Interplay between entrepreneurial characteristics, organisational structure, corporate culture and SME performance: empirical results from Fiji Islands

Sonal Singh, R.D. Pathak, Himanshu Shee, Azhar Kazmi and David Parker

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 2013, vol. 18, issue 2, 229-246

Abstract: This paper demonstrates how entrepreneurial characteristics, organisational structure and corporate culture combine synergistically within an eclectic framework of performance influenced by corporate growth, managements optimism and product diversification in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Fiji Islands. Data analysis and key findings from a survey of 360 respondents indicate that performance of SMEs is neither influenced by the age nor the education level of the entrepreneur but rather their gender and ethnicity. Competitor orientation contributes more to the performance of SMEs than customer orientation. The implications of these findings with respect to SMEs in Fiji are discussed.

Keywords: entrepreneurial characteristics; organisational structure; corporate culture; Fiji Islands; SME performance; SMEs; small and medium-sized enterprises; entrepreneurship; corporate growth; management optimism; product diversification; gender; ethnicity; competitor orientation; firm performance; customer orientation. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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