The Lahore Journal
of Business

The Lahore Journal
of Business

Lahore Journal of Business

(HEC recognized journal in “Y” category)

The Lahore Journal of Business is aimed at providing a specialized forum for dissemination of qualitative and quantitative research in various areas of business administration. The LJB invites researchers, policy makers and analysts to submit original theoretical and empirical papers that explore and contribute to the understanding of various areas in the business domain. The Journal aims at bringing together state-of-art research findings, particularly from emerging markets, in various business disciplines including (but not limited to) accounting, banking, management, marketing, finance, investments, human resource management and organizational behavior.

Unlocking Organizational Innovativeness: Exploring the Role of Entrepreneurial Orientation and Financing in an Emerging Economy

https://doi.org/10.35536/ljb.2024.v11.i2.a2

  • Memoona Kiyani
  • moona_kiani@hotmail.co.uk
  • COMSATS University Islamabad, Wah Campus, Wah Cantt, Pakistan
  • Syeda Tayyaba Ijaz
  • syedatayyaba110@gmail.com
  • Lecturer International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan
  • (Corresponding Author)

Submitted

November 22, 2023

Accepted

November 22, 2023

Accepted

November 22, 2023

  • Received
  • 17 October 2023
  • Revised
  • 6 February 2024
  • Accepted
  • 28 March 2024
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Abstract

Organizations and small startups play a significant role in improving the economic progress of newly industrialized countries. Their contribution to economic growth depends mainly on their innovativeness. Based on the resource-based view theory, this study seeks to understand how these enterprises use internaland external resources to uncover opportunities for innovative practices. Specifically, we examine entrepreneurial orientation (innovativeness, autonomy, risk-taking, competitive aggressiveness and proactiveness) and external financing for ventures. Through a comprehensive survey encompassing 200 ventures in Pakistan, this study reveals the significant impact of three dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation (innovativeness, risk taking, and competitive aggressiveness) and entrepreneurial finance on organizational innovativeness. This finding is important because it contributes to the growing body of literature on entrepreneurial finance and shows how financing influences innovativeness in startups, thus advancing knowledge within this field. Although the study uses a small sample, it serves as a launch pad for further studies to explore different forms of capital and their unique effects on organizational innovativeness

Keywords

Organizational innovativeness

entrepreneurial orientation

entrepreneurial

finance

resource-based view theory

This work is licensed under LJB.

  • Citation

Kiyani, M., & Ijaz, S. T. (2024). Unlocking Organizational Innovativeness: Exploring the Role of Entrepreneurial Orientation and Financing in an Emerging Economy. The Lahore Journal of Business, 11(2), 29-54

https://doi.org/10.35536/ljb.2024.v11.i2.a2

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