
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Author:

Satar Mir Shahid¹^ORCID,Alshibani Safiya Mukhtar²^ORCID,Alarifi Ghadah²

Affiliation:

1. College of Administrative and Financial Sciences , 393453 Saudi Electronic University , Abu Bakr Street , Riyadh , 11673 , Saudi Arabia

2. 112893 Department of Business Administration, College of Business Administration, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University , P.O. Box 84428 , Riyadh , 11671 , Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Abstract The study investigates the effects of firm-level entrepreneurship orientation (EO) dimensions of innovativeness, risk-taking, and proactiveness on digital transformation (DT) in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) while considering their interactions with the organization’s strategic agility. The study hypothesizes that all three firm-level EO dimensions are positively associated with DT within SMEs and that strategic agility positively moderates this effect. The study’s data came from a survey of 122 Saudi SMEs, where digitalization has recently emerged as a potential approach to transforming SMEs. The data analysis results from Smart PLS 3.0 provide complete support for the hypotheses. The study is one of the first to investigate the firm-level EO in the context of DT and provides implications for strategizing the SME’s DT by capitalizing on the firm’s EO intensity. As a result, the study contributes to entrepreneurship and management research vis-à-vis the current digitalization discourse.

Funder

Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Link

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/erj-2023-0267/pdf

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