The current business environment is volatile and can be easily disturbed by changing conditions. Against this background, organizations inevitably face adversity that threatens functioning and performance. Many SMEs have the problem of low performance or even low survival rates. Based on previous studies, the dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation in this paper’s conceptual model were chosen from Miller’s (1983) three dimensions of innovativeness, proactiveness, and risk-taking, then addition autonomy and competitive aggressiveness dimensions proposed by Lumpkin and Dess (1996). In addition, the guanxi network dimension is added. This study’s examination of several previous studies on the subject allowed the authors to develop a conceptual framework and six dimensions.
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