Examination of The Effects of Partnership Capabilities and Entrepreneurship Orientation on Innovation Performance and Export Performance

Year 2023, Volume: 38 Issue: 3, 646 - 669, 05.09.2023

Fatma Sönmez Çakır , Songül Yesilot Zehir , Zafer Adıgüzel

https://doi.org/10.24988/ije.1147271

Abstract

For the research, data were collected from senior managers working in jointly established export-oriented ventures. The reason for choosing these initiatives is to examine whether partnership capabilities and entrepreneurial orientations' effects on export performance and innovation performance are successful in ventures established with export-oriented partnerships. Since the research is conducted in organizational areas where export-oriented enterprises are concentrated, it is an innovative study, and at the same time, the sample group of the research consists of ventures established in partnership. Data were collected from 601 senior employees for modeling and testing, and the lists registered with technoparks, entrepreneur associations, and entrepreneur foundations in Istanbul/Turkey were used. SmartPLS 3.3.5 was used for analysis. As a result of the data analysis in the research, it can be explained that both partnership abilities and entrepreneurial orientations positively affect export and innovation performances. These results show how important talents are in export-oriented ventures established in partnership. When the limitations of the research are evaluated, it will not be correct to generalize the research results since the data obtained from the enterprises registered to technoparks, entrepreneur associations, and entrepreneurial foundations operating in Istanbul represent a specific region. For this reason, it is recommended that the results obtained in this study should be evaluated only according to the sample group, and this situation should be taken into account in future studies.

Keywords

Partnership Capabilities, Entrepreneurship Orientation, Innovation Performance, Export Performance

Ortaklık Yetenekleri ve Girişim Yönelimi’nin İnovasyon ve İhracat Performansına Etkilerinin İncelenmesi

Abstract

Araştırma için, ortaklıkla kurulan ihracata yönelik girişimlerde çalışan üst düzey yöneticilerden veriler toplanmıştır. Bu girişimlerin seçilmesinin nedeni, ihracata yönelik ortaklıklarla kurulan girişimlerde ortaklık yeteneklerinin ve girişimcilik yönelimlerinin hem ihracat performansı hem de inovasyon performansı üzerindeki etkilerinin başarılı olup olmadığını incelemektir. Araştırma ihracata yönelik girişimlerin yoğun olarak bulunduğu organizasyonel alanlarda yürütüldüğünden yenilikçi bir çalışmadır ve aynı zamanda araştırmanın örneklem grubunu ortaklıkla kurulmuş girişimler oluşturmaktadır. Modelleme ve test için 601 üst düzey çalışandan veriler toplanmış ve İstanbul/Türkiye'deki teknoparklar, girişimci dernekleri ve girişimci vakıflarına kayıtlı listelerden yararlanılmıştır. Analiz için SmartPLS 3.3.5 kullanılmıştır. Araştırmada verilerin analizi sonucunda hem ortaklık yeteneklerinin hem de girişimcilik yönelimlerinin ihracat ve yenilik performansları üzerinde olumlu bir etkiye sahip olduğu açıklanabilmektedir. Bu sonuçlar ortaklıkla kurulan ihracata yönelik girişimlerde yeteneklerin ne kadar çok önemli olduğunu göstermektedir. Araştırmanın kısıtları değerlendirildiğinde, İstanbul'da faaliyet gösteren teknoparklar, girişimci dernekleri ve girişimci vakıflarına kayıtlı girişimlerden elde edilen veriler belirli bir bölgeyi temsil ettiğinden dolayı araştırma sonuçlarını genellemek doğru olmayacaktır. Bu nedenle bu çalışmada elde edilen sonuçların sadece örneklem grubuna göre değerlendirilmesi ve ileride yapılacak araştırmalarda bu durumun dikkate alınması önerilmektedir.

Keywords

Ortaklık Yetenekleri, Girişimci Odaklılık, İnovasyon Performansı, İhracat Performansı

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