Does Competition Intensity of SMEs Moderate the Environmental Turbulence-Organizational Agility Relationship?
Mehmet Emirhan Kula*
Erzurum Technical University, Turkiye*
Abstract: Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) among the essential economic cornerstones of our age, where many factors are constantly changing. Social paradigm shifts are both diverse and complex. In fact, the increasing number of SMEs as a result of this complexity also constitutes the reason for this complex structure. So much so that while entrepreneurs are the agents of social change, the driving force of economic change is SMEs. There are always opportunities and threats for businesses arise directly from the business and competitive environment hence analysing data from 1256 SME’s the study shows that competition intensity moderates the environmental turbulence-organizational agility relationship.
Keywords:Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), Competition Intensity, Environmental Turbulence, Market Turbulence, Technological Turbulence, Organizational Agility