Izvorni znanstveni članak
https://doi.org/10.55539/jesd.9.1.1.
Deepening the dialogue on SME business performance: Are there nonlinear effects as well?
Tin Horvatinovic
; Faculty of Economics & Business, University of Zagreb
Sažetak
ABSTRACT
Studies analyzing the business performance of small and medium-sized enterprises are high in number and
importance. Throughout the years, a vast number of variables have been introduced to explain what causes
the observed difference in the business performance of small and medium-sized enterprises. However, many
previous studies looked at only linear effects of such variables, while neglecting potential non-linear aspects.
This study tried to fill that gap in the literature by using both linear and quadratic effects of well-established
variables in the literature. By using linear regression on a sample of 245 small and medium-sized enterprises,
this study reports that entrepreneurial experience has a significant quadratic effect, while gender has a
significant linear effect on business performance. Based on the employed methodology and results, limitations
of this study and avenues for future research were outlined.
Ključne riječi
entrepreneurship; SME; business performance
Hrčak ID:
275098
URI
Datum izdavanja:
31.3.2022.
Posjeta: 350 *