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Arshad, M & Arshad, D. (2019). Internal capabilities and SMEs performance: A case of textile industry in Pakistan.Management Science Letters , 9(4), 621-628.
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Shah, M. H., Othman, A. R. B., & Mansor, M. N. bin. (2016). Moderating Role of Environmental Turbulence on the Relationship between Innovative Practice, Mentoring, Social Capital and Small Business Performance. Asian Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies, 4(8), 202–219.
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Tzokas, N., Kim, Y. A., Akbar, H., & Al-Dajani, H. (2015). Absorptive capacity and performance: The role of customer relationship and technological capabilities in high-tech SMEs. Industrial Marketing Management, 47, 134–142.
Wang, C. L., & Ahmed, P. K. (2004). The development and validation of the organizational innova-tiveness construct using confirmatory factor analysis. European Journal of Innovation Manage-ment, 7(4), 303-313.
Wernerfelt, B. (1984). A resource-based view of the firm. Strategic Management Journal, 5(2), 171–180.
Wiklund, J., & Shepherd, D. (2003). Knowledge-based resources, entrepreneurial orientation, and the performance of small and medium-sized businesses. Strategic Management Journal, 24(13), 1307–1314.
Zahra, S. A., & George, G. (2002). Absorptive capacity: A review, reconceptualization, and exten-sion. Academy of Management Review, 27(2), 185-203.
Aryanto, R., Fontana, A., & Afiff, A. Z. (2015). Strategic human resource management, innovation capability and performance: An empirical study in Indonesia software industry. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 211, 874-879.
Becheikh, N. (2013). The impact of knowledge acquisition and absorptive capacity on technological innovations in developing countries: Evidence from Egyptian Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises. Journal of African Business, 14(3), 127–140.
Becker, J. M., Klein, K., & Wetzels, M. (2012). Hierarchical latent variable models in PLS-SEM: guidelines for using reflective-formative type models. Long Range Planning, 45(5-6), 359-394.
Chiang, M. H. (2018). The Changing Role of SMEs in Taiwan’s and South Korea’s Economies. n Post-Industrial Development in East Asia (pp. 49-70). Palgrave Pivot, Singapore.
Cohen, W. M., & Levinthal, D. A. (1990). Absorptive Capacity: a new Perspective on Learning and Innovation. Administrative Science Quarterly, 35(1), 128–152.
Dooley, L., Kenny, B., & O’Sullivan, D. (2017). Innovation capability development: case studies of small enterprises in the LMT manufacturing sector. Small Enterprise Research, 24(3), 233-256.
Dundon, T., & Wilkinson, A. (2018). HRM in small and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs). In Human resource management (pp. 194-211). Routledge.
Flatten, T. C., Engelen, A., Zahra, S. A., & Brettel, M. (2011). A measure of absorptive capacity: Scale development and validation. European Management Journal, 29(2), 98–116.
Flapper, S. D. P., Fortuin, L., Stoop, P. P. M. M., Douwe P. Flapper, S., Fortuin, L., Stoop, P. P. M. M., … Stoop, P. P. M. M. (1996). Towards consistent performance management systems. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 16(7), 27–37.
Guo, B., & Wang, Y. Q. (2014). Environmental turbulence, absorptive capacity and external knowledge search among Chinese SMEs. Chinese Management Studies, 8(2), 258–272.
Nagati, H., & Rebolledo, C. (2012). The role of relative absorptive capacity in improving suppliers' operational performance. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 32(5), 611-630.
Hafeez, M. H., Shariff, M. N. M., & bin Mad Lazim, H. (2013). Does Innovation and Relational Learning Influence SME Performance? An Empirical Evidence from Pakistan. Asian Social Sci-ence, 9(15), 204.
Hair, J. F. (2010). Black, WC, Babin, BJ, & Anderson, RE (2010). Multivariate data analysis, 7.
Herath, H. M. A., & Mahmood, R. (2014). Strategic orientations and SME performance: Moderating effect of absorptive capacity of the firm. Asian Social Science, 10(13), 95–107.
Hughes, P., Hodgkinson, I. R., Hughes, M., & Arshad, D. (2017). Explaining the entrepreneurial ori-entation–performance relationship in emerging economies: The intermediate roles of absorptive ca-pacity and improvisation. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 1-29.Kim, G., & Huh, M. (2015). Innovation and survival in Korean SMEs: the moderating effect of competitive strategy. Asian Journal of Technology Innovation, 23(1), 107–119.
Hurley, R. F., & Hult, G. T. M. (1998). Innovation, market orientation, and organizational learning: an integration and empirical examination. The Journal of Marketing, 62(3), 42-54.
Krejcie, R. V., & Morgan, D. W. (1970). Determining sample size for research activities. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 30(3), 607-610.
Limaj, E., & Bernroider, E. W. (2019). The roles of absorptive capacity and cultural balance for ex-ploratory and exploitative innovation in SMEs. Journal of Business Research, 94, 137-153.
Nada, N., & Ali, Z. (2015). Service value creation capability model to assess the service innovation capability in SMEs. In Procedia CIRP (Vol. 30, pp. 390–395).
Nagati, H., & Rebolledo, C. (2012). The role of relative absorptive capacity in improving suppliers’ operational performance. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 32(5), 611–630.
Pešalj, B., Pavlov, A., & Micheli, P. (2018). The use of management control and performance meas-urement systems in SMEs: A levers of control perspective. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 38(11).
Perdomo-Ortiz, J., González-Benito, J., & Galende, J. (2006). Total quality management as a forerunner of business innovation capability. Technovation, 26(10), 1170–1185.
Peteraf, M. A. (1993). The cornerstones of competitive advantage: A resource-based view. Strategic Management Journal, 14(3), 179–191.
Rodríguez‐Serrano, M. Á., & Martín‐Armario, E. (2017). Born‐Global SMEs, Performance, and Dy-namic Absorptive Capacity: Evidence from Spanish Firms. Journal of Small Business Management.
Saunila, M., Pekkola, S., & Ukko, J. (2014). The relationship between innovation capability and performance: The moderating effect of measurement. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 63(2011), 234–249.
Shah, M. H., Othman, A. R. B., & Mansor, M. N. bin. (2016). Moderating Role of Environmental Turbulence on the Relationship between Innovative Practice, Mentoring, Social Capital and Small Business Performance. Asian Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies, 4(8), 202–219.
Slater, S. F., Mohr, J. J., & Sengupta, S. (2014). Radical product innovation capability: Literature review, synthesis, and illustrative research propositions. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 31(3), 552–566.
SMEDA. (2016). Compliance with international standards. Retrieved from http://www.smeda.org.pk
Tzokas, N., Kim, Y. A., Akbar, H., & Al-Dajani, H. (2015). Absorptive capacity and performance: The role of customer relationship and technological capabilities in high-tech SMEs. Industrial Marketing Management, 47, 134–142.
Wang, C. L., & Ahmed, P. K. (2004). The development and validation of the organizational innova-tiveness construct using confirmatory factor analysis. European Journal of Innovation Manage-ment, 7(4), 303-313.
Wernerfelt, B. (1984). A resource-based view of the firm. Strategic Management Journal, 5(2), 171–180.
Wiklund, J., & Shepherd, D. (2003). Knowledge-based resources, entrepreneurial orientation, and the performance of small and medium-sized businesses. Strategic Management Journal, 24(13), 1307–1314.
Zahra, S. A., & George, G. (2002). Absorptive capacity: A review, reconceptualization, and exten-sion. Academy of Management Review, 27(2), 185-203.