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Investigating the Effect of Entrepreneurship Development on the Relationship between Market Orientation, Total Quality Management and SMEs Performance in Kano Halilu Bello Rogo; Mohd Noor Mohd Shariff; Muhammad Haroon Hafeez
International Journal of Supply Chain Management Vol 7, No 2 (2018): International Journal of Supply Chain Management (IJSCM)
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This paper investigates the effect of entrepreneurship development on the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) performance in Kano. The issue of Market Orientation (MO), Total Quality Management (TQM) on the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) performance in Kano state will be an interesting area of research as a centre of commerce in Nigeria. The paper sample consists of 8,286 of all the SMEs operating in Kano state. Out of which 367 questionnaires were administered to respondents concerning the MO and TQM to SMEs performance, 297 were returned. The numbers of the valid questionnaires are 291. The data were analyzed using Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) to determining the effect of the variables of the study. The findings of the paper indicated that entrepreneurship development factors: MO and TQM promoting SMEs performance in Kano state. The results showed a statistically significant positive influence of both MO and TQM to SMEs performance. The finding provides the government, policy maker, SMEDAN and SMEs owners/ managers with the important variables of this MO and TQM to SMEs performance in Nigeria. This paper also made some recommendations for future research.
The Mediating Role of Business Simulations on the Relationship between University Role Entrepreneurship Curriculum and Assessment of Teaching Approaches and Entrepreneurial Inclination Mohd Sufli Yusof; Mohd Noor Mohd Shariff; Muhammad Salman Shabbir; Muhammad Shukri Bakar
International Journal of Supply Chain Management Vol 7, No 4 (2018): International Journal of Supply Chain Management (IJSCM)
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The primary purpose of the paper is provide an insight into present landscape of the role that universities are playing through entrepreneurship curriculum and business simulations in enhancing entrepreneurial inclination of the students through business simulations. The underlying theories of Experiential learning theory, Constructivist learning Theory and Blooms Taxonomy are described in relation with the objectives of the research. This study is conducted in the context of Malaysian Universities. The results of PLS-SEM illustrate that there is a significant positive mediating effect of business simulations on the relationship between entrepreneurship curriculum and contents, assessment of teaching approaches and entrepreneurial inclinations of students at Universiti Utara Malaysia. The present study aimed at providing an overview of the role that is assumed by the institutions of higher education whereas recommendations have been proposed for practitioners and researchers to cope with the challenges that higher education is facing currently. The future agenda of the research on similar lines has also been proposed.