The Effect of Entrepreneurial Orientation on the Competitive Advantage through Strategic Entrepreneurship in the Cafe Business in Ambon

Abstract

The changed lifestyle of Ambon city residents influenced cafe business growth in Am­bon. This research aims to determine the effect of entrepreneurial orientation on strategic en­tre­pre­neurship used by cafes and their impact on competitive advantage. The type of re­se­arch used in this research is quantitative research using an accidental sampling technique. The data col­lection process was carried out by distributing 50 questionnaires to the owners or ma­na­gers of cafes in Ambon. From 50 questionnaires that have been distributed, only 41 qu­es­ti­onnaires (82% response rate) cn be processed further using partial least square (PLS) method. This research found out that entrepreneurial orientation affects strategic en­tre­pre­ne­urship, stra­tegic entrepreneurship affects competitive advantage, and entrepreneurial ori­en­tation affects com­petitive advantage through strategic entrepreneurship. The magnitude of the influence of each is 0.724; 0.511; and 0.370. In this research, the entrepreneurial ori­en­ta­tion of the owner and manager of the cafe did not affect the competitive advantage of the cafe at all.