Supportive tactics for innovative and sustainability performance in emerging SMEs

Abstract For this research, we examined the influence of access to domestic and international financing on sustainability performance with a mediating role of innovative performance and a moderating role of access to government support. Data were collected from 317 small and medium-sized enterprises...

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Autores principales: Farid Ullah, Ma Degong, Muhammad Anwar, Saddam Hussain, Rizwan Ullah
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:2e8f030fa3c146a08a7ca6c13476fab32021-11-14T12:25:11ZSupportive tactics for innovative and sustainability performance in emerging SMEs10.1186/s40854-021-00284-82199-4730https://doaj.org/article/2e8f030fa3c146a08a7ca6c13476fab32021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s40854-021-00284-8https://doaj.org/toc/2199-4730Abstract For this research, we examined the influence of access to domestic and international financing on sustainability performance with a mediating role of innovative performance and a moderating role of access to government support. Data were collected from 317 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) through structured questionnaires. The results indicated that access to domestic and international financing significantly contributes to sustainability and innovative performances. Accordingly, we found a partial mediating role of innovative performance between access to domestic financing and sustainability performance as well as between access to international financing and sustainability performance. Access to government support significantly moderates the relationship between access to domestic finances and innovative performance as well as between access to international finances and innovative performance. Practitioners and policymakers should encourage national and international financial institutions and banks to facilitate SMEs by lending them funds for innovative activities and sustainability performance. Moreover, the government should support SMEs, so that they can contribute to economic growth and the gross domestic product. The implications from these matters will be further discussed in this paper.Farid UllahMa DegongMuhammad AnwarSaddam HussainRizwan UllahSpringerOpenarticleDomestic financeGovernment supportInternational financeForeign direct investmentInnovative performanceSustainabilityPublic financeK4430-4675FinanceHG1-9999ENFinancial Innovation, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-31 (2021)
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language EN
topic Domestic finance
Government support
International finance
Foreign direct investment
Innovative performance
Sustainability
Public finance
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Finance
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spellingShingle Domestic finance
Government support
International finance
Foreign direct investment
Innovative performance
Sustainability
Public finance
K4430-4675
Finance
HG1-9999
Farid Ullah
Ma Degong
Muhammad Anwar
Saddam Hussain
Rizwan Ullah
Supportive tactics for innovative and sustainability performance in emerging SMEs
description Abstract For this research, we examined the influence of access to domestic and international financing on sustainability performance with a mediating role of innovative performance and a moderating role of access to government support. Data were collected from 317 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) through structured questionnaires. The results indicated that access to domestic and international financing significantly contributes to sustainability and innovative performances. Accordingly, we found a partial mediating role of innovative performance between access to domestic financing and sustainability performance as well as between access to international financing and sustainability performance. Access to government support significantly moderates the relationship between access to domestic finances and innovative performance as well as between access to international finances and innovative performance. Practitioners and policymakers should encourage national and international financial institutions and banks to facilitate SMEs by lending them funds for innovative activities and sustainability performance. Moreover, the government should support SMEs, so that they can contribute to economic growth and the gross domestic product. The implications from these matters will be further discussed in this paper.
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author Farid Ullah
Ma Degong
Muhammad Anwar
Saddam Hussain
Rizwan Ullah
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Muhammad Anwar
Saddam Hussain
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title Supportive tactics for innovative and sustainability performance in emerging SMEs
title_short Supportive tactics for innovative and sustainability performance in emerging SMEs
title_full Supportive tactics for innovative and sustainability performance in emerging SMEs
title_fullStr Supportive tactics for innovative and sustainability performance in emerging SMEs
title_full_unstemmed Supportive tactics for innovative and sustainability performance in emerging SMEs
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