Determinants of the firm performance of returnee entrepreneurs in Somalia: the moderating effects of external environmental conditions

This study was undertaken to investigate the relationship between Somali diaspora returnees’ resources of knowledge, experience, and entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and firm performance, with the moderating role of external environmental conditions. The fundamental framework was based on the resour...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mohamed, Mohamed Abdullahi
Format:	Thesis
Language:	eng eng eng
Published:	2022
Subjects:	HB615-715 Entrepreneurship Risk and uncertainty Property HF5001-6182 Business
Online Access:	https://etd.uum.edu.my/9907/1/depositpermission-allow-not%20allow_s901821.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/9907/2/s901821_01.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/9907/3/s901821_02.pdf
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

id	my-uum-etd.9907
record_format	uketd_dc
spelling	my-uum-etd.99072022-10-02T07:43:44Z Determinants of the firm performance of returnee entrepreneurs in Somalia: the moderating effects of external environmental conditions 2022 Mohamed, Mohamed Abdullahi Abdul Talib, Asmat Nizam Ramlee, Afifah Alwani Ghazali Shafie Graduate School of Government Ghazali Shafie Graduate School of Government HB615-715 Entrepreneurship. Risk and uncertainty. Property HF5001-6182 Business This study was undertaken to investigate the relationship between Somali diaspora returnees’ resources of knowledge, experience, and entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and firm performance, with the moderating role of external environmental conditions. The fundamental framework was based on the resource-based theory and contingency theory. A total of 300 questionnaires were distributed to the Somali diaspora returnees who own a business firm based in the capital city of Somalia (Mogadishu) with a 65% response rate. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was used to examine the relationship between the variables of this study, specifically the link between returnees’ resources (knowledge, experience, and entrepreneurial orientation) and firm performance in Somalia. The results showed that four out of the seven hypotheses were positively and significantly related to business performance. Specifically, the returnees’ experience and entrepreneurial orientation have a direct significant positive relationship with business performance, whereas their knowledge is an insignificant predictor of business performance in Somalia. The moderating effect established that environmental condition was found to moderate the relationship between diaspora returnees’ experience and business performance. The theoretical contribution of the present study lies in its use of environmental conditions as moderators to the relationship between Somali diaspora returnees’ knowledge, experience, and entrepreneurial orientation on new business performance. From the practical perspective, the key contribution of this study gives business owners, managers, and academicians a further understanding on the effect of the diaspora returnees’ resources on business performance. Finally, this study can also provide directions to the Somali diasporas who are still living abroad but are interested in returning home for investment. It can also become a guide for foreign investors interested in investing in Somalia as it presents potential opportunities and perceived challenges. 2022 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/9907/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/9907/1/depositpermission-allow-not%20allow_s901821.pdf text eng staffonly https://etd.uum.edu.my/9907/2/s901821_01.pdf text eng staffonly https://etd.uum.edu.my/9907/3/s901821_02.pdf text eng staffonly other doctoral Universiti Utara Malaysia
institution	Universiti Utara Malaysia
collection	UUM ETD
language	eng eng eng
advisor	Abdul Talib, Asmat Nizam Ramlee, Afifah Alwani
topic	HB615-715 Entrepreneurship Risk and uncertainty Property HF5001-6182 Business
spellingShingle	HB615-715 Entrepreneurship Risk and uncertainty Property HF5001-6182 Business Mohamed, Mohamed Abdullahi Determinants of the firm performance of returnee entrepreneurs in Somalia: the moderating effects of external environmental conditions
description	This study was undertaken to investigate the relationship between Somali diaspora returnees’ resources of knowledge, experience, and entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and firm performance, with the moderating role of external environmental conditions. The fundamental framework was based on the resource-based theory and contingency theory. A total of 300 questionnaires were distributed to the Somali diaspora returnees who own a business firm based in the capital city of Somalia (Mogadishu) with a 65% response rate. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was used to examine the relationship between the variables of this study, specifically the link between returnees’ resources (knowledge, experience, and entrepreneurial orientation) and firm performance in Somalia. The results showed that four out of the seven hypotheses were positively and significantly related to business performance. Specifically, the returnees’ experience and entrepreneurial orientation have a direct significant positive relationship with business performance, whereas their knowledge is an insignificant predictor of business performance in Somalia. The moderating effect established that environmental condition was found to moderate the relationship between diaspora returnees’ experience and business performance. The theoretical contribution of the present study lies in its use of environmental conditions as moderators to the relationship between Somali diaspora returnees’ knowledge, experience, and entrepreneurial orientation on new business performance. From the practical perspective, the key contribution of this study gives business owners, managers, and academicians a further understanding on the effect of the diaspora returnees’ resources on business performance. Finally, this study can also provide directions to the Somali diasporas who are still living abroad but are interested in returning home for investment. It can also become a guide for foreign investors interested in investing in Somalia as it presents potential opportunities and perceived challenges.
format	Thesis
qualification_name	other
qualification_level	Doctorate
author	Mohamed, Mohamed Abdullahi
author_facet	Mohamed, Mohamed Abdullahi
author_sort	Mohamed, Mohamed Abdullahi
title	Determinants of the firm performance of returnee entrepreneurs in Somalia: the moderating effects of external environmental conditions
title_short	Determinants of the firm performance of returnee entrepreneurs in Somalia: the moderating effects of external environmental conditions
title_full	Determinants of the firm performance of returnee entrepreneurs in Somalia: the moderating effects of external environmental conditions
title_fullStr	Determinants of the firm performance of returnee entrepreneurs in Somalia: the moderating effects of external environmental conditions
title_full_unstemmed	Determinants of the firm performance of returnee entrepreneurs in Somalia: the moderating effects of external environmental conditions
title_sort	determinants of the firm performance of returnee entrepreneurs in somalia: the moderating effects of external environmental conditions
granting_institution	Universiti Utara Malaysia
granting_department	Ghazali Shafie Graduate School of Government
publishDate	2022
url	https://etd.uum.edu.my/9907/1/depositpermission-allow-not%20allow_s901821.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/9907/2/s901821_01.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/9907/3/s901821_02.pdf
_version_	1747828699436154880

Determinants of the firm performance of returnee entrepreneurs in Somalia: the moderating effects of external environmental conditions

Similar Items