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This research was conducted with the aim to analyze the influence of entrepreneurial orientation, market orientation and product innovation on marketing performance in culinary MSMEs in Kesambi District. This research method uses quantitative research methods. The results showed that the first hypothesis was accepted, which means that entrepreneurial orientation has a positive and significant effect on the marketing performance of the Research. The results showed that the second hypothesis was accepted, which means that market orientation has a positive and significant effect on marketing performance. The results showed that the third hypothesis was accepted, which means that product innovation has a positive and significant effect on marketing performance. The results showed that the fourth hypothesis was accepted, which means that Entrepreneurial Orientation, Market Orientation and Product Innovation have a positive and significant effect simultaneously on marketing performance. Based on the results of the analysis that has been described regarding the influence of entrepreneurial orientation, market orientation and product innovation on the marketing performance of culinary MSMEs in the city of Cirebon, especially in Kesambi District, it is concluded that Entrepreneurial Orientation has a positive and significant effect on Marketing Performance. Market Orientation has a positive and significant effect on Marketing Performance. Product Innovation has a positive and significant effect on Marketing Performance. Entrepreneurial Orientation, Market Orientation and Product Innovation have a positive and significant effect simultaneously on marketing performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Despite concerted scholarly and managerial interests in sustainability, integrating the principle of sustainable development in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) remains an elusive goal. This article examines the complex interdependent nature of three strategic orientations (entrepreneurial orientation, market orientation, and sustainability orientation) and two external environmental conditions (competitive intensity and institutional support) and how they may jointly affect SME's financial, social, and environmental goals (triple bottom line or TBL)—in a nonlinear, configurational way. In accordance with this broad objective, the authors utilize fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) on a sample of 289 SMEs operating in a developing economy. This approach enables nuanced detection of the various ways in which causal conditions (i.e., strategic orientations) and contextual conditions (i.e., external environmental factors) together can lead to the presence and absence of TBL. The analyses reveal complex causality between TBL and its antecedent conditions that cannot be explained solely by isolated net effects. Specifically, for each TBL dimension, two distinctive configurations are found to be consistently sufficient, thereby providing important theoretical and managerial implications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The studies reveal inconsistent results, probably due to the omission of the mediating and moderating roles of market orientation (MO) and environmental dynamism (ED). To explicitly address this gap, this study investigates how EO influences performance in selected municipalities of Limpopo Province: the role of MO and ED. The data was collected from 403 respondents across Capricorn and Sekhukhune district Municipalities. The data was analysed using SmartPLS 4.0. The empirical findings of this study show that there is a significant positive relationship between EO and the performance of SMMEs. The study further shows that the relationship between EO and performance is partially mediated by MO and the relationship is also moderated by ED at an average weight. The contributions of this study are (i) that it unravels EO as a uni-dimesional construct and the effect it has on performance. The second contribution is assessing the roles of mediating and moderating variables that influence the EO-performance nexus. This paper fills a gap in the literature by exploring external business variables mediating and moderating the relationship between EO and performance and contributes to the discussion on the contradictory results regarding the relationship between EO and performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The current study aims to elucidate the critical importance of preemptive market exploitability as a bridging concept for solving the inconsistent findings on the role of entrepreneurial orientation in enhanced marketing performance. Rooted on the resource advantage theory of competition (RAToC), the preemptive move is postulated as a strategic orientation for reaching a competitive positional advantage in the market when supported by a strong entrepreneurial orientation complemented with a solid quality-based differentiation. A survey method was used to collect data after inviting four hundred owner-managers of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to participate in this study. The structural equation modelling software AMOS tested our proposed hypotheses. The quantitative analysis resulted in accepting the proposed premises with several significant findings. The most important finding is that companies should invest in preemptive market exploitability as a strategic asset for high marketing performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]