The effects of organizational learning and entrepreneurial orientation on the corporate performance of Argentinean, Mexican, and Ecuadorian MSMEs

Nicolás Salvador Beltramino (), Luis Enrique Valdez-Juárez (), Juan Marcelo Ingaramo (), Lilia Carina Gazzaniga () and Natalia Andrea Beltramino ()
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Nicolás Salvador Beltramino: Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7900-3014
Luis Enrique Valdez-Juárez: Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora - Guaymas, Sonora, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3754-4349
Juan Marcelo Ingaramo: Universidad Nacional de Villa María - Córdoba, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5148-6886
Lilia Carina Gazzaniga: Universidad Nacional de Villa María - Córdoba, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7527-7301
Natalia Andrea Beltramino: Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6821-8968

Small Business International Review, 2023, vol. 7, issue 1, e503

Abstract: The aim of this study is to analyze the effects of Organizational Learning (OL) and Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO) on the profitability of MSMEs. To this end, field research was conducted on a sample of 1,620 companies located in Argentina (630), Mexico (550), and Ecuador (440). The data collection was carried out between May and September 2020, through a structured questionnaire addressed to the highest level of the company. The results were analyzed and validated using the partial least square (PLS) structural equation modeling (SEM) statistical technique. This work contributes to the development of the literature on dynamic capabilities, social capital theory, and stakeholder theory. Our results reveal that Entrepreneurial Orientation is a determinant variable for generating better Environmental Corporate Social Responsibility (ESCR) practices and is key to increasing the financial profitability of MSMEs. Furthermore, it is found that ESCR is a variable that partially mediates between EO and the Performance of MSMEs.

Keywords: entrepreneurial orientation; organizational learning; environmental corporate social responsibility; innovative attitude; risk-taking; performance; micro, small and medium enterprises (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M14 M15 O34 O36 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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