Enhancement of Supply Chain Resilience of SMEs Through Entrepreneurial Orientation and Technological Adaptation: A Conceptual Framework

As the business environment is becoming increasingly volatile and uncertain, building of resilient supply chains through which SMEs can ensure continuous operations and competitiveness. This paper, therefore, is conceptualized with the main aim of knowing the degree to which entrepreneurial orientation and transformation through entrepreneurship can affect SC's resilience in SMEs. The framework documents illuminating linkages, leaning on previous literature as well as empirical evidence, so the owner-managers can be realized to be highly instrumental in championing adaptive and very resilient SCs through their entrepreneurial attributes such as proactiveness, risk-taking propensity, and innovativeness. Finally, the study emerges with information technology combined with continuous monitoring programs as another critical enabler of resilience, allowing real-time decision-making and agility when disruption occurs in supply functions. The proposed conceptual model explains the dynamic interaction effects of entrepreneurial orientation, technology adaptation, and supply chain resilience. This gives valuable insights into the knowledge that practitioners and policymakers could use to improve SM sustainability and performance. This proposed framework is therefore advanced with gas-added future research directions and practical implications for application in different industrial contexts.