Khan, Eijaz, and Quaddus, Mohammed (2020) Financial bootstrapping of informal micro-entrepreneurs in the financial environment: A moderated mediation analysis. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 40 (11/12). pp. 1533-1550.

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Abstract

Purpose This study first examines whether the capital structure served as a mediator between financing mix and firm performance. Furthermore, the authors investigate whether this mediation effect was moderated by the financial environment. Grounded in the pecking order theory (POT) and dynamic capability view (DCV), this study extends these concepts by configuring all links to a moderated mediation model.

Design/methodology/approach The study uses the structural equation modelling (SEM) approach and multiple regression analysis using “Hayes PROCESS macro” to empirically examine the model using data collected from 384 informal micro-firms operating in Bangladesh.

Findings In the mediation analyses, results found that capital structure was a mediator in the link between financing mix and firm performance. In further moderated mediation analyses, outcomes confirmed that this mediation effect was moderated by the financial environment.

Research limitations/implications This investigation shows paths for future research including implications for theory advancement and intervention development.

Originality/value This investigation offers the first step towards examining a moderated mediation effect, using POT and DCV, of the relationship between financial environment, financing mix, capital structure and firm performance.

Item ID:	76663
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	1758-6720
Keywords:	Financing mix, Capital structure, Financial environment, Moderated mediation model, Pecking order theory, Dynamic capability view
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Copyright Information:	© Emerald Publishing Limited
Date Deposited:	06 Dec 2022 23:08
FoR Codes:	35 COMMERCE, MANAGEMENT, TOURISM AND SERVICES > 3507 Strategy, management and organisational behaviour > 350704 Entrepreneurship @ 100%
SEO Codes:	15 ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK > 1503 Management and productivity > 150302 Management @ 100%
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