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Strategic Orientation and Sustainable Competitive Performance of Family Firms: Evidence of an Emerging Economy

Khan, Rizwan Ullah, Salamzadeh, Yashar, Abbasi, Munir A., Amin, Ali and Sahar, Noor E. (2022) Strategic Orientation and Sustainable Competitive Performance of Family Firms: Evidence of an Emerging Economy. Journal of Small Business Strategy, 32 (2). pp. 67-82. ISSN 2380-1751

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Abstract

This study tried to shed light on the relationship between strategic orientations and sustainable competitive performance with the mediating effect of strategic flexibility of family-owned SMEs in an emerging economy. This study is significant because family firms need a more flexible and quick organizational structure to respond effectively to external market demands. For achieving fruitful insights, data was collected from family-owned manufacturing firms operating in Islamabad and Rawalpindi verified from Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA). In addition, structured questionnaires were used to collect the data from top management through an online source; for testing the hypotheses, Smart PLS-SEM was deployed. The finding suggests that strategic flexibility firmly explains the mechanism to support the relationship between both strategic orientations (entrepreneurial and market) and sustainable competitive performance. Thus, our study suggests several recommendations to the policymaker and governmental bodies to support the family-owned firms in modifying existing resources according to the market demand.

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Uncontrolled Keywords: Entrepreneurial Orientation Market Orientation Strategic flexibility sustainable competitive performance Family-owned SMEs Pakistan
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Depositing User: Yashar Salamzadeh

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Item ID: 15102
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.53703/001c.32406
ISSN: 2380-1751
URI: http://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/15102
Official URL: https://jsbs.scholasticahq.com/article/32406-strat...

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ORCID for Yashar Salamzadeh: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-6917-2754

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Date Deposited: 26 Sep 2022 15:05
Last Modified: 24 Jan 2023 10:01

Contributors

Author: Yashar Salamzadeh ORCID iD
Author: Rizwan Ullah Khan
Author: Munir A. Abbasi
Author: Ali Amin
Author: Noor E. Sahar

University Divisions

Faculty of Business, Law and Tourism > Sunderland Business School

Subjects

Business and Management > Business
Business and Management > Business and Management
Business and Management > Management (general)

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