“…Numerous studies have examined the contributing factors of SMEs' export performance such as entrepreneurial orientation (Amin, Thurasamy, Aldakhil, and Kaswuri, 2016;Boso, Oghazi, Cadogan and Story, 2016;Felzensztein, Ciravegna, Robson and Amorós, 2015;Imran et al, 2018a), business network (Ajayi, 2016;Imran et al, 2017c;Serrano, Acero and Fernandez-Olmos, 2016;Shneor et al, 2016;Yan, He and Cheng, 2017), total quality management (Abeykoon and de Alwis, 2016;Imran et al, 2018a;Imran, Hamid, and Aziz, 2018b;Lages, Silva, and Styles, 2009), and export market orientation (Cadogan et al, 2016;Imran et al, 2017c;Samson and Mahmood, 2015;Singh and Mahmood, 2013). Entrepreneurial orientation (EO) is a managerial capability that enables firms to embark on innovation, proactiveness, and risk-taking initiatives to sustain the firms' competitive advantage (Imran et al, 2017c; in employment and 35 percent in exports (Bijaoui, 2017).…”