Effect of entrepreneurial orientation on radical innovation performance among manufacturing SMEs: the mediating role of absorptive capacity
Summary. Manufacturing SMEs in Ghana that combine entrepreneurial orientation with strong absorptive capacity—the ability to acquire and apply new knowledge—achieve significantly better radical innovation performance. The study shows that both potential absorptive capacity (acquiring knowledge) and realized absorptive capacity (applying knowledge) mediate this relationship, with balance between the two capacities producing the strongest innovation outcomes.
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Sarsah, S. A., Tian, H., Dogbe, C. S. K., Bamfo, B. A., & Pomegbe, W. W. K.. (2020). Effect of entrepreneurial orientation on radical innovation performance among manufacturing SMEs: the mediating role of absorptive capacity. Journal of strategy and management. https://doi.org/10.1108/jsma-03-2020-0053
Sarsah, Sampson Ato, et al. “Effect of entrepreneurial orientation on radical innovation performance among manufacturing SMEs: the mediating role of absorptive capacity.” Journal of strategy and management, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1108/jsma-03-2020-0053.
Sarsah, Sampson Ato, Hongyun Tian, Courage Simon Kofi Dogbe, Bylon Abeeku Bamfo, and Wisdom Wise Kwabla Pomegbe. 2020. “Effect of entrepreneurial orientation on radical innovation performance among manufacturing SMEs: the mediating role of absorptive capacity.” Journal of strategy and management. https://doi.org/10.1108/jsma-03-2020-0053.
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title = {Effect of entrepreneurial orientation on radical innovation performance among manufacturing SMEs: the mediating role of absorptive capacity},
author = {Sampson Ato Sarsah and Hongyun Tian and Courage Simon Kofi Dogbe and Bylon Abeeku Bamfo and Wisdom Wise Kwabla Pomegbe},
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doi = {10.1108/jsma-03-2020-0053},
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- DOI
- 10.1108/jsma-03-2020-0053
- Countries
- Ghana
- Regions
- Africa
- Categories
- entrepreneurship, innovation-theory, general-innovation
- Added
- 2026-04-28