TY - JOUR
T1 - Universities, Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, and Family Business Performance
T2 - Evidence from the United Arab Emirates
AU - Alkaabi, Khaula
AU - Ramadani, Veland
AU - Zeqiri, Jusuf
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2023.
PY - 2024/6
Y1 - 2024/6
N2 - Recently, the topic about ecosystems and universities has raised interest among scholars, practitioners, and policymakers. This paper explores the impact of the entrepreneurial ecosystem on family business performance in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the moderating effect of universities in these relationships. To find out these relationships, a questionnaire was distributed to 350 family businesses that operate in the UAE, yielding a sample of 321 replies (responding rate of 91.7%). Structural equation modeling with partial least squares analysis (PLS-SEM) was used to evaluate the measurement and the structural model. Findings show that all entrepreneurial ecosystem pillars have a positive impact on the family business performance, while universities do not moderate the relationship between ecosystem and performance. A conceptual model, implications, limitations, and future research avenues are provided as well.
AB - Recently, the topic about ecosystems and universities has raised interest among scholars, practitioners, and policymakers. This paper explores the impact of the entrepreneurial ecosystem on family business performance in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the moderating effect of universities in these relationships. To find out these relationships, a questionnaire was distributed to 350 family businesses that operate in the UAE, yielding a sample of 321 replies (responding rate of 91.7%). Structural equation modeling with partial least squares analysis (PLS-SEM) was used to evaluate the measurement and the structural model. Findings show that all entrepreneurial ecosystem pillars have a positive impact on the family business performance, while universities do not moderate the relationship between ecosystem and performance. A conceptual model, implications, limitations, and future research avenues are provided as well.
KW - A20
KW - Cultural factors
KW - D19
KW - Entrepreneurial ecosystem
KW - Family business
KW - Financing
KW - Government
KW - Infrastructure
KW - L10
KW - O44
KW - Social factors
KW - United Arab Emirates (UAE)
KW - Universities
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U2 - 10.1007/s13132-023-01384-9
DO - 10.1007/s13132-023-01384-9
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85153095915
SN - 1868-7865
VL - 15
SP - 5511
EP - 5538
JO - Journal of the Knowledge Economy
JF - Journal of the Knowledge Economy
IS - 2
ER -