Title: Unveiling the role of entrepreneurial intention and training on firm performance: empirical evidence from MSMEs in India

Authors: Jogeswar Mahato; Manish Kumar Jha; Vipul Gupta; Debendra Nath Dash

Addresses: Department of Business Administration, Manipal University Jaipur, Jaipur, Rajasthan 303007, India ' Department of Humanities, Social Science and Management, National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand 831014, India ' LM Thapar School of Management, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Prem Nagar, Patiala, Punjab 147004, India ' Mahatma Gandhi National Council of Rural Education, Hyderabad, Telangana 500004, India

Abstract: The study empirically examines the impact of entrepreneurial intention and training on the performance of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). The study is based on a sample of 298 indigenous women entrepreneurs working in India. A structure equation model has been used to analyse the hypotheses formulated in the study. The results highlighted that the performance of MSMEs is significantly influenced by the entrepreneurial intention and training of indigenous women entrepreneurs. However, entrepreneurial intention has a higher degree of influence on the firm performance compared to entrepreneurial training received by indigenous women entrepreneurs. Policymakers and development practitioners could effectively refer to the study's findings to identify how entrepreneurial intention and training stimulate or deter the creation and development of women enterprises across the marginalised communities in India.

Keywords: entrepreneurial intention; entrepreneurial training; micro, small and medium enterprises; MSMEs; women entrepreneurship; performance.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMED.2024.141366

International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development, 2024 Vol.23 No.3, pp.220 - 235

Received: 23 Jan 2024
Accepted: 02 May 2024
Published online: 09 Sep 2024 *

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