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Building Resilience Enterprises in Resource-Constrained Environments: How Entrepreneurial Supply Chain Competencies Matter

In: Sustainable Entrepreneurship in Africa

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  • Nathaniel Boso

    (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), School of Business
    University of Pretoria, Gordon Institute of Business Science)

  • Dominic Essuman

    (University of Sheffield, Sheffield University School of Management)

  • Elvis Abima Koka

    (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST))

  • Listowel Owusu Appia

    (The University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development)

Abstract

Although prior research has highlighted a variety of value-enhancing resources and capabilities that support business venture resilience, it remains unclear which entrepreneurial supply chain competencies are required to build resilient enterprises during supply chain disruptions. This study draws insights from the micro-foundations of dynamic managerial capabilities to explain how six entrepreneurial supply chain competencies (i.e., opportunity, relationship, conceptual, organizing, strategy, and commitment competencies) can be leveraged to build resilient business ventures during supply chain disruptions in resource-constrained environments. Statistical analyses of large-scale survey data from entrepreneurs of agricultural business ventures in Ghana, a low resource context in sub-Saharan Africa, indicate that only conceptual and commitment supply chain competencies are associated with a venture’s entrepreneurial resilience, with conceptual competency emerging as the strongest predictor. The paper discusses how these findings contribute to supply chain and entrepreneurship research and practice.

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  • Nathaniel Boso & Dominic Essuman & Elvis Abima Koka & Listowel Owusu Appia, 2026. "Building Resilience Enterprises in Resource-Constrained Environments: How Entrepreneurial Supply Chain Competencies Matter," Springer Books, in: Farai Kapfudzaruwa & Sriram Narayanan & Kerrin Myres & Tobias Schoenherr & Masafumi Nagao & Yemisi B (ed.), Sustainable Entrepreneurship in Africa, chapter 3, pages 47-69, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-032-23680-7_3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-23680-7_3
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