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1. Creating as an entrepreneurial competence, innovation and performance of value-system actors in Kenya's leather industry

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Simon Kamuri

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Creating, Entrepreneurial competence, Innovation, Value-system actors, Leather industry, Performance, Science
Abstract

The purpose of this paper was to explore creating as a behavioural attribute of entrepreneurship and its relationship with innovation and performance outcomes from an industry ecosystem perspective. A mixed design approach was adopted which involved exploration of the creating, innovation and performance constructs as adapted from previous studies, and a diagnosis of their hypothesized relationship. Quantitative data was collected in a mixed sampling of fifty-eight Nairobi-based Leather Articles Entrepreneurs Association (LAEA) members and ten industry support organizations. A seventy-six percent response rate was achieved from leaders as key informants of a representative sample of the leather value-system actors in Kenya. Instrument reliability was established using the Delphi Technique and a pilot study (Cronbach's Alpha 0.717 – 0.761). Principal Component Analysis was used to explore the constructs before inferential analysis.The study showed creating, innovation and performance as valid constructs. Creating and innovation had a significant and positive causal relationship with performance of value-system actors in Kenya's leather industry (R2=0.135 p

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2021
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3. Entrepreneurial Drive and Performance in an Industry Ecosystem

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Simon Kamuri, Author and Simon Kamuri, Author

Subjects
Leather industry and trade--Research--Kenya, Entrepreneurship, Industrial ecology--Case studies
Abstract

This book will further knowledge and invite the exchange of ideas in academia, policy and practice of entrepreneurship from an ecosystem perspective. It spotlights an increasingly important perspective of understanding and developing individual entrepreneurship that can impact businesses, industries, economies and societies. It uniquely examines the link between individual entrepreneurship and the competitive performance of actors in an industry, using Kenya's leather industry as an illustrative case. The book provides conceptual models of entrepreneurial drive as a valid construct that should guide understanding and interventions for developing entrepreneurship in academia, practice and policy. Thus, it acknowledges the role of individuals, their entrepreneurial abilities, the diverse roles they play in an industry and the resultant potential in innovation and broad-based performance outcomes. Coming at a time where entrepreneurship and innovation attention are centred on knowledge-based industries, this book uses the case of a primary or factor-driven industry to re-focus attention on an area of economic advantage that is typical of African countries.

Published
2023

4. Entrepreneurial Orientation, Innovation and Performance of Value-system Actors

Author

Simon Kamuri

Subjects
Entrepreneurial orientation, Value system, Business, Industrial organization
Abstract

The purpose of this study was to explore entrepreneurial orientation as a cognitive construct attributable to individuals and its relationship with innovation and performance from an industry ecosystem perspective. The study adopted a mixed design approach involving exploration of the factors and a diagnosis of their hypothesized relationships. A mixed sampling of members of a leather industry association and the linked industry institutions was carried out with a 76% response rate achieved. Quantitative data was collected from key decision-makers as informants of firms in Kenya’s leather industry using a questionnaire for guided interviews. The Delphi Technique and a pilot study (Cronbach’s Alpha 0.700 – 0.772) were used to establish instrument reliability. Factor analysis was performed on the study variables using Principal Component Analysis before inferential analysis. Entrepreneurial orientation showed validity as a second-order latent construct comprising three cognitive dimensions, namely vision for growth, opportunity recognition and calculated risk-taking. Entrepreneurial orientation and its antecedents were established as determinants of performance of value-system actors in an industry (R2=0.422, F=13.417, p=0.000). It further showed that this relationship is partially mediated by innovation by the firms (Sobel test Z-value = 3.30449610, p=0.00095147). The study recommends extension of this research to other industries.

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2021
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