“…Further, absorptive capacity enhances the effects of entrepreneurial orientation on variability in innovation outcomes (Patel, Kahtamaki, Parida, & Wincent, 2015). Lisboa et al (2016) Entrepreneurial orientation literature in microfinance-supported microenterprises discussed two dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation, that is, proactiveness (Filis, 2004;Panda, 2009aPanda, , 2016a and risktaking behavior (Mel, McKenzie, & Woodruff, 2009;Panda, 2009a;Thapa, 2015). However, the innovativeness in microenterprises did not find a place in microenterprise literature.…”