How Knowledge Sharing Behaves in Technopreneurship and Entrepreneurial Outcomes

Abstract

Technopreneurship is considered to reconfigure entrepreneurial outcomes, but how knowledge sharing moderates the interaction is an academic and practical concern. In pursuit of knowledge, data were collected through the primary sources (questionnaire) after establishing the questionnaire’s validity and reliability. Findings revealed that technopreneurship and knowledge sharing individually affected entrepreneurial outcomes. However, knowledge sharing could not significantly moderate the interaction between technopreneurship and entrepreneurial outcomes. Hence, the recommendation was anchored on improving knowledge sharing, technopreneurship, and managerial dexterity of owners and managers.

Does Knowledge Sharing and Technopreneurship Affect Entrepreneurial Outcomes in Developing Economies? Using The SME and ANOVA Approaches

“…In addition, the empirical report demonstrates that 83.9% of MSMEs were negatively affected by the pandemic, while 29% of MSMEs startups ceased operations as a direct result of the pandemic [2] . MSMEs created 80 percent of jobs in Nigeria [3,4] , generating 49.78 percent of the country's GDP [2] . Despite these contributions, the most superficial assessments demonstrate that approximately four of every five SMEs do not make it past the first five years after its founding due to a lack of experience, inadequate ambidexterity, and poor information sharing [5] .…”

“…Additionally, traditional indexes, such as financial and non-financial outcomes, implemented to assess the outcomes of MSMEs offer a universal measurement denominator relevant. Regardless of the outcome measurements that are used, the daunting issue posed by the performance of micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in the majority of countries around the world is unavoidable [2] . The expansion and growth of micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) slowed due to political upheaval, structural issues, ambidexterity, weakness, and low-profit margins [2] .…”

“…Regardless of the outcome measurements that are used, the daunting issue posed by the performance of micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in the majority of countries around the world is unavoidable [2] . The expansion and growth of micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) slowed due to political upheaval, structural issues, ambidexterity, weakness, and low-profit margins [2] . In addition, the empirical report demonstrates that 83.9% of MSMEs were negatively affected by the pandemic, while 29% of MSMEs startups ceased operations as a direct result of the pandemic [2] .…”

“…The expansion and growth of micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) slowed due to political upheaval, structural issues, ambidexterity, weakness, and low-profit margins [2] . In addition, the empirical report demonstrates that 83.9% of MSMEs were negatively affected by the pandemic, while 29% of MSMEs startups ceased operations as a direct result of the pandemic [2] . MSMEs created 80 percent of jobs in Nigeria [3,4] , generating 49.78 percent of the country's GDP [2] .…”

“…In this process, people acquire, assimilate, and organize newly formed knowledge and align with pre-existing structures. It proposes and compares entrepreneurship to the experiential approach by which enterprising persons continuously receive expertise during their professional lives, consequently increasing their overall business performance [2,17,18] . In addition, the researchers provided their opinion that knowledge collecting is a shared understanding of gathering information from employees, consumers, and other related parties.…”