The Effects of Strategic Competence, Ethical Competence, Entrepreneurial Orientation, and Network Competence on Culinary-Business Growth in Belitung Island

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10.2991/aebmr.k.220501.059How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Strategic Competence; Ethical Competence; Entrepreneurial Orientation; Network Competence; Culinary Business Growth

Abstract

Belitung Island is one among the tourism destinations in Indonesia, which is now starting to rise after the easing of the Covid-19 pandemic. Now, entrepreneurs in the culinary-tourism sector must prepare themselves with various strategies to be able to achieve business growth. For this reason, entrepreneurs must be able to develop networks with outside parties in order to obtain information resources. Companies must be able to build a good image to outsiders by developing ethical values. Then to achieve business growth, entrepreneurs can develop entrepreneurial orientation values such as being proactive, innovative, and risk-taking. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of strategic competence, ethical competence, and entrepreneurial orientation on business growth in culinary tourism in Belitung Island, mediated by network competence. The sample used in this research is as many as 64 respondents who are the owners of the culinary-tourism business in Belitung Island. This study used data analysis with the Partial Least Square (PLS) approach in the SmartPLS version 3.0 application. This research shows that strategic competence, ethical competence, and entrepreneurial orientation have positive and significant effects on network competence, while networkcompetence has a positive and significant effect on business growth. Finally, network competence can mediate the effects of strategic competence, ethical competence, and entrepreneurial orientation on culinary business growth.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Rico Candra
AU  - Lydiawati Soelaiman
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/05/11
TI  - The Effects of Strategic Competence, Ethical Competence, Entrepreneurial Orientation, and Network Competence on Culinary-Business Growth in Belitung Island
BT  - Proceedings of the tenth International Conference on Entrepreneurship and Business Management 2021 (ICEBM 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 394
EP  - 399
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.220501.059
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.220501.059
ID  - Candra2022
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