Implications of Strategic Orientation on Sustainable Performance and Organizational Innovation: A Case of Manufacturing SMEs in Sub-Saharan Africa

Peter Onu; Anup Pradhan; Charles Mbohwa

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-28839-5_103

Implications of Strategic Orientation on Sustainable Performance and Organizational Innovation: A Case of Manufacturing SMEs in Sub-Saharan Africa

Quality and Operations Management

University of Johannesburg

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Abstract

The ability of manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to adopt sustainability is predicated on several criteria, including purchasing and developing specialized resources. SMEs in emerging economies have great potential, and in terms of intensifying business performance, it is important to focus on strategic orientation. The influence of four strategic orientations on firm performance is examined in this study. The role of learning, entrepreneurial, technological, and environmental orientations within proactive strategic orientations in the manufacturing sector have been investigated. This study uses a survey questionnaire to collect data from four hundred and sixty-five sub-Saharan African manufacturing SMEs. The proactive strategic orientations were advantageous for organizational innovation (OI) and sustainable performance (SP); OI improves SP, and SP catalyzes OI, based on the Pearson correlation coefficient. This research provides information that may be utilized to advance conceptual and practical debates on manufacturing SMEs to be innovative and improve their sustainability performance to contribute to society, the environment, and the economy.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Manufacturing Driving Circular Economy - Proceedings of the 18th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing
Editors	Holger Kohl, Günther Seliger, Franz Dietrich
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	927-935
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Print)	9783031288388
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28839-5_103
Publication status	Published - 2023
Event	18th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing, GCSM 2022 - Berlin, Germany Duration: 5 Oct 2022 → 7 Oct 2022

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
ISSN (Print)	2195-4356
ISSN (Electronic)	2195-4364

Conference

Conference	18th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing, GCSM 2022
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Berlin
Period	5/10/22 → 7/10/22

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Keywords

Manufacturing SMEs
Proactiveness
Strategic orientations

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Automotive Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

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Onu, P., Pradhan, A., & Mbohwa, C. (2023). Implications of Strategic Orientation on Sustainable Performance and Organizational Innovation: A Case of Manufacturing SMEs in Sub-Saharan Africa. In H. Kohl, G. Seliger, & F. Dietrich (Eds.), Manufacturing Driving Circular Economy - Proceedings of the 18th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing (pp. 927-935). (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28839-5_103

Onu, Peter ; Pradhan, Anup ; Mbohwa, Charles. / Implications of Strategic Orientation on Sustainable Performance and Organizational Innovation : A Case of Manufacturing SMEs in Sub-Saharan Africa. Manufacturing Driving Circular Economy - Proceedings of the 18th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing. editor / Holger Kohl ; Günther Seliger ; Franz Dietrich. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2023. pp. 927-935 (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering).

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Onu, P, Pradhan, A & Mbohwa, C 2023, Implications of Strategic Orientation on Sustainable Performance and Organizational Innovation: A Case of Manufacturing SMEs in Sub-Saharan Africa. in H Kohl, G Seliger & F Dietrich (eds), Manufacturing Driving Circular Economy - Proceedings of the 18th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 927-935, 18th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing, GCSM 2022, Berlin, Germany, 5/10/22. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28839-5_103

Implications of Strategic Orientation on Sustainable Performance and Organizational Innovation: A Case of Manufacturing SMEs in Sub-Saharan Africa. / Onu, Peter; Pradhan, Anup ; Mbohwa, Charles.
Manufacturing Driving Circular Economy - Proceedings of the 18th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing. ed. / Holger Kohl; Günther Seliger; Franz Dietrich. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2023. p. 927-935 (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering).

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Onu P, Pradhan A , Mbohwa C. Implications of Strategic Orientation on Sustainable Performance and Organizational Innovation: A Case of Manufacturing SMEs in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Kohl H, Seliger G, Dietrich F, editors, Manufacturing Driving Circular Economy - Proceedings of the 18th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 2023. p. 927-935. (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering). doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-28839-5_103

Implications of Strategic Orientation on Sustainable Performance and Organizational Innovation: A Case of Manufacturing SMEs in Sub-Saharan Africa

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