International Journal of Professional Business Review, Jul 31, 2018
Information security risk assessments enable SMEs to identify their key information assets and ri... more Information security risk assessments enable SMEs to identify their key information assets and risks in order to develop effective and economically-viable control strategies. In Kenya, SMEs employ about 85 percent of the workforce. The need to link ISRA with firm performance has become vital for firms striving to achieve superior performance. However, limited attention has been paid to the link and more so to the moderating role of EO on ISRA-firm performance relationship model. To better understand this relationship, this paper employed a mixed methods research guided by a cross-sectional research design. Quantitative and qualitative techniques were employed to analyze the collected data using SPSS, Ms-Excel, AMOS, SmartPLS, STATA, R-GUI and ATLAS.ti analytical softwares. Analyses were conducted using a two-phase process consisting of CFA and SEM. The theoretical models and hypotheses were tested based on empirical data gathered from 94 SMEs in the 2013 Top 100 Survey. The study found that ISRA was a significant predictor of firm performance. The results also revealed that entrepreneurial orientation significantly moderated the relationship between ISRA and firm performance in Kenya. This study will enhance the skill set in Kenyan SMEs and produce a more sustainable solution.
International Journal of Professional Business Review, Dec 27, 2017
This study explored moderating role of entrepreneurial orientation on the relationship between In... more This study explored moderating role of entrepreneurial orientation on the relationship between Information Technology Competence and firm performance in Kenya. The impact of IT on FP remains debatable to-date because some results of previous studies have had high variations resulting from diversities in the conceptualization of the key constructs and their interrelationship, coupled with the exclusion of intangible effect of IT on performance. In Kenya, SMEs employ about 85 percent of the workforce. The need to link ITC with FP has become vital for firms striving to achieve superior performance. However, limited attention has been paid to the link and more so to the moderating role of EO on ITC-FP relationship model. To better understand this relationship, this paper adopted a mixed methods research guided by cross-sectional survey design. Quantitative and qualitative techniques were employed to analyze the collected data using SPSS, Ms-Excel, AMOS, SmartPLS, STATA, R-GUI and ATLAS.ti analytical softwares. Analyses were conducted using a two-phase process consisting of CFA and SEM models. The theoretical models and hypotheses were tested based on empirical data gathered from 94 SMEs in the 2013 Top 100 Survey. The study found that ITC had a positive relationship with FP. The results also revealed that EO did not significantly moderate the relationship between ITC and FP in Kenya. However, when run with the interaction term, the Technical (ITC and ISRA)*EO was statistically significant at 10% α-level. This study will enhance the skill set in Kenyan SMEs and produce a more sustainable solution.
Information and communication technology (ICT) increases productivity and operational efficiency,... more Information and communication technology (ICT) increases productivity and operational efficiency, reduces costs, impacts on intangible assets such as quality improvement in design processes and inventory management. Organizations have embraced computer based information systems (CBIS) in their managerial functions of planning, coordinating, directing, controlling and decision making to improve on their organizational performance. However, several organizations have posted mixed results in their performance following the adoption of CBIS. Globally, the importance of CBIS in organizations can be best demonstrated by the amount of investment organizations put in on these technologies with worldwide spending reaching US$ 3.8 trillion in 2014 in hardware, software, IT services and telecommunications. In Kenya, the importance of CBIS has been experienced in several sectors including Safaricom's M-Pesa money transfer platform which has been ranked as one of the best in the world. The p...
International Journal of Professional Business Review, Jul 31, 2018
Information security risk assessments enable SMEs to identify their key information assets and ri... more Information security risk assessments enable SMEs to identify their key information assets and risks in order to develop effective and economically-viable control strategies. In Kenya, SMEs employ about 85 percent of the workforce. The need to link ISRA with firm performance has become vital for firms striving to achieve superior performance. However, limited attention has been paid to the link and more so to the moderating role of EO on ISRA-firm performance relationship model. To better understand this relationship, this paper employed a mixed methods research guided by a cross-sectional research design. Quantitative and qualitative techniques were employed to analyze the collected data using SPSS, Ms-Excel, AMOS, SmartPLS, STATA, R-GUI and ATLAS.ti analytical softwares. Analyses were conducted using a two-phase process consisting of CFA and SEM. The theoretical models and hypotheses were tested based on empirical data gathered from 94 SMEs in the 2013 Top 100 Survey. The study found that ISRA was a significant predictor of firm performance. The results also revealed that entrepreneurial orientation significantly moderated the relationship between ISRA and firm performance in Kenya. This study will enhance the skill set in Kenyan SMEs and produce a more sustainable solution.
International Journal of Professional Business Review, Dec 27, 2017
This study explored moderating role of entrepreneurial orientation on the relationship between In... more This study explored moderating role of entrepreneurial orientation on the relationship between Information Technology Competence and firm performance in Kenya. The impact of IT on FP remains debatable to-date because some results of previous studies have had high variations resulting from diversities in the conceptualization of the key constructs and their interrelationship, coupled with the exclusion of intangible effect of IT on performance. In Kenya, SMEs employ about 85 percent of the workforce. The need to link ITC with FP has become vital for firms striving to achieve superior performance. However, limited attention has been paid to the link and more so to the moderating role of EO on ITC-FP relationship model. To better understand this relationship, this paper adopted a mixed methods research guided by cross-sectional survey design. Quantitative and qualitative techniques were employed to analyze the collected data using SPSS, Ms-Excel, AMOS, SmartPLS, STATA, R-GUI and ATLAS.ti analytical softwares. Analyses were conducted using a two-phase process consisting of CFA and SEM models. The theoretical models and hypotheses were tested based on empirical data gathered from 94 SMEs in the 2013 Top 100 Survey. The study found that ITC had a positive relationship with FP. The results also revealed that EO did not significantly moderate the relationship between ITC and FP in Kenya. However, when run with the interaction term, the Technical (ITC and ISRA)*EO was statistically significant at 10% α-level. This study will enhance the skill set in Kenyan SMEs and produce a more sustainable solution.
Information and communication technology (ICT) increases productivity and operational efficiency,... more Information and communication technology (ICT) increases productivity and operational efficiency, reduces costs, impacts on intangible assets such as quality improvement in design processes and inventory management. Organizations have embraced computer based information systems (CBIS) in their managerial functions of planning, coordinating, directing, controlling and decision making to improve on their organizational performance. However, several organizations have posted mixed results in their performance following the adoption of CBIS. Globally, the importance of CBIS in organizations can be best demonstrated by the amount of investment organizations put in on these technologies with worldwide spending reaching US$ 3.8 trillion in 2014 in hardware, software, IT services and telecommunications. In Kenya, the importance of CBIS has been experienced in several sectors including Safaricom's M-Pesa money transfer platform which has been ranked as one of the best in the world. The p...
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