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dc.contributor.authorWanjau, Kenneth Lawrence
dc.contributor.authorRotich, Abraham Kipkemboi
dc.contributor.authorNamusonge, Gregory
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-30T07:28:14Z
dc.date.available2018-05-30T07:28:14Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationEuropean Journal of Business and Management, Vol.7, No.18, 2015, ISSN 2222-2839en_US
dc.identifier.issn2222-2839
dc.identifier.issn2222-1905
dc.identifier.urihttps://karuspace.karu.ac.ke/handle/20.500.12092/2100
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to determine the moderating role of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) on the relationship between relationship lending and financial performance of manufacturing SMEs in Kenya. Relationship lending has gained a lot of interest worldwide as it is seen as an avenue to help bridge the information gap between SMEs and the banks thus ultimately helping SMEs access credit. Further, although credit is important to SMEs, entrepreneurial orientation (EO) is key as it determines the success or failure of SMEs. There is little research that has been done to determine if EO moderates the relationship between relationship lending and SME performance in Kenya. The study used a crossectional survey research design with the population being the 620 manufacturing SMEs involved in relationship lending arrangements with commercial banks in Kenya. Stratified random sampling was used to pick a sample of 160 from which the proprietors / CEOs of the respective companies filled the questionnaires. The main data collection instrument was a semi structured questionnaire. The hypotheses in this study were tested using structural equation modeling and hierarchical moderated multiple regression (MMR). The study found evidence that EO moderates the relationship between relationship lending and financial performance of manufacturing SMEs in Kenya. Further the study determined that relationship lending positively impacts on financial performance of SMEs. It also founden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectRelationship lendingen_US
dc.subjectFinancial performanceen_US
dc.subjectEntrepreneurial Orientationen_US
dc.subjectSMEsen_US
dc.titleModerating Role of Entrepreneurial Orientation on the Relationship between Relationship Lending and Financial Performance of manufacturing SMEs in Kenyaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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