Department of Applied Economics (Mathematics), University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain.
Department of Accounting and Finance, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
PLoS One. 2022 Feb 10;17(2):e0263694. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0263694. eCollection 2022.
The aim of this paper is to analize the influence of professionalization over firm's performance and the effect of two mediating variables, risk-taking and technological innovation. A total of 310 Spanish SMEs were surveyed, and the study was conducted using partial least squares path modelling (PLS-SEM) technique. The findings showed that firm's performance is influenced by professionalization, risk-taking and technological innovation. These effects are not only direct and positive, but there are also important indirect effects that reinforce the positive effects of professionalization on firm's performance. This research contributes to the literature on professionalization considering mediating effects of risk-taking and technological innovation in the relationship between professionalization and firm's performance. The results provide interesting implications for theory and practice, indicating how companies can orient their strategies with the aim of gaining competitive advantage in order to increase their performance.
本文旨在分析专业化对企业绩效的影响，以及风险承担和技术创新这两个中介变量的作用。通过对 310 家西班牙中小企业进行调查，本研究采用偏最小二乘路径建模（PLS-SEM）技术进行。研究结果表明，企业绩效受到专业化、风险承担和技术创新的影响。这些影响不仅是直接和积极的，而且还有重要的间接影响，这些影响强化了专业化对企业绩效的积极影响。这项研究为专业化文献做出了贡献，考虑了风险承担和技术创新在专业化与企业绩效之间关系中的中介效应。研究结果为理论和实践提供了有趣的启示，表明企业如何能够制定战略，以获得竞争优势，从而提高绩效。
