The impact of enterpreneurial orientation on the export performance of SMEs with the mediatienig role of learning Capabilities

Rapid changes in the environment and the intensification of the competitive environment, and the need to gain competitive advantage, require the organization's valuable resources to sustain the organization's competitive advantage. New Growth Theory, with its emphasis on knowledge as a major factor influencing economic growth, is the role of entrepreneurship in recent years. Accordingly, both the knowledge and the its impact on economic growth are vital in today's knowledge economies. Guaranteeing and maintaining the survival of organizations requires finding solutions and new methods to deal with problems that depend on innovation, the creation of new products, processes and new methods. The source-based theory believes that companies with valuable, scarce, and unique resources have the potential to achieve superior performance. Based on the concept of dynamic capabilities, in addition to organizational resources based view, organizational processes are also important because they facilitate resource control for value creation strategies. In this regard knowledge plays a significant role. Knowledge enables the organizations to transform and refine their knowledge resources to adapt with the environmental conditions. The present study examines the direct impact of entrepreneurial orientation and its indirect effect through the ability to learn on the performance of small and medium enterprises.