Technological Capacity as a Mediator between Womenpreneur Leadership and Entrepreneurial Competencies on Business Success in MSME: Evidence from Culinary MSMEs in West Java, Indonesia
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https://doi.org/10.21512/bbr.v17i2.15819Keywords:
womenpreneur leadership, entrepreneurial competencies, technological capacity, dynamic capability, culinary Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)Abstract
Business success in Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) remains a persistent challenge. There are inconsistent findings regarding the effect of leadership and entrepreneurial competencies on performance, especially when digital capability is considered as an enabling factor. Many studies still examine these variables separately, while limited empirical evidence integrates them within a unified dynamic capability framework. This gap is more evident in women-led culinary MSMEs in West Java, Indonesia. The research examines the role of womenpreneur leadership and entrepreneurial competencies in driving MSME success, with technological capacity serving as a mediating mechanism in culinary MSMEs. The research adopts the dynamic capability perspective to explain how managerial and behavioral resources are transformed into performance outcomes through digital capability. A quantitative approach is applied using data from 384 women-led MSMEs across 27 regencies and cities. Data are analyzed using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). The results show that womenpreneur leadership and entrepreneurial competencies significantly influence both technological capacity and business success. Technological capacity also significantly mediates these relationships, confirming its role as a dynamic capability that enables resource integration, digital adaptation, and performance improvement. The research contributes in three ways. First, it addresses the theoretical gap by integrating womenpreneur leadership and entrepreneurial competencies within the dynamic capability framework. Second, it resolves inconsistencies in previous findings by demonstrating the mediating role of technological capacity in strengthening performance outcomes. Third, it provides a contextual contribution by focusing on culinary MSMEs in West Java, an underexplored setting in digital entrepreneurship research.
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