Does leadership matter in innovation and new business venturing? testing the mediating effect of absorptive capacity

This study aims to investigate whether leadership matters in promoting innovation and new business venturing. Using survey questionnaire, data is collected from the manufacturing SMEs of Pakistan. Structural equation modeling (SEM) technique is used for analysis. The results demonstrate that tr...

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Main Authors: Beh, L.S., Imran, S.
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://eprints.um.edu.my/16287/1/0001.pdf
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description This study aims to investigate whether leadership matters in promoting innovation and new business venturing. Using survey questionnaire, data is collected from the manufacturing SMEs of Pakistan. Structural equation modeling (SEM) technique is used for analysis. The results demonstrate that transformational leadership has positive influence on innovation, new business venturing and corporate entrepreneurship Absorptive capacity also has a mediating effect between transformational leadership with innovation and new business venturing.
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spelling um.eprints-162872016-08-22T08:16:52Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/16287/ Does leadership matter in innovation and new business venturing? testing the mediating effect of absorptive capacity Beh, L.S. Imran, S. Business cycles. Economic fluctuations This study aims to investigate whether leadership matters in promoting innovation and new business venturing. Using survey questionnaire, data is collected from the manufacturing SMEs of Pakistan. Structural equation modeling (SEM) technique is used for analysis. The results demonstrate that transformational leadership has positive influence on innovation, new business venturing and corporate entrepreneurship Absorptive capacity also has a mediating effect between transformational leadership with innovation and new business venturing. 2016 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.um.edu.my/16287/1/0001.pdf Beh, L.S. and Imran, S. (2016) Does leadership matter in innovation and new business venturing? testing the mediating effect of absorptive capacity. In: 3rd International Conference on Innovations in Business and Management, 22-24 June 2016, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
spellingShingle Business cycles. Economic fluctuations
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Does leadership matter in innovation and new business venturing? testing the mediating effect of absorptive capacity
title Does leadership matter in innovation and new business venturing? testing the mediating effect of absorptive capacity
title_full Does leadership matter in innovation and new business venturing? testing the mediating effect of absorptive capacity
title_fullStr Does leadership matter in innovation and new business venturing? testing the mediating effect of absorptive capacity
title_full_unstemmed Does leadership matter in innovation and new business venturing? testing the mediating effect of absorptive capacity
title_short Does leadership matter in innovation and new business venturing? testing the mediating effect of absorptive capacity
title_sort does leadership matter in innovation and new business venturing testing the mediating effect of absorptive capacity
topic Business cycles. Economic fluctuations
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/16287/1/0001.pdf
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