Influence Of Internal Factors Research Articles

A study on the influence of internal factors, motivations and policies on entrepreneurial behavior of college students in Guangdong province

This research focuses on Chinese college students, investigating the factors influencing their entrepreneurial intentions and the effectiveness of current innovation and entrepreneurship educational programs. Employing a mixed-methods approach that includes both quantitative surveys and qualitative interviews, the study samples students from key universities to uncover patterns and perceptions around entrepreneurship. Improving the educational framework for innovation and entrepreneurship emerges as a strategic imperative from this study. The findings are significant for refining educational strategies, aiding policy formulation, and guiding the reform of innovation and entrepreneurship education to foster a robust entrepreneurial ecosystem in China. This has profound implications for economic dynamism and addressing the socio-economic challenges of the modern era.

Analysis of factors influencing Chinese vocabulary learning level based on big data technology

In recent years, significant progress has been made in the study of Chinese vocabulary acquisition, and the research content and scope have gradually expanded. Chinese vocabulary is the foundation for understanding and using language, and any language has developed on the basis of Chinese vocabulary. Many studies have shown that there are many factors that affect the acquisition of Chinese vocabulary, and the impact on Chinese vocabulary acquisition is also different. Among them, the influencing factors of Chinese vocabulary acquisition have gradually become a research hotspot, and a large number of related empirical studies have emerged. Based on the big data technology and the random effect model, this paper comprehensively analyzes whether the influencing factors of Chinese vocabulary acquisition as a second language are significant and investigates the effects of internal and external influencing factors, delayed post-test, specific factors and experimental interval time on the learning effect. External factors significantly impact Chinese vocabulary acquisition, including learning style, input factors and input methods. Through the subgroup analysis of the experimental interval, we find that the effect of Chinese vocabulary acquisition decreases with the extension of the experimental interval. Therefore, this paper holds an inverse relationship between the experimental interval and the development of Chinese vocabulary acquisition.

STUDY OF THE COMPETITIVENESS OF UKRAINIAN ENTERPRISES IN COMPARISON WITH ENGLISH ENTERPRISES ON THE EXAMPLE OF PJSC “ZAPORIZHZHIA ABRASIVE PLANT”

The article examines the concept of “competitiveness” and provides the author’s own definition of this economic definition. The factors of internal and external influence on competitiveness are expanded. The dynamics of changes in the number of Ukrainian enterprises in 2012–2022 is analyzed. The activities of PJSC “Zaporizhzhia Abrasive Plant”, production volumes of the main types of products and competitiveness indicators are studied. The strengths and weaknesses of the enterprise, as well as the problems it faces, and the actions it takes to modernize are considered. The reserves for improving the competitiveness of the enterprise PJSC “Zaporizhzhia Abrasive Plant” are identified. The place of Ukraine and the United Kingdom in the global competitiveness index is analyzed. The advantages of doing business in the UK are identified and the main factors affecting the competitiveness of enterprises in both countries are highlighted. Actions to improve the competitiveness of Ukrainian enterprises are proposed.

ПОДХОДЫ К ФОРМИРОВАНИЮ КОМПЛЕКСНОЙ СИСТЕМЫ УПРАВЛЕНИЯ ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКОЙ БЕЗОПАСНОСТЬЮ ПРЕДПРИЯТИЯ

The article outlines issues of economic security at enterprises in the context of global digital business transformation, which are associated with the active use of modern information and communication tools containing various digital risks,. It is noted that modern approaches to the formation of a comprehensive system of economic security should take into account various external and internal factors of influence on the economic entity. The key elements of the management structure are considered, as well as priority directions for the formation of an effective system of economic security of the enterprise, contributing to the maximum reduction of threats and risks of macro and microenvironment. Authors highlight the main stages of operational assessment of the current level of economic security of the organization, which are necessary to maintain the effective functioning of the entire management system, The guidelines for economic security management are defined for. enterprises of various spheres of business, which allows achieving the security of all the departments functioning, as well as their implementation contributes to improving the business activities efficiency.

ЗОВНІШНІ ТА ВНУТРІШНІ ФАКТОРИ РОЗВИТКУ СЕРЕДОВИЩА МІСТА

The article reviews the existing approaches to assessing the impact of external and internal factors on the main aspects of the formation and implementation of development strategies. It is established how factors affect the strategy development process. Indirect external factors include state regulation, political instability of the country, the level of cultural and economic development. External factors that have a direct impact include customers, competitors, shareholders, suppliers and the workforce of the research object. The factors that influence the choice of regional development strategy are analyzed and systematized, and the need to take them into account in the general system of evaluating prospects is argued. Features of external and internal factors are identified, their classification is presented. After analyzing all the factors affecting the city's environmental management system, it can be concluded that for the successful solution of strategic tasks, it is important to carefully determine the impact of each factor on labor market efficiency assessment indicators. The timely and full mobilization of local resources is also key to stimulate the growth and improvement of the system of analysis and planning of the state of the city, as well as its effective management for the future. The need for a detailed analysis of the influence of internal environmental factors on the strategic development of a specific city is highlighted. It is noted that according to the systemic approach to management, the city acts as an open system that works and develops due to the presence of various factors that shape its internal environment. The key characteristics of the internal environment and their main components are defined, taking into account the systemic approach. It is argued that the significance of the influence of the internal factors of the city depends on their interactions, structuring and efficiency of use. The relationship between these elements is mutual and rather complex. Therefore, the effectiveness of marketing depends on the ability of the locality to adapt existing competencies and advantages to the needs of residents and to be able to adapt to attractive segments.

Factors that Influence the Learning Achievement of Students Majoring in Accounting at the Institut Teknologi dan Bisnis Master Pekanbaru

This research aims to determine the influence of internal factors and external factors on the learning achievement of students majoring in accounting at the Master's Institute of Technology and Business. This research is expected to provide evidence that internal factors and external factors can influence whether or not the learning achievement of students majoring in accounting. The population of this research were all students majoring in accounting at the Pekanbaru Masters Institute of Technology and Business. This research method uses a quantitative method by collecting questionnaire data which is distributed to respondents. The sample for this research consisted of 57 respondents from students majoring in accounting at the Pekanbaru Master's Institute of Technology and Business. The data analysis technique used is multiple linear regression. The results of this research showed that the influence of internal factor variables on learning achievement in part obtained a coefficient value of -0.030 with a statistical t test value of -0.266 with a significance of 0.791. Based on the significance value of t, it shows that at the 5% level internal factors do not have a significant effect on the learning achievement of students majoring in accounting. External factors have a significant effect on student learning achievement with a coefficient of 0.598 with a t test of 5.330 and a significance of 0.000. Based on the significance value of t, it shows that at the 5% level external factors have a significant effect on the learning achievement of students majoring in accounting. Internal factors and external factors influence simultaneously, the higher the internal factors and external factors, the more they influence student learning achievement.

Особливості та проблеми дифузії клієнтських баз у діяльності ІТ-підприємств України

The purpose of the study is to identify the features and problems of diffusion of the client base of IT enterprises in Ukraine, to develop recommendations for solution of the latter. The article outlines the general situation in the IT market, in particular, draws attention to its turbulence and high instability of consumer preferences, when supply in the market dominates over demand. The components of the concept of «diffusion of client bases of enterprises» are considered. Under the concept of «diffusion» it is proposed to consider the conception that describes the patterns of distribution of cultural, social, economic and other phenomena, initially concentrated in one or more places, which imply the presence of a certain share of uncertainties, and «client base» – as the main source of business and income of the enterprise, containing information about both existing and potential clients. The main advantages of maintaining a client base of activities are presented, in particular: preservation of data; transfer of a client from one manager to another; analysis of the market situation; assessment of the target audience; formation of marketing strategy and business development. It is noted that client-oriented business management allows to increase the profit and overall efficiency of the enterprise by increasing the amount of revenue from the existing client base, as well as by optimizing operating costs. The stages of formation of the client base of activity for IT enterprises are proposed and detailed as: planning, development, implementation, and analysis. Attention is drawn to the matter that the main indicator of the diffusion of the client base of an IT enterprise is the «drawdown» of sales, which can be caused by both internal and external factors of influence. The statistics of changes in the geography of hiring on the example of the largest domestic IT enterprises, which is one of the indicators of client behavior, has been studied. It is noted that large enterprises do not experience the diffusion of the client base of activity to the same extent as it happens with small companies, so the diffusion of the client base of IT enterprises from Ukraine is not a mass phenomenon. Recommendations to encourage clients to cooperate with Ukrainian IT companies are proposed. Prospects for further research in this direction are the study of the specifics of the recovery of global demand in the IT industry after the recession.

ПРОЕКТ-ПРОГРАММА ПО УПРАВЛЕНИЮ РЕГИОНАЛЬНОЙ СИСТЕМОЙ ЗДРАВООХРАНЕНИЯ ДЛЯ ПОВЫШЕНИЯ ЕЕ СОЦИАЛЬНО-ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКОЙ ЭФФЕКТИВНОСТИ (НА ПРИМЕРЕ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАТАРСТАН)

Updating the available methods of cost management with all its tools, their qualitative extrapolation to the field under study and implementation into it will fully solve the problems facing the domestic healthcare sector due to internal and external factors of influence. A project has been developed to improve the working conditions of medical workers, the level of professionalism of which has sharply increased the requirements for the implementation of government programs. The implementation of the Project is aimed at improving the socio-economic efficiency of medical care, managing achievable goals, internal relations and structures of the regional health system as an open system in which external and internal socio-economic environments are distinguished. The strategy of the project “Program for improving the social protection of medical workers” is the management of internal relations and elements of the healthcare sector at the regional level as an open system in which external and internal socio-economic environments are distinguished to increase its social effectiveness. All elements of this system are interconnected with each other and when choosing the directions of strategic changes in healthcare, it is necessary to take into account that limited financial resources determine the modernization of the healthcare system at all its levels. It requires updating and modernizing the management of internal and external relations, relationships, structures, and costs within them. At the same time, it becomes important to determine the forms of interaction: business models, norms of cooperation, cooperation.

ТЕОРЕТИЧЕСКИЕ АСПЕКТЫ ЭВОЛЮЦИИ ПОНЯТИЯ "УСТОЙЧИВОЕ РАЗВИТИЕ ПРОМЫШЛЕННЫХ СИСТЕМ"

Currently, various approaches to understanding the category "sustainable development" have been formed in the scientific community. This required the systematization and generalization of scientific-theoretical concepts to the phenomenon of this scientific category. The topical relevance of the article is connected with the growing interest of the world scientific community in achieving sustainability in the development of multi-level economic systems. The purpose of the article is to generalize scientific and theoretical concepts on achieving sustainable development of industrial systems and clarify the definition of the specified economic category taking into account the trends formed in different fields of activity. The article uses description, comparative analysis, deduction and induction, generalization as research methods. In the article, the main provisions of the theory of sustainable development are systematized, which allowed to specify its basic terminological apparatus. First, it is shown that in sustainable development, both the category "sustainability" and the category "development" should be distinguished equally. Secondly, stability is proposed to be understood as the ability of elements, subsystems and the system as a whole to return to the balance state, which is favorable for the fulfillment of the goals and tasks assigned to the system, taking into account the limitations and the action of various factors, i.e. The basic components of stability are balance, stability factor and constraints. Based on the results of the study, it is summarized that the sustainable development of an industrial enterprise should be understood as a multifaceted economic category that characterizes the ability of the enterprise to preserve and improve its initial state, taking into account the action of restrictions, as well as factors of internal and external influence. It is proven that the advanced model of sustainable development of the enterprise has a quintile nature of equivalent interrelated components - economic, ecological, social, technological and digital. Levels of sustainable development are divided into mega, macro, meso and micro levels. Economic, investment, technological, energy, logistics, digital, intellectual and other factors are proposed to be distinguished among the factors of sustainable development of the enterprise (by spheres of influence in the structure of the economy and society). The results of the research, presented in the article, can be used in the development of the scientific-theoretical concept of sustainability of industrial systems.

Coupling Effect and Chain Evolution of Urban Rail Transit Emergencies

Emergency events such as fire, flood and COVID-19 occurred in urban rail transit (URT) usually triggered chain effect and evolved into huge disaster. This kind of chain with complexity and uncertainty evolution brought great challenges to the safety management of the system. Thus, the coupling effects of emergencies and then its relationship with the chain evolution is necessary to analyze emphatically. A Graph Evaluation and Review Technique Simulation (GERTS) evolution network is firstly constructed to describe the coupling effect and chain evolution of emergencies. Then, considering the internal and external influencing factors of the emergency chain, a dynamic evolution model of the emergency chain based on Coupled Map Lattice (CML) is proposed. This paper takes fire chain of URT as an example to simulate the evolution process of emergency chain, and analyze the impact of different coupling effects and various influencing factors on the evolution of emergency chain. The results of numerical simulation show that the AND-coupling can significantly inhibit the evolution of emergency events, while the OR-coupling and CO-coupling can expand the impact scope of emergency events. In addition, the evolution speed of emergency events can be controlled by increasing the coupling action time and improving the URT repair ability. When an emergency event occurs, the analysis of coupling effect and the accompanied chain evolution will help managers to make scientific judgment on the development trend of the emergency events and make targeted emergency defense measures.

Analysis of internal and external influencing factors of individual entrepreneurial intention: An empirical study based on global Entrepreneurship Survey

Entrepreneurial activities are the power source of promoting a country’s economic development and social progress. Entrepreneurial intention can well predict entrepreneurial activities. Based on the framework of integration analysis, this paper explores the external and internal factors that affect individual entrepreneurial intention. The binary logistic regression method was used to analyze 121,613 valid data samples from 48 countries in the 2018 Adult Population Survey (APS). The results show that entrepreneurial opportunity, entrepreneurial network, entrepreneurial ability, entrepreneurial attitude, and other internal and external factors have significant positive effects on individual entrepreneurial intention. At the same time, the interaction of internal and external factors has a significant positive effect on individual entrepreneurial intention. The interaction of internal and external factors also has significant positive impact on individual entrepreneurial intention. Individual willingness to start a business is influenced by multiple factors such as entrepreneurial network, entrepreneurial opportunity, entrepreneurial ability, and entrepreneurial attitude. It is a comprehensive balance of an individual’s possible risks, benefits, and abilities to start a business, and a comprehensive result of wanting to do something (external opportunities and network relations), ability (knowledge and skills), and daring to do something (risk attitude).

From Cuisine to Ceremony in Mauritius: A Sociological Study of Cultural Preservation in the Bhojpuri Diaspora

This in-depth study thoroughly investigates the long-term presence of significant elements of cultural identity within the Bhojpuri community residing in Mauritius. The study scrutinises key cultural practices related to food, dancing, music, clothing, religious festivals, and rituals. By conducting a detailed examination of these intricate activities, the research provides unique perspectives on how they foster cultural preservation, social cohesion in the face of variability, and the transmission of cultural knowledge across generations. Significant uncertainties persist regarding further sociocultural aspects that also reinforce the unique cultural legacy of this ethnic group after enduring decades of transformation. The study finds that the community’s firm adherence to traditional North Indian customs, Bhojpuri dance and music, and traditional attire reflects a deeply ingrained cultural habitus. Rituals and festivals such as Durga Puja and Diwali reinforce collective identity and community solidarity. The participation of younger generations in these cultural practices underscores the community’s resilience in maintaining its heritage, despite the challenges of living in a multicultural diasporic setting. The research employs a qualitative methodology, combining in-depth interviews, quasi-participant observation, and archival research to capture the lived experiences of the Bhojpuri community. The primary objectives are to analyse the inter-generational transmission of cultural practices and examine the influence of internal factors like cultural contact and external factors such as market forces and globalisation on maintaining traditional practices. This study emphasises the role of cultural activities in sustaining the socio-cultural fabric of migrant populations while adapting to shifting societal dynamics.

Economic planning at agricultural enterprises: Ukrainian experience of increasing the availability of data in the context of food security

Purpose. The purpose of the research is a comparative assessment of the state of data availability for planning the economic activity of agricultural enterprises, as well as the development of a model for increasing data availability based on the established correlation between socio-economic factors of internal and external influence of agricultural enterprises and readiness to disclose information when receiving consulting services.
 Methodology / approach. The study is based on the results of a survey of agricultural enterprises’ (farms’) managers, collected based on a random sampling, the volume of which satisfies the requirements of representativeness. The results of the research made it possible to conduct a correlation analysis of the dependence model for increasing data availability based on the established correlation between socio-economic factors of internal and external influence of agricultural enterprises and readiness to disclose information when receiving consulting services. The obtained results of the analysis made it possible to confirm the research hypotheses and obtain answers to several research questions.
 Results. The study reveals several dependencies and trends in the formation of openness and availability of data at agricultural enterprises (farms) for the implementation of economic activity planning by third-party consultants/experts. A strong direct connection was established between the unwillingness of enterprises to share management accounting data with third-party experts precisely because of the lack of practice of collecting such data, and not because of privacy concerns or negative past experiences. It was established that at enterprises characterized by a low level of openness to the dissemination of management accounting data, planning work is conducted directly by managers without qualified support of experts or planning is not conducted at all. The results suggest a number of solutions to ensure better access to the data needed for effective planning.
 Originality / scientific novelty. The study concerns the problems of data availability at agricultural enterprises (farms) for the implementation of planning of economic activities by external consultants/experts and uses the method of correlation analysis to establish relationships between variables of the model. The data collection paradigm of agricultural enterprises for planning their activities has been developed. For the first time, the relationship between a number of socio-economic factors and the openness of agricultural enterprises and farms to management consulting was established.
 Practical value / implications. The study formulates a number of proposals for improving the data availability at agricultural enterprises (farms) for the implementation of economic activity planning by third-party consultants/experts, which can be used by regional and state development agencies; state and private scientific institutions; governmental and non-governmental organizations; product manufacturers; legislators, etc., when developing support programs for agricultural producers to motivate them to use more effective planning tools, as well as when determining areas of activity for the regional advisory centers, taking into account the priority tasks in the sphere of planning data collection and analysis at agricultural enterprises and farms. Further studies of the data availability for planning the economic activity of agricultural enterprises are possible on the basis of the current study.

Applying Learning and Self-Adaptation to Dynamic Scheduling

Real-world production scheduling scenarios are often not discrete, separable, iterative tasks but rather dynamic processes where both external (e.g., new orders, delivery shortages) and internal (e.g., machine breakdown, timing uncertainties, human interaction) influencing factors gradually or abruptly impact the production system. Solutions to these problems are often very specific to the application case or rely on simple problem formulations with known and stable parameters. This work presents a dynamic scheduling scenario for a production setup where little information about the system is known a priori. Instead of fully specifying all relevant problem data, the timing and batching behavior of machines are learned by a machine learning ensemble during operation. We demonstrate how a meta-heuristic optimization algorithm can utilize these models to tackle this dynamic optimization problem, compare the dynamic performance of a set of established construction heuristics and meta-heuristics and showcase how models and optimizers interact. The results obtained through an empirical study indicate that the interaction between optimization algorithm and machine learning models, as well as the real-time performance of the overall optimization system, can impact the performance of the production system. Especially in high-load situations, the dynamic algorithms that utilize solutions from previous problem epochs outperform the restarting construction heuristics by up to ~24%.

INFLUENCE OF INTERNAL FACTORS ON THE INCIDENCE OF IRRITANT CONTACT DERMATITIS (ICD) IN FISHERMAN IN NIITANASA VILLAGE, LALONGGASUMEETO SUB-DISTRICT, KONAWE DISTRICT

Background: Irritant contact dermatitis (ICD) ranks 9th as the most common disease at the Lalonggasumeeto Health Center, Konawe Regency, reaching 18 cases in 2021 caused by allergies with complaints such as itching, skin redness, dry skin, and scaly. especially in the Niitanasa village community where the majority of the population work as traditional fishermen who usually go to sea from five in the afternoon until dawn. The purpose of this study was to analyze the influence of internal factors on the incidence of irritant contact dermatitis (ICD) in fishermen in Niitanasa Village, Lalonggasumeeto District, Konawe Regency. Methods: The research method used in this research is analytical research with a cross sectional study design. Where in this research design the measurement of the independent variable and the dependent variable is carried out at the same time. The population in this study were all fishermen in Niitanasa Village, Lalonggasumeeto District, totaling + 45 people. The sample for this study is a portion of the population, namely fishermen in Niitanasa Village, obtained through the use of the Slovin formula and the results obtained are 20 fishermen as a sample. Results: Based on the research conducted by the researchers, the results obtained were a p-value <0.05, which was equal to 0.10, which means that at an α value of 5% there was a significant relationship between length of work and the incidence of irritant contact dermatitis in fishermen, the p-value < 0.05 which is equal to 0.002, which means that at an α value of 5% there is a significant relationship between the use of personal protective equipment and the incidence of irritant contact dermatitis in fishermen and a p-value <0.05 which is equal to 0.002, which means that at an α value of 5% there is a significant relationship between personal hygiene and the incidence of irritant contact dermatitis in fishermen. Conclusion: For fishermen on personal hygiene (personal hygiene) are expected to maintain personal hygiene to maintain health, always get used to washing hands with soap after work and bathing and always change clothes or pants after work and also always wash clothes, pants and gloves with detergent to prevent irritant contact dermatitis ICDThe use of PPE is mandatory for all fishermen.

Analysis of the internal-design factor to the patrol boat: A study of hull resistance using Savitsky and Holtrop approaches

The issue with sea transportation is the high operational costs due to fuel consumption. Ship resistance generated by the shape of the ship hull is one factor that affects efficiency. Internal factors that affect the hull’s resistance include the frontal area, appendage area, and appendage factor. In previous studies, research has been conducted on the effect of adding appendages to the hull and hull design variations on resistance. However, research on the influence of internal factors, e.g., rudder surface area and frontal area of the bow on hull resistance of monohull-type ships still need to be done. In this study, the effect of the type of internal factor is to be by considering the calculation of the hull resistance using the Savitsky method and Holtrop formula. Several hull designs with variations on adding the applied appendages are proposed to be the subjects of this study. The effect of the internal factors on the hull performance, i.e., resistance, is quantified to conclude the parameter which provides the highest effect.

The causal configurations of provincial health policy innovation in China: an analysis of the food safety standard filing policy.

According to China's Food Safety Law of 2015, the filing of food safety enterprise standards is a policy innovation led by p9rovincial governments in China. However, there are significant differences in the development of the "Food Safety Enterprise Standard Filing Policy" between provincial governments across the country. This study aims to explore the internal mechanisms driving autonomous innovation by provincial governments in the absence of administrative pressure from the central government, to better understand the policy innovation mechanism in the Chinese context. Crispy Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (csQCA) method is used to identify the innovation mechanism. This study found that provinces with good provincial economic resources and strong government capabilities are prone to policy innovation, and the influence of internal factors of provincial governments is stronger than that of external factors. When provincial economic resources and capacity are weak, endogenous factors in the province also help achieve proactive policy innovation by provincial governments. The research results reveal how provincial governments construct local policies in the absence of administrative pressure from the central government.

Factors Affecting Business Performance: Evidence from Listed Aviation Enterprises in Vietnam

This study aims to determine and analyze the influence of internal factors on business performance of aviation enterprises in Vietnam. The article uses data collected from financial statements from 2013 to 2022 of 11 aviation enterprises listed on the Vietnam stock market. Applying SPSS 26 software in quantitative analysis, research results show that the factors solvency, total asset turnover, and enterprise size have a positive influence, while capital structure has a negative influence. on the business performance of the enterprise, the factors of business time and the proportion of fixed assets are not enough basis to consider the impact on the business performance of the enterprise. Using the research results, the author proposes some solutions to improve business efficiency of aviation enterprises in the future.

The Influence of Internal Factors and Chief-Employee Relationships on The Performance of Civil Servants in Information Technology Moderation

This study aims to determine and analyze the effect of position equalization policies, leadership, work systems, and leader-member exchange on the performance of civil servants of the Ministry of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform, and to determine and analyze the effect of position equalization policies, leadership, work systems, and leader-member exchange on the performance of civil servants of the Ministry of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform moderated by information technology. The method used in this study is a quantitative method with survey techniques, where the population used as subjects in the study are civil servants within the Ministry of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform. The number of respondents in this study was 251 employees of the Ministry of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform. The results showed that equalization of positions, leadership, work system, and leader-member exchange had a positive and significant effect on the performance of civil servants of the Ministry. Information technology moderates the positive influence of equalization of positions and work systems on the performance of civil servants of the Ministry of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform. Information technology does not moderate the influence of leadership and leader-member exchange on the performance of civil servants of the Ministry of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform. This research has significant novelty both in terms of research topic, number of variables studied, and research locus.

The influence of internal factors on micro and small enterprises performance: evidence from Tanzanian agri-food processors

Abstract Building upon resource-based view (RBV) theory, this cross-sectional study employed binary logistic regression to examine the influence of firm-level factors on the performance of 435 Tanzanian micro and small agri-food processing firms. The results of the study show that intangible resources, age (enterprise, manager), and management practices (target setting, working capital management, and performance monitoring) have a significant influence on firm performance. Firm size, tangible resources, and managers’ education level were not significant predictors of firm performance. The findings confirmed the RBV argument that intangible resources contribute more to the variation in firm performance compared to tangible resources. This study adds to the limited research on the combined effect of firm-specific characteristics, firm resources, managerial characteristics, and selected management practices on the performance of micro and small firms in emerging economies. The findings will help managers to identify success factors that are significant for better performance and will support policymakers to design strategies that can effectively contribute to the development of micro and small enterprises in the agri-food subsector.