Determinants of SMEs' Performance: The Case of Kyaing Tong, Eastern Shan State, Myanmar.
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This research aims to investigate the correlation between entrepreneurial competencies, external factors, firm characteristics, location, market orientation and the performance of SMEs in the Kyaing Tong area, Myanmar. The target population is SME owners from that area who run their firms with less than 50 workers. 331 participants returned completed and usable questionnaires. A Pearson Correlation Coefficient analysis tool was employed to test the hypotheses. In this study, the researcher has found supports for most of the research hypotheses. The results indicate that organizing competencies, strategic competencies, commitment competencies, external factors, nature of firm, firm knowledge, location, customer orientation, competitor orientation, and inter-functional orientation play have a positive impact on the performance of these SMEs. No association, however, was found between opportunity competencies, relationship competencies, conceptual competencies, and size of firm and SMEs’ performances.
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Oo, H. M. (2014). Determinants of SMEs’ Performance: The Case of Kyaing Tong, Eastern Shan State, Myanmar. AU-GSB E-JOURNAL, 6(2). Retrieved from http://www.assumptionjournal.au.edu/index.php/AU-GSB/article/view/455
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