Entrepreneurial Characteristics and Entrepreneurial Orientation in Improving Business Performance of MSME Trading Assisted by the Surabaya Trade Office

Abstract

Purpose: Analyze the effects of entrepreneurial characteristics on business performance through entrepreneurial orientation. Type of the research is causal research.

Design/methodology/approach: Analysis performed under quantitative analysis by using SEM Analysis and PLS to resolve the problem formulation and to know the effect of the determined variables.

Findings: The study result show that: (1) Entrepreneurial Characteristics affects the Entrepreneurship Orientation of MSME business actors; (2) Entrepreneurial Characteristics does not affect the Business Performance of MSME business actors; (3) Entrepreneurship orientation affects business performance in MSME business actors.

Practical implications: Intensify the effort under economic field in order to improving the income.

Originality/value: Originality here.

Paper type: Research paper