Organizational performance of Small and Medium Enterprises through corporate entrepreneurship and innovation ambidexterity

SMEs are the fundamental source of innovation and economic growth in intensifying productivity and competitiveness. Innovation is the mechanism for SMEs to gain a competitive advantage and be successful. This research aims to explore the impact of corporate entrepreneurship mediating by innovation ambidexterity on Malaysian SMEs' organizational performance. A quantitative method is deployed using an online survey due to the unprecedented event of COVID-19. The study's unit of analysis is SMEs, and the SMEs' senior management represents the organizations. Simple random sampling was used for sample selection from the database of SMECorp. Malaysia. Data was then analysed using descriptive and Structurer Equation Modelling- Partial Least Square (PLS-SEM). The findings disclosed that mediating innovation ambidexterity, which complied with explorative and exploitation innovation, positively influences the SME's organizational performance. Corporate entrepreneurship has also shown a significant relationship towards performance. The results proved a more profound understanding of the relationship between corporate entrepreneurship, innovation ambidexterity, and organizational performance in small and medium enterprises