Study On The Influence Of Niche Capabilities And Technological Innovation On SMEs International Entrepreneurial Performance

With the development of the economics, economic globalization is the trend.Consequently, international entrepreneurship is a wise choice not only for the largeenterprises but also for the small and medium enterprises (SMEs). A growing numberof SMEs have been involved in international business just for their own benefit. As aresult, the issue that international entrepreneurship of SMEs has become the populartopic among the scholars. The literature has suggested that most SMEs adopt theniche strategy—locating the niche market, to break into the international market.However, up to now, little research has been done to discuss the niche capability of anenterprise, the focus is always on the niche strategy. In this paper, after reviewing theliterature, in order to discuss the influence of niche capability and technologyinnovation on international entrepreneurial performance of SMEs, the theory mode ofniche capability, technology innovation and international entrepreneurial performanceof SMEs will be proposed.Firstly in this paper, on the base of the literature review of niche theory,technology innovation and international entrepreneurial performance of SMEs, thebasic variables and framework are proposed. Secondly, context and dimensions of allthe variables are defined. Thirdly, the relationship between independent variables anddependent variables are further analyzed on the base of the framework and9hypotheses are brought forward. Fourthly, questionnaire data over121SMEs involvedin international business is collected and analyzed with SPSS17.0through validitytest, correlation analysis and regression analysis. Fifth, the result shows that9hypotheses all past the test, meaning that both the niche capability and technologyinnovation has a positive effect on international entrepreneurial performance of SMEs.Besides, the test also indicates that niche capability can enhance technologyinnovation. Finally, according to the conclusion of this paper, we put forward somesuggestions from niche capability and technology innovation perspective for SMESwhich engaged in international business activities, and then summarize the researchproblems and future research directions.The contribution of this paper is as follows. First of all, the theory mode of nichecapability, technology innovation and international entrepreneurial performance ofSMEs is put forward for the first time. In addition, the concept and dimensions ofniche capability are illustrated for the first time, too. At the same time, the influenceof niche capability on the international entrepreneurial performance of SMEs is verified. Last but not least, the paper shows that niche capability will improvetechnology innovation.