Conceptual model of entrepreneurial, managerial and technical software competencies towards SME performance in subsector software industries

摘要

Entrepreneur has a significant role in SMEs. Entrepreneur capabilities in managing SMEs become key success factor of business sustainability. There are three roles that entrepreneurs must competently in order to be successful, namely entrepreneurial, managerial and technical-functional. Different competencies required to perform these roles, related to the specific knowledge of the industry, managerial ability and experience. Drawing insights from the literature review, this paper aims to provide a better understanding on the relationship between entrepreneurial, managerial, technical competencies and firm performance in the context software industries SMEs. A model on competencies is proposed to provide useful insights into entrepreneurial, managerial and technical competencies.