Entrepreneurial orientation, competencies, and access to finance in MSMEs: a PLS-SEM analysis of business innovation and performance

Abstract The present study assesses the implications of entrepreneurial orientation (EO), the availability of financial resources, and the entrepreneurial competencies on business innovation among Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in an emerging economy framework and consequent, the performance of small businesses in terms of the resource-based perspective and dynamic capabilities perspective. In SmartPLS, partial least squares structural equation modeling was used to analyze survey d