The purpose of this study was to analyze the influence of entrepreneurial competence and business environment on the business success of creative industry SMEs in West Java which were affected by Covid-19. Data collection was done using a questionnaire distributed to 254 respondents. Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) was used to test the hypothesis. The results showed that entrepreneurial competence and business environment influenced the SMEs’ business success during the Covid-19 pandemic. This article also presents some managerial implications of the study.

The purpose of this study is to analyze the effects of entrepreneurial competence and competitiveness as mediating variable on the business success of apparel small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Greater Bandung (five cities/regencies). To collect data, some questionnaires were used. Out of the 128 companies in the apparel SMEs population, 96 were selected as representative sample. The Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) was used to test the hypotheses. The research outcomes revealed that entrepreneurial competence affected competitiveness, entrepreneurial competence affected business success directly and indirectly through competitiveness, and competitiveness affected business success. The managerial implication of this study is also discussed.

The importance of entrepreneurial competencies and information technology capabilities has increased in the last few decades because of the strategic role played by the entrepreneurs. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the impact of entrepreneur competency and information technology capability on business success. A survey questionnaire was conducted to test the influence of entrepreneur competency and information technology capability. This questionnaire was filled by 403 participants who were recruited through Jordan Chamber of Commerce so as to identify the business owners who had started their companies in the recent years. The findings of the study showed that entrepreneurial competencies have a positive effect on business success and information technology which was used as a mediating role has a positive impact on both entrepreneurial competencies and business success. The findings of this research will be helpful to entrepreneurs and policy makers.

The paper was designed with the purpose of discovering the relationships among legal environment, corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices and business success. Data collection from 869 companies was processed with quantitative methodology; all of the respondents were identified to be working at the managerial level in Ho Chi Minh City and Binh Duong Province, Vietnam. The empirical outcomes indicated that legal environment significantly affects business success directly and indirectly the mediation of CSR practices; economic CSR, philanthropic CSR, legal CSR and environment CSR. Ethical CSR was excluded from the proposed model after exploratory factor analysis. By developing the awareness of CSR and encouraging Vietnamese corporates to practice on CSR activities, this study contributes to the local business’s further growth for better business performances as well as for the overall benefit of the society. Moreover, suggestions for future researches are also recommended to extend the related topics.

Social restrictions during the pandemic Covid-19 have direct impacts on the survival of Small and Medium Enterperises (SMEs), since every citizen limits his/her activities, schools, campuses are closed and residents are advised to remain silent and do work from home. The purpose of this study is to examine and analyze the effect of social capital, business strategies, and innovation capabilities on business success. The study was conducted in Bali, Indonesia City with 145 samples taken based on a purposive sampling method and data analysis was accomplished using SEM-PLS. The results show that social capital was able to create and expand knowledge about customers, raw materials and competitors and is the key to obtain cheap and fast information that is useful for creating innovation. The support of parents, family members and business partners raise the confidence of entrepreneurs to achieve business success. Business strategy has a positive and significant effect on innovation capability and has no direct effect on success. The findings show that business strategy influences business success through innovation capabilities. At the time of the Covid-19 pandemic the business strategies developed and implemented by SMEs entrepreneurs in the city of Bali, Indonesia was not able to directly increase business success, but when they developed innovative business strategies, they were able to create something or a new system, unique and accepted by consumers, SMEs entrepreneurs success increases business.