id	sid	tid	token	lemma	pos
ajfti-6174	1	1	pa	pa	PROPN
ajfti-6174	1	2	ge	ge	PROPN
ajfti-6174	1	3	1	1	NUM
ajfti-6174	1	4	pa	pa	PROPN
ajfti-6174	1	5	ge	ge	PROPN
ajfti-6174	1	6	19	19	NUM
ajfti-6174	1	7	6	6	NUM
ajfti-6174	1	8	american	american	ADJ
ajfti-6174	1	9	journal	journal	NOUN
ajfti-6174	1	10	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	1	11	financial	financial	ADJ
ajfti-6174	1	12	technology	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	1	13	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	1	14	innovation	innovation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	1	15	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	1	16	ajfti	ajfti	NOUN
ajfti-6174	1	17	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	1	18	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	1	19	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	1	20	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	1	21	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	1	22	’	'	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	1	23	survival	survival	NOUN
ajfti-6174	1	24	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	1	25	kiambu	kiambu	PROPN
ajfti-6174	1	26	county	county	PROPN
ajfti-6174	1	27	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	1	28	kenya	kenya	PROPN
ajfti-6174	1	29	jane	jane	PROPN
ajfti-6174	1	30	wairimu	wairimu	PROPN
ajfti-6174	1	31	njoroge1	njoroge1	PROPN
ajfti-6174	1	32	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	1	33	priscilla	priscilla	PROPN
ajfti-6174	1	34	wanjiru	wanjiru	PROPN
ajfti-6174	1	35	ndegwa1	ndegwa1	PROPN
ajfti-6174	1	36	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	1	37	james	james	PROPN
ajfti-6174	1	38	odhiambo	odhiambo	PROPN
ajfti-6174	1	39	oringo1	oringo1	PROPN
ajfti-6174	1	40	*	*	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	1	41	volume	volume	NOUN
ajfti-6174	1	42	3	3	NUM
ajfti-6174	1	43	issue	issue	NOUN
ajfti-6174	1	44	1	1	NUM
ajfti-6174	1	45	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	1	46	year	year	NOUN
ajfti-6174	1	47	2025	2025	NUM
ajfti-6174	1	48	issn	issn	PROPN
ajfti-6174	1	49	:	:	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	1	50	2996	2996	NUM
ajfti-6174	1	51	-	-	SYM
ajfti-6174	1	52	0975	0975	NUM
ajfti-6174	1	53	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	1	54	online	online	ADJ
ajfti-6174	1	55	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	1	56	doi	doi	NOUN
ajfti-6174	1	57	:	:	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	1	58	https://doi.org/10.54536/ajfti.v3i1.6174	https://doi.org/10.54536/ajfti.v3i1.6174	ADP
ajfti-6174	1	59	https://journals.e-palli.com/home/index.php/ajfti	https://journals.e-palli.com/home/index.php/ajfti	PROPN
ajfti-6174	1	60	article	article	NOUN
ajfti-6174	1	61	information	information	NOUN
ajfti-6174	1	62	abstract	abstract	ADV
ajfti-6174	1	63	received	receive	VERB
ajfti-6174	1	64	:	:	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	1	65	september	september	PROPN
ajfti-6174	1	66	20	20	NUM
ajfti-6174	1	67	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	1	68	2025	2025	NUM
ajfti-6174	1	69	accepted	accept	VERB
ajfti-6174	1	70	:	:	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	1	71	october	october	PROPN
ajfti-6174	1	72	23	23	NUM
ajfti-6174	1	73	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	1	74	2025	2025	NUM
ajfti-6174	1	75	published	publish	VERB
ajfti-6174	1	76	:	:	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	1	77	december	december	PROPN
ajfti-6174	1	78	01	01	NUM
ajfti-6174	1	79	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	1	80	2025	2025	NUM
ajfti-6174	1	81	this	this	DET
ajfti-6174	1	82	study	study	NOUN
ajfti-6174	1	83	examined	examine	VERB
ajfti-6174	1	84	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	1	85	influence	influence	NOUN
ajfti-6174	1	86	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	1	87	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	1	88	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	1	89	on	on	ADP
ajfti-6174	1	90	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	1	91	survival	survival	NOUN
ajfti-6174	1	92	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	1	93	small	small	ADJ
ajfti-6174	1	94	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	1	95	medium	medium	ADJ
ajfti-6174	1	96	-	-	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	1	97	sized	sized	ADJ
ajfti-6174	1	98	enterprises	enterprise	NOUN
ajfti-6174	1	99	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	1	100	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	1	101	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	1	102	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	1	103	kiambu	kiambu	PROPN
ajfti-6174	1	104	county	county	PROPN
ajfti-6174	1	105	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	1	106	kenya	kenya	PROPN
ajfti-6174	1	107	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	2	1	guided	guide	VERB
ajfti-6174	2	2	by	by	ADP
ajfti-6174	2	3	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	2	4	resourcebased	resourcebased	ADJ
ajfti-6174	2	5	view	view	NOUN
ajfti-6174	2	6	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	2	7	rbv	rbv	NOUN
ajfti-6174	2	8	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	2	9	theory	theory	NOUN
ajfti-6174	2	10	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	2	11	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	2	12	research	research	NOUN
ajfti-6174	2	13	aimed	aim	VERB
ajfti-6174	2	14	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	2	15	determine	determine	VERB
ajfti-6174	2	16	how	how	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	2	17	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	2	18	adoption	adoption	NOUN
ajfti-6174	2	19	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	2	20	utilization	utilization	NOUN
ajfti-6174	2	21	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	2	22	modern	modern	ADJ
ajfti-6174	2	23	technologies	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	2	24	enhance	enhance	VERB
ajfti-6174	2	25	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	2	26	’	'	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	2	27	performance	performance	NOUN
ajfti-6174	2	28	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	2	29	competitiveness	competitiveness	NOUN
ajfti-6174	2	30	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	2	31	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	2	32	long	long	ADJ
ajfti-6174	2	33	-	-	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	2	34	term	term	NOUN
ajfti-6174	2	35	sustainability	sustainability	NOUN
ajfti-6174	2	36	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	3	1	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	3	2	descriptive	descriptive	ADJ
ajfti-6174	3	3	survey	survey	NOUN
ajfti-6174	3	4	design	design	NOUN
ajfti-6174	3	5	was	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	3	6	employed	employ	VERB
ajfti-6174	3	7	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	3	8	targeting	target	VERB
ajfti-6174	3	9	1,362	1,362	NUM
ajfti-6174	3	10	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	3	11	from	from	ADP
ajfti-6174	3	12	which	which	PRON
ajfti-6174	3	13	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	3	14	sample	sample	NOUN
ajfti-6174	3	15	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	3	16	93	93	NUM
ajfti-6174	3	17	was	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	3	18	drawn	draw	VERB
ajfti-6174	3	19	using	use	VERB
ajfti-6174	3	20	yamane	yamane	PROPN
ajfti-6174	3	21	’s	’s	PART
ajfti-6174	3	22	formula	formula	NOUN
ajfti-6174	3	23	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	4	1	data	datum	NOUN
ajfti-6174	4	2	were	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	4	3	collected	collect	VERB
ajfti-6174	4	4	through	through	ADP
ajfti-6174	4	5	structured	structured	ADJ
ajfti-6174	4	6	questionnaires	questionnaire	NOUN
ajfti-6174	4	7	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	4	8	analyzed	analyze	VERB
ajfti-6174	4	9	using	use	VERB
ajfti-6174	4	10	spss	spss	PROPN
ajfti-6174	4	11	version	version	NOUN
ajfti-6174	4	12	24	24	NUM
ajfti-6174	4	13	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	4	14	employing	employ	VERB
ajfti-6174	4	15	both	both	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	4	16	descriptive	descriptive	ADJ
ajfti-6174	4	17	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	4	18	inferential	inferential	ADJ
ajfti-6174	4	19	statistics	statistic	NOUN
ajfti-6174	4	20	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	5	1	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	5	2	study	study	NOUN
ajfti-6174	5	3	revealed	reveal	VERB
ajfti-6174	5	4	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	5	5	strong	strong	ADJ
ajfti-6174	5	6	positive	positive	ADJ
ajfti-6174	5	7	relationship	relationship	NOUN
ajfti-6174	5	8	between	between	ADP
ajfti-6174	5	9	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	5	10	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	5	11	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	5	12	sme	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	5	13	survival	survival	NOUN
ajfti-6174	5	14	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	5	15	where	where	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	5	16	firms	firm	NOUN
ajfti-6174	5	17	that	that	PRON
ajfti-6174	5	18	integrated	integrate	VERB
ajfti-6174	5	19	innovative	innovative	ADJ
ajfti-6174	5	20	technologies	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	5	21	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	5	22	operations	operation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	5	23	exhibited	exhibit	VERB
ajfti-6174	5	24	greater	great	ADJ
ajfti-6174	5	25	adaptability	adaptability	NOUN
ajfti-6174	5	26	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	5	27	efficiency	efficiency	NOUN
ajfti-6174	5	28	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	5	29	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	5	30	profitability	profitability	NOUN
ajfti-6174	5	31	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	6	1	specifically	specifically	ADV
ajfti-6174	6	2	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	6	3	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	6	4	that	that	PRON
ajfti-6174	6	5	embraced	embrace	VERB
ajfti-6174	6	6	technology	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	6	7	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	6	8	improve	improve	VERB
ajfti-6174	6	9	performance	performance	NOUN
ajfti-6174	6	10	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	6	11	strengthen	strengthen	VERB
ajfti-6174	6	12	research	research	NOUN
ajfti-6174	6	13	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	6	14	development	development	NOUN
ajfti-6174	6	15	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	6	16	r&d	r&d	NOUN
ajfti-6174	6	17	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	6	18	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	6	19	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	6	20	harness	harness	NOUN
ajfti-6174	6	21	innovation	innovation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	6	22	infrastructures	infrastructure	NOUN
ajfti-6174	6	23	reported	report	VERB
ajfti-6174	6	24	higher	high	ADJ
ajfti-6174	6	25	survival	survival	NOUN
ajfti-6174	6	26	rates	rate	NOUN
ajfti-6174	6	27	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	7	1	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	7	2	findings	finding	NOUN
ajfti-6174	7	3	underscore	underscore	VERB
ajfti-6174	7	4	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	7	5	need	need	NOUN
ajfti-6174	7	6	for	for	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	7	7	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	7	8	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	7	9	strategically	strategically	ADV
ajfti-6174	7	10	invest	invest	VERB
ajfti-6174	7	11	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	7	12	technology	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	7	13	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	7	14	build	build	VERB
ajfti-6174	7	15	innovationdriven	innovationdriven	ADJ
ajfti-6174	7	16	cultures	culture	NOUN
ajfti-6174	7	17	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	7	18	withstand	withstand	VERB
ajfti-6174	7	19	market	market	NOUN
ajfti-6174	7	20	dynamics	dynamic	NOUN
ajfti-6174	7	21	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	8	1	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	8	2	study	study	NOUN
ajfti-6174	8	3	recommends	recommend	VERB
ajfti-6174	8	4	policy	policy	NOUN
ajfti-6174	8	5	interventions	intervention	NOUN
ajfti-6174	8	6	that	that	PRON
ajfti-6174	8	7	promote	promote	VERB
ajfti-6174	8	8	digital	digital	ADJ
ajfti-6174	8	9	literacy	literacy	NOUN
ajfti-6174	8	10	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	8	11	improve	improve	VERB
ajfti-6174	8	12	infrastructure	infrastructure	NOUN
ajfti-6174	8	13	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	8	14	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	8	15	enhance	enhance	VERB
ajfti-6174	8	16	access	access	NOUN
ajfti-6174	8	17	to	to	ADP
ajfti-6174	8	18	financing	financing	NOUN
ajfti-6174	8	19	for	for	ADP
ajfti-6174	8	20	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	8	21	investment	investment	NOUN
ajfti-6174	8	22	among	among	ADP
ajfti-6174	8	23	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	8	24	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	8	25	kenya	kenya	PROPN
ajfti-6174	8	26	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	9	1	keywords	keyword	VERB
ajfti-6174	9	2	competitiveness	competitiveness	NOUN
ajfti-6174	9	3	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	9	4	innovation	innovation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	9	5	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	9	6	kenya	kenya	PROPN
ajfti-6174	9	7	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	9	8	kiambu	kiambu	PROPN
ajfti-6174	9	9	county	county	PROPN
ajfti-6174	9	10	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	9	11	sme	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	9	12	survival	survival	NOUN
ajfti-6174	9	13	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	9	14	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	9	15	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	9	16	introduction	introduction	NOUN
ajfti-6174	9	17	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	9	18	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	9	19	refers	refer	VERB
ajfti-6174	9	20	to	to	ADP
ajfti-6174	9	21	how	how	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	9	22	much	much	ADJ
ajfti-6174	9	23	importance	importance	NOUN
ajfti-6174	9	24	companies	company	NOUN
ajfti-6174	9	25	place	place	VERB
ajfti-6174	9	26	on	on	ADP
ajfti-6174	9	27	acquiring	acquire	VERB
ajfti-6174	9	28	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	9	29	utilizing	utilize	VERB
ajfti-6174	9	30	advanced	advanced	ADJ
ajfti-6174	9	31	technologies	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	9	32	for	for	ADP
ajfti-6174	9	33	developing	develop	VERB
ajfti-6174	9	34	new	new	ADJ
ajfti-6174	9	35	products	product	NOUN
ajfti-6174	9	36	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	9	37	improving	improve	VERB
ajfti-6174	9	38	existing	exist	VERB
ajfti-6174	9	39	ones	one	NOUN
ajfti-6174	9	40	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	9	41	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	9	42	selling	sell	VERB
ajfti-6174	9	43	techniques	technique	NOUN
ajfti-6174	9	44	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	10	1	it	it	PRON
ajfti-6174	10	2	is	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	10	3	widely	widely	ADV
ajfti-6174	10	4	recognized	recognize	VERB
ajfti-6174	10	5	that	that	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	10	6	technology	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	10	7	significantly	significantly	ADV
ajfti-6174	10	8	enhances	enhance	VERB
ajfti-6174	10	9	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	10	10	company	company	NOUN
ajfti-6174	10	11	’s	’s	PART
ajfti-6174	10	12	processes	process	NOUN
ajfti-6174	10	13	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	10	14	maximizes	maximize	VERB
ajfti-6174	10	15	resource	resource	NOUN
ajfti-6174	10	16	utilization	utilization	NOUN
ajfti-6174	10	17	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	11	1	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	11	2	today	today	NOUN
ajfti-6174	11	3	’s	’s	PART
ajfti-6174	11	4	highly	highly	ADV
ajfti-6174	11	5	dynamic	dynamic	ADJ
ajfti-6174	11	6	business	business	NOUN
ajfti-6174	11	7	environment	environment	NOUN
ajfti-6174	11	8	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	11	9	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	11	10	advancements	advancement	NOUN
ajfti-6174	11	11	play	play	VERB
ajfti-6174	11	12	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	11	13	crucial	crucial	ADJ
ajfti-6174	11	14	role	role	NOUN
ajfti-6174	11	15	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	11	16	market	market	NOUN
ajfti-6174	11	17	competitiveness	competitiveness	NOUN
ajfti-6174	11	18	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	11	19	fostering	foster	VERB
ajfti-6174	11	20	innovation	innovation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	11	21	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	11	22	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	11	23	ensuring	ensure	VERB
ajfti-6174	11	24	successful	successful	ADJ
ajfti-6174	11	25	business	business	NOUN
ajfti-6174	11	26	operations	operation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	11	27	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	11	28	mathafena	mathafena	PROPN
ajfti-6174	11	29	&	&	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	11	30	msimango	msimango	PROPN
ajfti-6174	11	31	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	11	32	2022	2022	NUM
ajfti-6174	11	33	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	11	34	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	12	1	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	12	2	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	12	3	context	context	NOUN
ajfti-6174	12	4	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	12	5	small	small	ADJ
ajfti-6174	12	6	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	12	7	medium	medium	ADJ
ajfti-6174	12	8	-	-	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	12	9	sized	sized	ADJ
ajfti-6174	12	10	enterprises	enterprise	NOUN
ajfti-6174	12	11	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	12	12	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	12	13	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	12	14	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	12	15	kenya	kenya	PROPN
ajfti-6174	12	16	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	12	17	africa	africa	PROPN
ajfti-6174	12	18	at	at	ADP
ajfti-6174	12	19	large	large	ADJ
ajfti-6174	12	20	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	12	21	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	12	22	significance	significance	NOUN
ajfti-6174	12	23	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	12	24	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	12	25	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	12	26	as	as	ADP
ajfti-6174	12	27	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	12	28	determinant	determinant	NOUN
ajfti-6174	12	29	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	12	30	survival	survival	NOUN
ajfti-6174	12	31	is	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	12	32	increasingly	increasingly	ADV
ajfti-6174	12	33	recognized	recognize	VERB
ajfti-6174	12	34	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	13	1	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	13	2	adoption	adoption	NOUN
ajfti-6174	13	3	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	13	4	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	13	5	innovations	innovation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	13	6	is	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	13	7	essential	essential	ADJ
ajfti-6174	13	8	for	for	ADP
ajfti-6174	13	9	improving	improve	VERB
ajfti-6174	13	10	operational	operational	ADJ
ajfti-6174	13	11	efficiency	efficiency	NOUN
ajfti-6174	13	12	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	13	13	enabling	enable	VERB
ajfti-6174	13	14	market	market	NOUN
ajfti-6174	13	15	competitiveness	competitiveness	NOUN
ajfti-6174	13	16	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	13	17	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	13	18	fostering	foster	VERB
ajfti-6174	13	19	growth	growth	NOUN
ajfti-6174	13	20	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	13	21	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	13	22	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	14	1	chepkurgat	chepkurgat	PROPN
ajfti-6174	14	2	et	et	PROPN
ajfti-6174	14	3	al	al	PROPN
ajfti-6174	14	4	.	.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	15	1	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	15	2	2019	2019	NUM
ajfti-6174	15	3	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	15	4	highlight	highlight	VERB
ajfti-6174	15	5	that	that	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	15	6	while	while	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	15	7	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	15	8	impact	impact	NOUN
ajfti-6174	15	9	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	15	10	technology	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	15	11	on	on	ADP
ajfti-6174	15	12	performance	performance	NOUN
ajfti-6174	15	13	can	can	AUX
ajfti-6174	15	14	vary	vary	VERB
ajfti-6174	15	15	across	across	ADP
ajfti-6174	15	16	sectors	sector	NOUN
ajfti-6174	15	17	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	15	18	there	there	PRON
ajfti-6174	15	19	is	be	VERB
ajfti-6174	15	20	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	15	21	general	general	ADJ
ajfti-6174	15	22	trend	trend	NOUN
ajfti-6174	15	23	showing	show	VERB
ajfti-6174	15	24	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	15	25	importance	importance	NOUN
ajfti-6174	15	26	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	15	27	technology	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	15	28	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	15	29	enhancing	enhance	VERB
ajfti-6174	15	30	productivity	productivity	NOUN
ajfti-6174	15	31	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	15	32	chepkurgat	chepkurgat	NOUN
ajfti-6174	15	33	et	et	PROPN
ajfti-6174	15	34	al	al	PROPN
ajfti-6174	15	35	.	.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	15	36	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	15	37	2019	2019	NUM
ajfti-6174	15	38	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	15	39	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	16	1	they	they	PRON
ajfti-6174	16	2	also	also	ADV
ajfti-6174	16	3	mention	mention	VERB
ajfti-6174	16	4	other	other	ADJ
ajfti-6174	16	5	studies	study	NOUN
ajfti-6174	16	6	suggesting	suggest	VERB
ajfti-6174	16	7	that	that	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	16	8	technology	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	16	9	can	can	AUX
ajfti-6174	16	10	automate	automate	VERB
ajfti-6174	16	11	processes	process	NOUN
ajfti-6174	16	12	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	16	13	improve	improve	VERB
ajfti-6174	16	14	managerial	managerial	ADJ
ajfti-6174	16	15	functions	function	NOUN
ajfti-6174	16	16	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	16	17	which	which	PRON
ajfti-6174	16	18	are	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	16	19	critical	critical	ADJ
ajfti-6174	16	20	for	for	ADP
ajfti-6174	16	21	organizational	organizational	ADJ
ajfti-6174	16	22	success	success	NOUN
ajfti-6174	16	23	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	17	1	furthermore	furthermore	ADV
ajfti-6174	17	2	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	17	3	nakola	nakola	PROPN
ajfti-6174	17	4	et	et	PROPN
ajfti-6174	17	5	al	al	PROPN
ajfti-6174	17	6	.	.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	18	1	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	18	2	2015	2015	NUM
ajfti-6174	18	3	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	18	4	reinforce	reinforce	VERB
ajfti-6174	18	5	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	18	6	argument	argument	NOUN
ajfti-6174	18	7	that	that	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	18	8	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	18	9	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	18	10	positively	positively	ADV
ajfti-6174	18	11	influences	influence	VERB
ajfti-6174	18	12	sme	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	18	13	performance	performance	NOUN
ajfti-6174	18	14	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	18	15	varying	vary	VERB
ajfti-6174	18	16	contexts	context	NOUN
ajfti-6174	18	17	within	within	ADP
ajfti-6174	18	18	kenya	kenya	PROPN
ajfti-6174	18	19	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	18	20	chepkurgat	chepkurgat	PROPN
ajfti-6174	18	21	et	et	PROPN
ajfti-6174	18	22	al	al	PROPN
ajfti-6174	18	23	.	.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	18	24	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	18	25	2019	2019	NUM
ajfti-6174	18	26	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	18	27	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	19	1	understanding	understand	VERB
ajfti-6174	19	2	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	19	3	socio	socio	NOUN
ajfti-6174	19	4	-	-	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	19	5	economic	economic	ADJ
ajfti-6174	19	6	landscape	landscape	NOUN
ajfti-6174	19	7	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	19	8	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	19	9	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	19	10	kenya	kenya	PROPN
ajfti-6174	19	11	is	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	19	12	essential	essential	ADJ
ajfti-6174	19	13	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	19	14	appreciate	appreciate	VERB
ajfti-6174	19	15	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	19	16	drivers	driver	NOUN
ajfti-6174	19	17	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	19	18	barriers	barrier	NOUN
ajfti-6174	19	19	to	to	ADP
ajfti-6174	19	20	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	19	21	adoption	adoption	NOUN
ajfti-6174	19	22	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	20	1	korir	korir	NOUN
ajfti-6174	20	2	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	20	3	mutua	mutua	PROPN
ajfti-6174	20	4	identify	identify	VERB
ajfti-6174	20	5	organizational	organizational	ADJ
ajfti-6174	20	6	culture	culture	NOUN
ajfti-6174	20	7	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	20	8	perceived	perceive	VERB
ajfti-6174	20	9	usefulness	usefulness	NOUN
ajfti-6174	20	10	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	20	11	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	20	12	compatibility	compatibility	NOUN
ajfti-6174	20	13	as	as	ADP
ajfti-6174	20	14	significant	significant	ADJ
ajfti-6174	20	15	drivers	driver	NOUN
ajfti-6174	20	16	that	that	PRON
ajfti-6174	20	17	facilitate	facilitate	VERB
ajfti-6174	20	18	innovation	innovation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	20	19	among	among	ADP
ajfti-6174	20	20	kenyan	kenyan	ADJ
ajfti-6174	20	21	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	20	22	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	21	1	however	however	ADV
ajfti-6174	21	2	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	21	3	challenges	challenge	NOUN
ajfti-6174	21	4	such	such	ADJ
ajfti-6174	21	5	as	as	ADP
ajfti-6174	21	6	high	high	ADJ
ajfti-6174	21	7	costs	cost	NOUN
ajfti-6174	21	8	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	21	9	lack	lack	NOUN
ajfti-6174	21	10	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	21	11	technical	technical	ADJ
ajfti-6174	21	12	skills	skill	NOUN
ajfti-6174	21	13	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	21	14	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	21	15	inadequate	inadequate	ADJ
ajfti-6174	21	16	infrastructure	infrastructure	NOUN
ajfti-6174	21	17	can	can	AUX
ajfti-6174	21	18	hinder	hinder	VERB
ajfti-6174	21	19	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	21	20	uptake	uptake	NOUN
ajfti-6174	21	21	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	21	22	korir	korir	PROPN
ajfti-6174	21	23	&	&	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	21	24	mutua	mutua	PROPN
ajfti-6174	21	25	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	21	26	2024	2024	NUM
ajfti-6174	21	27	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	21	28	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	22	1	this	this	DET
ajfti-6174	22	2	highlights	highlight	VERB
ajfti-6174	22	3	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	22	4	complexities	complexity	NOUN
ajfti-6174	22	5	faced	face	VERB
ajfti-6174	22	6	by	by	ADP
ajfti-6174	22	7	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	22	8	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	22	9	embracing	embrace	VERB
ajfti-6174	22	10	technology	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	22	11	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	22	12	underscores	underscore	VERB
ajfti-6174	22	13	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	22	14	critical	critical	ADJ
ajfti-6174	22	15	need	need	NOUN
ajfti-6174	22	16	for	for	ADP
ajfti-6174	22	17	supportive	supportive	ADJ
ajfti-6174	22	18	policies	policy	NOUN
ajfti-6174	22	19	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	22	20	tailored	tailor	VERB
ajfti-6174	22	21	interventions	intervention	NOUN
ajfti-6174	22	22	that	that	PRON
ajfti-6174	22	23	align	align	VERB
ajfti-6174	22	24	with	with	ADP
ajfti-6174	22	25	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	22	26	unique	unique	ADJ
ajfti-6174	22	27	conditions	condition	NOUN
ajfti-6174	22	28	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	22	29	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	22	30	kenyan	kenyan	ADJ
ajfti-6174	22	31	economy	economy	NOUN
ajfti-6174	22	32	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	23	1	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	23	2	comprehensive	comprehensive	ADJ
ajfti-6174	23	3	examination	examination	NOUN
ajfti-6174	23	4	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	23	5	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	23	6	factors	factor	NOUN
ajfti-6174	23	7	affecting	affect	VERB
ajfti-6174	23	8	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	23	9	innovation	innovation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	23	10	adoption	adoption	NOUN
ajfti-6174	23	11	among	among	ADP
ajfti-6174	23	12	kenyan	kenyan	ADJ
ajfti-6174	23	13	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	23	14	reveals	reveal	VERB
ajfti-6174	23	15	that	that	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	23	16	managerial	managerial	ADJ
ajfti-6174	23	17	competencies	competency	NOUN
ajfti-6174	23	18	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	23	19	strategic	strategic	ADJ
ajfti-6174	23	20	alignment	alignment	NOUN
ajfti-6174	23	21	with	with	ADP
ajfti-6174	23	22	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	23	23	capabilities	capability	NOUN
ajfti-6174	23	24	are	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	23	25	vital	vital	ADJ
ajfti-6174	23	26	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	23	27	musebe	musebe	NOUN
ajfti-6174	23	28	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	23	29	2024	2024	NUM
ajfti-6174	23	30	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	23	31	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	24	1	musebe	musebe	PROPN
ajfti-6174	24	2	’s	’s	PART
ajfti-6174	24	3	study	study	NOUN
ajfti-6174	24	4	indicates	indicate	VERB
ajfti-6174	24	5	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	24	6	positive	positive	ADJ
ajfti-6174	24	7	correlation	correlation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	24	8	between	between	ADP
ajfti-6174	24	9	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	24	10	adoption	adoption	NOUN
ajfti-6174	24	11	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	24	12	advanced	advanced	ADJ
ajfti-6174	24	13	manufacturing	manufacturing	NOUN
ajfti-6174	24	14	technology	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	24	15	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	24	16	amt	amt	PROPN
ajfti-6174	24	17	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	24	18	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	24	19	performance	performance	NOUN
ajfti-6174	24	20	metrics	metric	NOUN
ajfti-6174	24	21	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	24	22	kenyan	kenyan	ADJ
ajfti-6174	24	23	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	24	24	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	24	25	emphasizing	emphasize	VERB
ajfti-6174	24	26	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	24	27	crucial	crucial	ADJ
ajfti-6174	24	28	role	role	NOUN
ajfti-6174	24	29	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	24	30	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	24	31	investments	investment	NOUN
ajfti-6174	24	32	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	24	33	enhancing	enhance	VERB
ajfti-6174	24	34	productivity	productivity	NOUN
ajfti-6174	24	35	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	24	36	survival	survival	NOUN
ajfti-6174	24	37	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	24	38	musebe	musebe	NOUN
ajfti-6174	24	39	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	24	40	2024	2024	NUM
ajfti-6174	24	41	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	24	42	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	25	1	as	as	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	25	2	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	25	3	navigate	navigate	VERB
ajfti-6174	25	4	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	25	5	evolving	evolve	VERB
ajfti-6174	25	6	digital	digital	ADJ
ajfti-6174	25	7	landscape	landscape	NOUN
ajfti-6174	25	8	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	25	9	their	their	PRON
ajfti-6174	25	10	ability	ability	NOUN
ajfti-6174	25	11	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	25	12	leverage	leverage	VERB
ajfti-6174	25	13	technology	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	25	14	effectively	effectively	ADV
ajfti-6174	25	15	becomes	become	VERB
ajfti-6174	25	16	increasingly	increasingly	ADV
ajfti-6174	25	17	pivotal	pivotal	ADJ
ajfti-6174	25	18	to	to	ADP
ajfti-6174	25	19	their	their	PRON
ajfti-6174	25	20	operational	operational	ADJ
ajfti-6174	25	21	resilience	resilience	NOUN
ajfti-6174	25	22	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	25	23	long	long	ADJ
ajfti-6174	25	24	-	-	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	25	25	term	term	NOUN
ajfti-6174	25	26	viability	viability	NOUN
ajfti-6174	25	27	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	26	1	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	26	2	overarching	overarching	ADJ
ajfti-6174	26	3	impact	impact	NOUN
ajfti-6174	26	4	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	26	5	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	26	6	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	26	7	is	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	26	8	further	far	ADV
ajfti-6174	26	9	supported	support	VERB
ajfti-6174	26	10	by	by	ADP
ajfti-6174	26	11	findings	finding	NOUN
ajfti-6174	26	12	from	from	ADP
ajfti-6174	26	13	studies	study	NOUN
ajfti-6174	26	14	examining	examine	VERB
ajfti-6174	26	15	specific	specific	ADJ
ajfti-6174	26	16	challenges	challenge	NOUN
ajfti-6174	26	17	faced	face	VERB
ajfti-6174	26	18	by	by	ADP
ajfti-6174	26	19	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	26	20	within	within	ADP
ajfti-6174	26	21	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	26	22	broader	broad	ADJ
ajfti-6174	26	23	african	african	ADJ
ajfti-6174	26	24	context	context	NOUN
ajfti-6174	26	25	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	26	26	including	include	VERB
ajfti-6174	26	27	those	those	PRON
ajfti-6174	26	28	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	26	29	south	south	PROPN
ajfti-6174	26	30	africa	africa	PROPN
ajfti-6174	26	31	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	27	1	for	for	ADP
ajfti-6174	27	2	instance	instance	NOUN
ajfti-6174	27	3	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	27	4	research	research	NOUN
ajfti-6174	27	5	on	on	ADP
ajfti-6174	27	6	township	township	NOUN
ajfti-6174	27	7	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	27	8	illustrates	illustrate	VERB
ajfti-6174	27	9	that	that	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	27	10	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	27	11	dynamic	dynamic	ADJ
ajfti-6174	27	12	nature	nature	NOUN
ajfti-6174	27	13	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	27	14	these	these	DET
ajfti-6174	27	15	enterprises	enterprise	NOUN
ajfti-6174	27	16	necessitates	necessitate	VERB
ajfti-6174	27	17	tailored	tailor	VERB
ajfti-6174	27	18	interventions	intervention	NOUN
ajfti-6174	27	19	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	27	20	promote	promote	VERB
ajfti-6174	27	21	sustainability	sustainability	NOUN
ajfti-6174	27	22	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	27	23	growth	growth	NOUN
ajfti-6174	27	24	through	through	ADP
ajfti-6174	27	25	innovation	innovation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	27	26	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	27	27	bvuma	bvuma	PROPN
ajfti-6174	27	28	&	&	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	27	29	marnewick	marnewick	PROPN
ajfti-6174	27	30	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	27	31	2020	2020	NUM
ajfti-6174	27	32	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	27	33	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	28	1	this	this	PRON
ajfti-6174	28	2	is	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	28	3	corroborated	corroborate	VERB
ajfti-6174	28	4	by	by	ADP
ajfti-6174	28	5	findings	finding	NOUN
ajfti-6174	28	6	from	from	ADP
ajfti-6174	28	7	lekhanya	lekhanya	PROPN
ajfti-6174	28	8	et	et	PROPN
ajfti-6174	28	9	al	al	PROPN
ajfti-6174	28	10	.	.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	28	11	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	28	12	who	who	PRON
ajfti-6174	28	13	explore	explore	VERB
ajfti-6174	28	14	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	28	15	role	role	NOUN
ajfti-6174	28	16	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	28	17	innovation	innovation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	28	18	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	28	19	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	28	20	fast	fast	ADV
ajfti-6174	28	21	-	-	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	28	22	moving	move	VERB
ajfti-6174	28	23	1	1	NUM
ajfti-6174	28	24	kenyatta	kenyatta	PROPN
ajfti-6174	28	25	university	university	PROPN
ajfti-6174	28	26	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	28	27	kenya	kenya	PROPN
ajfti-6174	28	28	*	*	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	28	29	corresponding	correspond	VERB
ajfti-6174	28	30	author	author	NOUN
ajfti-6174	28	31	’s	’s	PART
ajfti-6174	28	32	e	e	NOUN
ajfti-6174	28	33	-	-	NOUN
ajfti-6174	28	34	mail	mail	NOUN
ajfti-6174	28	35	:	:	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	28	36	oringo.james@ku.ac.ke	oringo.james@ku.ac.ke	PROPN
ajfti-6174	28	37	pa	pa	PROPN
ajfti-6174	28	38	ge	ge	PROPN
ajfti-6174	28	39	19	19	NUM
ajfti-6174	28	40	7	7	NUM
ajfti-6174	28	41	https://journals.e-palli.com/home/index.php/ajfti	https://journals.e-palli.com/home/index.php/ajfti	PROPN
ajfti-6174	28	42	am	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	28	43	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	29	1	j.	j.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	29	2	financ	financ	PROPN
ajfti-6174	29	3	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	30	1	technol	technol	PROPN
ajfti-6174	30	2	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	30	3	innov	innov	PROPN
ajfti-6174	30	4	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	31	1	3(1	3(1	NUM
ajfti-6174	31	2	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	31	3	196	196	NUM
ajfti-6174	31	4	-	-	SYM
ajfti-6174	31	5	204	204	NUM
ajfti-6174	31	6	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	31	7	2025	2025	NUM
ajfti-6174	31	8	consumer	consumer	NOUN
ajfti-6174	31	9	goods	good	NOUN
ajfti-6174	31	10	sector	sector	NOUN
ajfti-6174	31	11	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	31	12	reveal	reveal	VERB
ajfti-6174	31	13	that	that	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	31	14	innovation	innovation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	31	15	strategies	strategy	NOUN
ajfti-6174	31	16	are	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	31	17	necessary	necessary	ADJ
ajfti-6174	31	18	for	for	ADP
ajfti-6174	31	19	ensuring	ensure	VERB
ajfti-6174	31	20	operational	operational	ADJ
ajfti-6174	31	21	efficiency	efficiency	NOUN
ajfti-6174	31	22	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	31	23	market	market	NOUN
ajfti-6174	31	24	relevance	relevance	NOUN
ajfti-6174	31	25	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	31	26	lekhanya	lekhanya	NOUN
ajfti-6174	31	27	et	et	PROPN
ajfti-6174	31	28	al	al	PROPN
ajfti-6174	31	29	.	.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	31	30	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	31	31	2017	2017	NUM
ajfti-6174	31	32	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	31	33	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	32	1	moreover	moreover	ADV
ajfti-6174	32	2	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	32	3	understanding	understand	VERB
ajfti-6174	32	4	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	32	5	financing	financing	NOUN
ajfti-6174	32	6	landscape	landscape	NOUN
ajfti-6174	32	7	for	for	ADP
ajfti-6174	32	8	these	these	DET
ajfti-6174	32	9	enterprises	enterprise	NOUN
ajfti-6174	32	10	is	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	32	11	crucial	crucial	ADJ
ajfti-6174	32	12	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	32	13	as	as	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	32	14	financial	financial	ADJ
ajfti-6174	32	15	inclusion	inclusion	NOUN
ajfti-6174	32	16	significantly	significantly	ADV
ajfti-6174	32	17	impacts	impact	VERB
ajfti-6174	32	18	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	32	19	advancements	advancement	NOUN
ajfti-6174	32	20	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	33	1	wanyoik	wanyoik	PROPN
ajfti-6174	33	2	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	33	3	kalundu	kalundu	NOUN
ajfti-6174	33	4	emphasize	emphasize	VERB
ajfti-6174	33	5	that	that	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	33	6	financing	financing	NOUN
ajfti-6174	33	7	decisions	decision	NOUN
ajfti-6174	33	8	can	can	AUX
ajfti-6174	33	9	influence	influence	VERB
ajfti-6174	33	10	financial	financial	ADJ
ajfti-6174	33	11	performance	performance	NOUN
ajfti-6174	33	12	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	33	13	which	which	PRON
ajfti-6174	33	14	subsequently	subsequently	ADV
ajfti-6174	33	15	affects	affect	VERB
ajfti-6174	33	16	an	an	DET
ajfti-6174	33	17	sme	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	33	18	’s	’s	PART
ajfti-6174	33	19	ability	ability	NOUN
ajfti-6174	33	20	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	33	21	invest	invest	VERB
ajfti-6174	33	22	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	33	23	new	new	ADJ
ajfti-6174	33	24	technologies	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	33	25	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	33	26	wanyoik	wanyoik	PROPN
ajfti-6174	33	27	&	&	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	33	28	kalundu	kalundu	PROPN
ajfti-6174	33	29	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	33	30	2022	2022	NUM
ajfti-6174	33	31	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	33	32	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	34	1	this	this	DET
ajfti-6174	34	2	interplay	interplay	NOUN
ajfti-6174	34	3	between	between	ADP
ajfti-6174	34	4	financial	financial	ADJ
ajfti-6174	34	5	health	health	NOUN
ajfti-6174	34	6	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	34	7	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	34	8	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	34	9	underscores	underscore	VERB
ajfti-6174	34	10	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	34	11	multifaceted	multifaceted	ADJ
ajfti-6174	34	12	challenges	challenge	NOUN
ajfti-6174	34	13	that	that	PRON
ajfti-6174	34	14	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	34	15	face	face	VERB
ajfti-6174	34	16	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	34	17	necessitating	necessitate	VERB
ajfti-6174	34	18	an	an	DET
ajfti-6174	34	19	integrated	integrated	ADJ
ajfti-6174	34	20	approach	approach	NOUN
ajfti-6174	34	21	to	to	ADP
ajfti-6174	34	22	capacity	capacity	NOUN
ajfti-6174	34	23	building	building	NOUN
ajfti-6174	34	24	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	34	25	resource	resource	NOUN
ajfti-6174	34	26	allocation	allocation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	34	27	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	35	1	therefore	therefore	ADV
ajfti-6174	35	2	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	35	3	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	35	4	integration	integration	NOUN
ajfti-6174	35	5	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	35	6	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	35	7	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	35	8	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	35	9	kenyan	kenyan	ADJ
ajfti-6174	35	10	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	35	11	reveals	reveal	VERB
ajfti-6174	35	12	significant	significant	ADJ
ajfti-6174	35	13	challenges	challenge	NOUN
ajfti-6174	35	14	that	that	PRON
ajfti-6174	35	15	hinder	hinder	VERB
ajfti-6174	35	16	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	35	17	adoption	adoption	NOUN
ajfti-6174	35	18	;	;	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	35	19	however	however	ADV
ajfti-6174	35	20	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	35	21	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	35	22	potential	potential	ADJ
ajfti-6174	35	23	benefits	benefit	NOUN
ajfti-6174	35	24	are	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	35	25	substantial	substantial	ADJ
ajfti-6174	35	26	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	36	1	building	build	VERB
ajfti-6174	36	2	an	an	DET
ajfti-6174	36	3	environment	environment	NOUN
ajfti-6174	36	4	that	that	PRON
ajfti-6174	36	5	fosters	foster	VERB
ajfti-6174	36	6	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	36	7	culture	culture	NOUN
ajfti-6174	36	8	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	36	9	innovation	innovation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	36	10	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	36	11	addresses	address	NOUN
ajfti-6174	36	12	financial	financial	ADJ
ajfti-6174	36	13	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	36	14	infrastructural	infrastructural	ADJ
ajfti-6174	36	15	barriers	barrier	NOUN
ajfti-6174	36	16	will	will	AUX
ajfti-6174	36	17	be	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	36	18	crucial	crucial	ADJ
ajfti-6174	36	19	for	for	ADP
ajfti-6174	36	20	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	36	21	survival	survival	NOUN
ajfti-6174	36	22	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	36	23	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	36	24	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	36	25	kenya	kenya	PROPN
ajfti-6174	36	26	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	36	27	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	36	28	broader	broad	ADJ
ajfti-6174	36	29	african	african	ADJ
ajfti-6174	36	30	context	context	NOUN
ajfti-6174	36	31	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	37	1	small	small	ADJ
ajfti-6174	37	2	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	37	3	medium	medium	ADJ
ajfti-6174	37	4	-	-	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	37	5	sized	sized	ADJ
ajfti-6174	37	6	enterprises	enterprise	NOUN
ajfti-6174	37	7	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	37	8	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	37	9	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	37	10	play	play	VERB
ajfti-6174	37	11	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	37	12	pivotal	pivotal	ADJ
ajfti-6174	37	13	role	role	NOUN
ajfti-6174	37	14	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	37	15	kenya	kenya	PROPN
ajfti-6174	37	16	’s	’s	PART
ajfti-6174	37	17	economic	economic	ADJ
ajfti-6174	37	18	growth	growth	NOUN
ajfti-6174	37	19	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	37	20	yet	yet	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	37	21	their	their	PRON
ajfti-6174	37	22	survival	survival	NOUN
ajfti-6174	37	23	remains	remain	VERB
ajfti-6174	37	24	threatened	threaten	VERB
ajfti-6174	37	25	by	by	ADP
ajfti-6174	37	26	rapid	rapid	ADJ
ajfti-6174	37	27	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	37	28	changes	change	NOUN
ajfti-6174	37	29	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	37	30	limited	limited	ADJ
ajfti-6174	37	31	adoption	adoption	NOUN
ajfti-6174	37	32	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	37	33	innovation	innovation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	37	34	-	-	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	37	35	driven	drive	VERB
ajfti-6174	37	36	strategies	strategy	NOUN
ajfti-6174	37	37	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	38	1	despite	despite	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	38	2	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	38	3	recognized	recognize	VERB
ajfti-6174	38	4	importance	importance	NOUN
ajfti-6174	38	5	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	38	6	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	38	7	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	38	8	defined	define	VERB
ajfti-6174	38	9	as	as	ADP
ajfti-6174	38	10	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	38	11	firm	firm	NOUN
ajfti-6174	38	12	’s	’s	PART
ajfti-6174	38	13	commitment	commitment	NOUN
ajfti-6174	38	14	to	to	ADP
ajfti-6174	38	15	adopting	adopt	VERB
ajfti-6174	38	16	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	38	17	applying	apply	VERB
ajfti-6174	38	18	modern	modern	ADJ
ajfti-6174	38	19	technologies	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	38	20	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	38	21	its	its	PRON
ajfti-6174	38	22	operations	operation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	38	23	many	many	ADJ
ajfti-6174	38	24	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	38	25	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	38	26	kiambu	kiambu	PROPN
ajfti-6174	38	27	county	county	NOUN
ajfti-6174	38	28	continue	continue	VERB
ajfti-6174	38	29	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	38	30	lag	lag	VERB
ajfti-6174	38	31	behind	behind	ADV
ajfti-6174	38	32	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	38	33	technology	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	38	34	integration	integration	NOUN
ajfti-6174	38	35	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	39	1	this	this	PRON
ajfti-6174	39	2	limits	limit	VERB
ajfti-6174	39	3	their	their	PRON
ajfti-6174	39	4	competitiveness	competitiveness	NOUN
ajfti-6174	39	5	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	39	6	operational	operational	ADJ
ajfti-6174	39	7	efficiency	efficiency	NOUN
ajfti-6174	39	8	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	39	9	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	39	10	ability	ability	NOUN
ajfti-6174	39	11	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	39	12	withstand	withstand	VERB
ajfti-6174	39	13	market	market	NOUN
ajfti-6174	39	14	disruptions	disruption	NOUN
ajfti-6174	39	15	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	39	16	mathafena	mathafena	PROPN
ajfti-6174	39	17	&	&	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	39	18	msimango	msimango	PROPN
ajfti-6174	39	19	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	39	20	2022	2022	NUM
ajfti-6174	39	21	;	;	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	39	22	chepkurgat	chepkurgat	NOUN
ajfti-6174	39	23	et	et	PROPN
ajfti-6174	39	24	al	al	PROPN
ajfti-6174	39	25	.	.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	39	26	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	39	27	2019	2019	NUM
ajfti-6174	39	28	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	39	29	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	40	1	while	while	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	40	2	studies	study	NOUN
ajfti-6174	40	3	affirm	affirm	VERB
ajfti-6174	40	4	that	that	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	40	5	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	40	6	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	40	7	enhances	enhance	VERB
ajfti-6174	40	8	productivity	productivity	NOUN
ajfti-6174	40	9	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	40	10	performance	performance	NOUN
ajfti-6174	40	11	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	40	12	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	40	13	extent	extent	NOUN
ajfti-6174	40	14	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	40	15	which	which	PRON
ajfti-6174	40	16	it	it	PRON
ajfti-6174	40	17	contributes	contribute	VERB
ajfti-6174	40	18	to	to	ADP
ajfti-6174	40	19	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	40	20	survival	survival	NOUN
ajfti-6174	40	21	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	40	22	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	40	23	within	within	ADP
ajfti-6174	40	24	kenya	kenya	PROPN
ajfti-6174	40	25	’s	’s	PART
ajfti-6174	40	26	dynamic	dynamic	ADJ
ajfti-6174	40	27	business	business	NOUN
ajfti-6174	40	28	environment	environment	NOUN
ajfti-6174	40	29	remains	remain	VERB
ajfti-6174	40	30	underexplored	underexplored	ADJ
ajfti-6174	40	31	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	40	32	nakola	nakola	PROPN
ajfti-6174	40	33	et	et	PROPN
ajfti-6174	40	34	al	al	PROPN
ajfti-6174	40	35	.	.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	40	36	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	40	37	2015	2015	NUM
ajfti-6174	40	38	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	40	39	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	41	1	factors	factor	NOUN
ajfti-6174	41	2	such	such	ADJ
ajfti-6174	41	3	as	as	ADP
ajfti-6174	41	4	limited	limited	ADJ
ajfti-6174	41	5	technical	technical	ADJ
ajfti-6174	41	6	expertise	expertise	NOUN
ajfti-6174	41	7	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	41	8	inadequate	inadequate	ADJ
ajfti-6174	41	9	infrastructure	infrastructure	NOUN
ajfti-6174	41	10	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	41	11	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	41	12	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	41	13	high	high	ADJ
ajfti-6174	41	14	cost	cost	NOUN
ajfti-6174	41	15	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	41	16	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	41	17	tools	tool	NOUN
ajfti-6174	41	18	further	far	ADV
ajfti-6174	41	19	constrain	constrain	VERB
ajfti-6174	41	20	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	41	21	’	'	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	41	22	capacity	capacity	NOUN
ajfti-6174	41	23	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	41	24	leverage	leverage	VERB
ajfti-6174	41	25	technology	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	41	26	for	for	ADP
ajfti-6174	41	27	sustainable	sustainable	ADJ
ajfti-6174	41	28	growth	growth	NOUN
ajfti-6174	41	29	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	41	30	korir	korir	PROPN
ajfti-6174	41	31	&	&	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	41	32	mutua	mutua	PROPN
ajfti-6174	41	33	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	41	34	2024	2024	NUM
ajfti-6174	41	35	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	41	36	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	42	1	these	these	DET
ajfti-6174	42	2	barriers	barrier	NOUN
ajfti-6174	42	3	raise	raise	VERB
ajfti-6174	42	4	critical	critical	ADJ
ajfti-6174	42	5	questions	question	NOUN
ajfti-6174	42	6	about	about	ADP
ajfti-6174	42	7	how	how	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	42	8	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	42	9	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	42	10	influences	influence	VERB
ajfti-6174	42	11	sme	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	42	12	survival	survival	PROPN
ajfti-6174	42	13	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	42	14	what	what	PRON
ajfti-6174	42	15	contextual	contextual	ADJ
ajfti-6174	42	16	factors	factor	NOUN
ajfti-6174	42	17	shape	shape	VERB
ajfti-6174	42	18	its	its	PRON
ajfti-6174	42	19	effectiveness	effectiveness	NOUN
ajfti-6174	42	20	within	within	ADP
ajfti-6174	42	21	kiambu	kiambu	PROPN
ajfti-6174	42	22	county	county	NOUN
ajfti-6174	42	23	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	43	1	moreover	moreover	ADV
ajfti-6174	43	2	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	43	3	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	43	4	relationship	relationship	NOUN
ajfti-6174	43	5	between	between	ADP
ajfti-6174	43	6	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	43	7	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	43	8	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	43	9	sme	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	43	10	survival	survival	PROPN
ajfti-6174	43	11	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	43	12	kiambu	kiambu	PROPN
ajfti-6174	43	13	county	county	NOUN
ajfti-6174	43	14	is	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	43	15	compounded	compound	VERB
ajfti-6174	43	16	by	by	ADP
ajfti-6174	43	17	managerial	managerial	ADJ
ajfti-6174	43	18	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	43	19	financial	financial	ADJ
ajfti-6174	43	20	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	43	21	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	43	22	infrastructural	infrastructural	ADJ
ajfti-6174	43	23	challenges	challenge	NOUN
ajfti-6174	43	24	that	that	PRON
ajfti-6174	43	25	influence	influence	NOUN
ajfti-6174	43	26	technology	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	43	27	adoption	adoption	NOUN
ajfti-6174	43	28	decisions	decision	NOUN
ajfti-6174	43	29	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	44	1	as	as	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	44	2	musebe	musebe	NOUN
ajfti-6174	44	3	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	44	4	2024	2024	NUM
ajfti-6174	44	5	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	44	6	notes	note	NOUN
ajfti-6174	44	7	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	44	8	managerial	managerial	ADJ
ajfti-6174	44	9	competencies	competency	NOUN
ajfti-6174	44	10	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	44	11	strategic	strategic	ADJ
ajfti-6174	44	12	alignment	alignment	NOUN
ajfti-6174	44	13	with	with	ADP
ajfti-6174	44	14	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	44	15	capabilities	capability	NOUN
ajfti-6174	44	16	are	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	44	17	vital	vital	ADJ
ajfti-6174	44	18	determinants	determinant	NOUN
ajfti-6174	44	19	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	44	20	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	44	21	success	success	NOUN
ajfti-6174	44	22	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	44	23	while	while	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	44	24	financial	financial	ADJ
ajfti-6174	44	25	constraints	constraint	NOUN
ajfti-6174	44	26	limit	limit	NOUN
ajfti-6174	44	27	firms	firm	NOUN
ajfti-6174	44	28	’	'	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	44	29	ability	ability	NOUN
ajfti-6174	44	30	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	44	31	invest	invest	VERB
ajfti-6174	44	32	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	44	33	innovative	innovative	ADJ
ajfti-6174	44	34	systems	system	NOUN
ajfti-6174	44	35	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	44	36	wanyoik	wanyoik	NOUN
ajfti-6174	44	37	&	&	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	44	38	kalundu	kalundu	PROPN
ajfti-6174	44	39	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	44	40	2022	2022	NUM
ajfti-6174	44	41	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	44	42	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	45	1	although	although	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	45	2	empirical	empirical	ADJ
ajfti-6174	45	3	evidence	evidence	NOUN
ajfti-6174	45	4	from	from	ADP
ajfti-6174	45	5	other	other	ADJ
ajfti-6174	45	6	african	african	ADJ
ajfti-6174	45	7	contexts	context	NOUN
ajfti-6174	45	8	indicates	indicate	VERB
ajfti-6174	45	9	that	that	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	45	10	innovation	innovation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	45	11	enhances	enhance	VERB
ajfti-6174	45	12	sustainability	sustainability	NOUN
ajfti-6174	45	13	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	45	14	competitiveness	competitiveness	NOUN
ajfti-6174	45	15	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	45	16	bvuma	bvuma	NOUN
ajfti-6174	45	17	&	&	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	45	18	marnewick	marnewick	PROPN
ajfti-6174	45	19	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	45	20	2020	2020	NUM
ajfti-6174	45	21	;	;	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	45	22	lekhanya	lekhanya	NOUN
ajfti-6174	45	23	et	et	PROPN
ajfti-6174	45	24	al	al	PROPN
ajfti-6174	45	25	.	.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	45	26	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	45	27	2017	2017	NUM
ajfti-6174	45	28	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	45	29	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	45	30	there	there	PRON
ajfti-6174	45	31	remains	remain	VERB
ajfti-6174	45	32	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	45	33	paucity	paucity	NOUN
ajfti-6174	45	34	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	45	35	localized	localized	ADJ
ajfti-6174	45	36	studies	study	NOUN
ajfti-6174	45	37	focusing	focus	VERB
ajfti-6174	45	38	on	on	ADP
ajfti-6174	45	39	how	how	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	45	40	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	45	41	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	45	42	directly	directly	ADV
ajfti-6174	45	43	impacts	impact	VERB
ajfti-6174	45	44	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	45	45	longevity	longevity	NOUN
ajfti-6174	45	46	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	45	47	kenyan	kenyan	ADJ
ajfti-6174	45	48	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	45	49	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	46	1	understanding	understand	VERB
ajfti-6174	46	2	this	this	DET
ajfti-6174	46	3	relationship	relationship	NOUN
ajfti-6174	46	4	is	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	46	5	critical	critical	ADJ
ajfti-6174	46	6	for	for	ADP
ajfti-6174	46	7	formulating	formulate	VERB
ajfti-6174	46	8	targeted	target	VERB
ajfti-6174	46	9	policies	policy	NOUN
ajfti-6174	46	10	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	46	11	interventions	intervention	NOUN
ajfti-6174	46	12	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	46	13	strengthen	strengthen	VERB
ajfti-6174	46	14	sme	sme	ADJ
ajfti-6174	46	15	resilience	resilience	NOUN
ajfti-6174	46	16	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	46	17	promote	promote	VERB
ajfti-6174	46	18	innovation	innovation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	46	19	-	-	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	46	20	driven	drive	VERB
ajfti-6174	46	21	growth	growth	NOUN
ajfti-6174	46	22	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	46	23	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	46	24	enhance	enhance	VERB
ajfti-6174	46	25	their	their	PRON
ajfti-6174	46	26	contribution	contribution	NOUN
ajfti-6174	46	27	to	to	ADP
ajfti-6174	46	28	kenya	kenya	PROPN
ajfti-6174	46	29	’s	’s	PART
ajfti-6174	46	30	socioeconomic	socioeconomic	ADJ
ajfti-6174	46	31	development	development	NOUN
ajfti-6174	46	32	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	47	1	literature	literature	NOUN
ajfti-6174	47	2	review	review	VERB
ajfti-6174	47	3	this	this	DET
ajfti-6174	47	4	study	study	NOUN
ajfti-6174	47	5	was	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	47	6	hinged	hinge	VERB
ajfti-6174	47	7	on	on	ADP
ajfti-6174	47	8	resource	resource	NOUN
ajfti-6174	47	9	-	-	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	47	10	based	base	VERB
ajfti-6174	47	11	view	view	NOUN
ajfti-6174	47	12	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	47	13	rbv	rbv	NOUN
ajfti-6174	47	14	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	47	15	theory	theory	NOUN
ajfti-6174	47	16	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	48	1	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	48	2	theory	theory	NOUN
ajfti-6174	48	3	entails	entail	VERB
ajfti-6174	48	4	how	how	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	48	5	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	48	6	can	can	AUX
ajfti-6174	48	7	leverage	leverage	VERB
ajfti-6174	48	8	their	their	PRON
ajfti-6174	48	9	unique	unique	ADJ
ajfti-6174	48	10	advantages	advantage	NOUN
ajfti-6174	48	11	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	48	12	creating	create	VERB
ajfti-6174	48	13	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	48	14	long	long	ADJ
ajfti-6174	48	15	-	-	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	48	16	term	term	NOUN
ajfti-6174	48	17	competitive	competitive	ADJ
ajfti-6174	48	18	advantage	advantage	NOUN
ajfti-6174	48	19	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	49	1	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	49	2	theory	theory	NOUN
ajfti-6174	49	3	postulates	postulate	VERB
ajfti-6174	49	4	that	that	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	49	5	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	49	6	business	business	NOUN
ajfti-6174	49	7	’s	’s	PART
ajfti-6174	49	8	ability	ability	NOUN
ajfti-6174	49	9	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	49	10	perform	perform	VERB
ajfti-6174	49	11	effectively	effectively	ADV
ajfti-6174	49	12	is	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	49	13	dependent	dependent	ADJ
ajfti-6174	49	14	on	on	ADP
ajfti-6174	49	15	both	both	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	49	16	external	external	ADJ
ajfti-6174	49	17	variables	variable	NOUN
ajfti-6174	49	18	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	49	19	internal	internal	ADJ
ajfti-6174	49	20	resources	resource	NOUN
ajfti-6174	49	21	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	49	22	how	how	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	49	23	it	it	PRON
ajfti-6174	49	24	distributes	distribute	VERB
ajfti-6174	49	25	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	49	26	utilizes	utilize	VERB
ajfti-6174	49	27	such	such	ADJ
ajfti-6174	49	28	resources	resource	NOUN
ajfti-6174	49	29	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	50	1	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	50	2	rbv	rbv	NOUN
ajfti-6174	50	3	is	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	50	4	based	base	VERB
ajfti-6174	50	5	on	on	ADP
ajfti-6174	50	6	barney	barney	PROPN
ajfti-6174	50	7	’s	’s	PART
ajfti-6174	50	8	work	work	NOUN
ajfti-6174	50	9	from	from	ADP
ajfti-6174	50	10	1991	1991	NUM
ajfti-6174	50	11	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	50	12	suggests	suggest	VERB
ajfti-6174	50	13	that	that	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	50	14	firms	firm	NOUN
ajfti-6174	50	15	with	with	ADP
ajfti-6174	50	16	strategic	strategic	ADJ
ajfti-6174	50	17	resources	resource	NOUN
ajfti-6174	50	18	have	have	VERB
ajfti-6174	50	19	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	50	20	significant	significant	ADJ
ajfti-6174	50	21	competitive	competitive	ADJ
ajfti-6174	50	22	advantage	advantage	NOUN
ajfti-6174	50	23	over	over	ADP
ajfti-6174	50	24	those	those	PRON
ajfti-6174	50	25	without	without	ADP
ajfti-6174	50	26	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	51	1	scholars	scholar	NOUN
ajfti-6174	51	2	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	51	3	rbv	rbv	PROPN
ajfti-6174	51	4	components	component	NOUN
ajfti-6174	51	5	submit	submit	VERB
ajfti-6174	51	6	that	that	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	51	7	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	51	8	firm	firm	NOUN
ajfti-6174	51	9	’s	’s	PART
ajfti-6174	51	10	capacity	capacity	NOUN
ajfti-6174	51	11	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	51	12	focus	focus	VERB
ajfti-6174	51	13	on	on	ADP
ajfti-6174	51	14	long	long	ADJ
ajfti-6174	51	15	-	-	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	51	16	term	term	NOUN
ajfti-6174	51	17	goals	goal	NOUN
ajfti-6174	51	18	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	51	19	sustain	sustain	VERB
ajfti-6174	51	20	an	an	DET
ajfti-6174	51	21	alignment	alignment	NOUN
ajfti-6174	51	22	that	that	PRON
ajfti-6174	51	23	is	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	51	24	efficient	efficient	ADJ
ajfti-6174	51	25	for	for	ADP
ajfti-6174	51	26	improved	improved	ADJ
ajfti-6174	51	27	commercial	commercial	ADJ
ajfti-6174	51	28	success	success	NOUN
ajfti-6174	51	29	is	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	51	30	significantly	significantly	ADV
ajfti-6174	51	31	influenced	influence	VERB
ajfti-6174	51	32	by	by	ADP
ajfti-6174	51	33	its	its	PRON
ajfti-6174	51	34	technology	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	51	35	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	51	36	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	51	37	davidsson	davidsson	PROPN
ajfti-6174	51	38	et	et	PROPN
ajfti-6174	51	39	al	al	PROPN
ajfti-6174	51	40	.	.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	51	41	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	51	42	2009	2009	NUM
ajfti-6174	51	43	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	51	44	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	52	1	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	52	2	resource	resource	NOUN
ajfti-6174	52	3	-	-	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	52	4	based	base	VERB
ajfti-6174	52	5	view	view	NOUN
ajfti-6174	52	6	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	52	7	rbv	rbv	NOUN
ajfti-6174	52	8	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	52	9	theory	theory	NOUN
ajfti-6174	52	10	comprises	comprise	VERB
ajfti-6174	52	11	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	52	12	capabilities	capability	NOUN
ajfti-6174	52	13	framework	framework	NOUN
ajfti-6174	52	14	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	52	15	which	which	PRON
ajfti-6174	52	16	is	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	52	17	viewed	view	VERB
ajfti-6174	52	18	from	from	ADP
ajfti-6174	52	19	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	52	20	dynamic	dynamic	ADJ
ajfti-6174	52	21	angle	angle	NOUN
ajfti-6174	52	22	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	52	23	tajeddini	tajeddini	NOUN
ajfti-6174	52	24	&	&	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	52	25	mueller	mueller	PROPN
ajfti-6174	52	26	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	52	27	2009	2009	NUM
ajfti-6174	52	28	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	52	29	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	53	1	numerous	numerous	ADJ
ajfti-6174	53	2	studies	study	NOUN
ajfti-6174	53	3	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	53	4	criticisms	criticism	NOUN
ajfti-6174	53	5	have	have	AUX
ajfti-6174	53	6	been	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	53	7	conducted	conduct	VERB
ajfti-6174	53	8	on	on	ADP
ajfti-6174	53	9	this	this	DET
ajfti-6174	53	10	theory	theory	NOUN
ajfti-6174	53	11	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	53	12	foss	foss	PROPN
ajfti-6174	53	13	&	&	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	53	14	knudsen	knudsen	PROPN
ajfti-6174	53	15	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	53	16	2010	2010	NUM
ajfti-6174	53	17	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	53	18	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	54	1	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	54	2	concept	concept	NOUN
ajfti-6174	54	3	is	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	54	4	crucial	crucial	ADJ
ajfti-6174	54	5	for	for	ADP
ajfti-6174	54	6	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	54	7	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	54	8	because	because	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	54	9	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	54	10	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	54	11	order	order	NOUN
ajfti-6174	54	12	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	54	13	increase	increase	VERB
ajfti-6174	54	14	their	their	PRON
ajfti-6174	54	15	chances	chance	NOUN
ajfti-6174	54	16	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	54	17	survival	survival	NOUN
ajfti-6174	54	18	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	54	19	acquire	acquire	VERB
ajfti-6174	54	20	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	54	21	competitive	competitive	ADJ
ajfti-6174	54	22	edge	edge	NOUN
ajfti-6174	54	23	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	54	24	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	54	25	must	must	AUX
ajfti-6174	54	26	recognize	recognize	VERB
ajfti-6174	54	27	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	54	28	make	make	VERB
ajfti-6174	54	29	use	use	NOUN
ajfti-6174	54	30	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	54	31	their	their	PRON
ajfti-6174	54	32	special	special	ADJ
ajfti-6174	54	33	technology	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	54	34	resources	resource	NOUN
ajfti-6174	54	35	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	54	36	capabilities	capability	NOUN
ajfti-6174	54	37	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	55	1	utilizing	utilize	VERB
ajfti-6174	55	2	this	this	DET
ajfti-6174	55	3	framework	framework	NOUN
ajfti-6174	55	4	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	55	5	apply	apply	VERB
ajfti-6174	55	6	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	55	7	idea	idea	NOUN
ajfti-6174	55	8	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	55	9	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	55	10	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	55	11	to	to	ADP
ajfti-6174	55	12	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	55	13	firm	firm	NOUN
ajfti-6174	55	14	makes	make	VERB
ajfti-6174	55	15	it	it	PRON
ajfti-6174	55	16	clear	clear	ADJ
ajfti-6174	55	17	how	how	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	55	18	important	important	ADJ
ajfti-6174	55	19	it	it	PRON
ajfti-6174	55	20	is	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	55	21	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	55	22	embrace	embrace	VERB
ajfti-6174	55	23	current	current	ADJ
ajfti-6174	55	24	technologies	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	55	25	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	56	1	novel	novel	ADJ
ajfti-6174	56	2	technologies	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	56	3	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	56	4	other	other	ADJ
ajfti-6174	56	5	strategic	strategic	ADJ
ajfti-6174	56	6	resources	resource	NOUN
ajfti-6174	56	7	are	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	56	8	seen	see	VERB
ajfti-6174	56	9	as	as	ADP
ajfti-6174	56	10	valuable	valuable	ADJ
ajfti-6174	56	11	assets	asset	NOUN
ajfti-6174	56	12	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	56	13	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	56	14	their	their	PRON
ajfti-6174	56	15	value	value	NOUN
ajfti-6174	56	16	rises	rise	VERB
ajfti-6174	56	17	even	even	ADV
ajfti-6174	56	18	further	far	ADV
ajfti-6174	56	19	if	if	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	56	20	they	they	PRON
ajfti-6174	56	21	are	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	56	22	uncommon	uncommon	ADJ
ajfti-6174	56	23	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	56	24	hard	hard	ADJ
ajfti-6174	56	25	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	56	26	duplicate	duplicate	VERB
ajfti-6174	56	27	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	57	1	firms	firm	NOUN
ajfti-6174	57	2	with	with	ADP
ajfti-6174	57	3	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	57	4	strong	strong	ADJ
ajfti-6174	57	5	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	57	6	focus	focus	NOUN
ajfti-6174	57	7	are	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	57	8	more	more	ADV
ajfti-6174	57	9	capable	capable	ADJ
ajfti-6174	57	10	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	57	11	adjusting	adjust	VERB
ajfti-6174	57	12	to	to	ADP
ajfti-6174	57	13	shifting	shift	VERB
ajfti-6174	57	14	market	market	NOUN
ajfti-6174	57	15	trends	trend	NOUN
ajfti-6174	57	16	over	over	ADP
ajfti-6174	57	17	time	time	NOUN
ajfti-6174	57	18	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	57	19	which	which	PRON
ajfti-6174	57	20	strengthens	strengthen	VERB
ajfti-6174	57	21	their	their	PRON
ajfti-6174	57	22	competitive	competitive	ADJ
ajfti-6174	57	23	advantage	advantage	NOUN
ajfti-6174	57	24	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	57	25	foss	foss	PROPN
ajfti-6174	57	26	&	&	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	57	27	knudsen	knudsen	PROPN
ajfti-6174	57	28	2010	2010	NUM
ajfti-6174	57	29	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	57	30	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	58	1	according	accord	VERB
ajfti-6174	58	2	to	to	ADP
ajfti-6174	58	3	tajeddini	tajeddini	NOUN
ajfti-6174	58	4	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	58	5	mueller	mueller	PROPN
ajfti-6174	58	6	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	58	7	2009	2009	NUM
ajfti-6174	58	8	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	58	9	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	58	10	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	58	11	capacity	capacity	NOUN
ajfti-6174	58	12	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	58	13	an	an	DET
ajfti-6174	58	14	enterprise	enterprise	NOUN
ajfti-6174	58	15	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	58	16	remain	remain	VERB
ajfti-6174	58	17	at	at	ADP
ajfti-6174	58	18	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	58	19	forefront	forefront	NOUN
ajfti-6174	58	20	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	58	21	strategic	strategic	ADJ
ajfti-6174	58	22	breakthroughs	breakthrough	NOUN
ajfti-6174	58	23	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	58	24	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	58	25	maintain	maintain	VERB
ajfti-6174	58	26	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	58	27	lead	lead	NOUN
ajfti-6174	58	28	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	58	29	strategic	strategic	ADJ
ajfti-6174	58	30	innovations	innovation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	58	31	is	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	58	32	ensured	ensure	VERB
ajfti-6174	58	33	by	by	ADP
ajfti-6174	58	34	its	its	PRON
ajfti-6174	58	35	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	58	36	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	58	37	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	58	38	which	which	PRON
ajfti-6174	58	39	adds	add	VERB
ajfti-6174	58	40	to	to	ADP
ajfti-6174	58	41	sustainability	sustainability	NOUN
ajfti-6174	58	42	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	59	1	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	59	2	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	59	3	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	59	4	significantly	significantly	ADV
ajfti-6174	59	5	influences	influence	VERB
ajfti-6174	59	6	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	59	7	survival	survival	NOUN
ajfti-6174	59	8	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	59	9	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	59	10	business	business	NOUN
ajfti-6174	59	11	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	60	1	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	60	2	enterprises	enterprise	NOUN
ajfti-6174	60	3	that	that	PRON
ajfti-6174	60	4	hastily	hastily	ADV
ajfti-6174	60	5	embrace	embrace	VERB
ajfti-6174	60	6	new	new	ADJ
ajfti-6174	60	7	technologies	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	60	8	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	60	9	integrate	integrate	VERB
ajfti-6174	60	10	them	they	PRON
ajfti-6174	60	11	into	into	ADP
ajfti-6174	60	12	their	their	PRON
ajfti-6174	60	13	operations	operation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	60	14	are	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	60	15	more	more	ADV
ajfti-6174	60	16	likely	likely	ADJ
ajfti-6174	60	17	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	60	18	survive	survive	VERB
ajfti-6174	60	19	compared	compare	VERB
ajfti-6174	60	20	to	to	ADP
ajfti-6174	60	21	those	those	PRON
ajfti-6174	60	22	that	that	PRON
ajfti-6174	60	23	stick	stick	VERB
ajfti-6174	60	24	to	to	ADP
ajfti-6174	60	25	their	their	PRON
ajfti-6174	60	26	old	old	ADJ
ajfti-6174	60	27	ways	way	NOUN
ajfti-6174	60	28	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	60	29	doing	do	VERB
ajfti-6174	60	30	things	thing	NOUN
ajfti-6174	60	31	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	61	1	use	use	NOUN
ajfti-6174	61	2	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	61	3	emerging	emerge	VERB
ajfti-6174	61	4	technologies	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	61	5	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	61	6	embracing	embrace	VERB
ajfti-6174	61	7	an	an	DET
ajfti-6174	61	8	innovation	innovation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	61	9	culture	culture	NOUN
ajfti-6174	61	10	allow	allow	VERB
ajfti-6174	61	11	businesses	business	NOUN
ajfti-6174	61	12	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	61	13	offer	offer	VERB
ajfti-6174	61	14	their	their	PRON
ajfti-6174	61	15	consumers	consumer	NOUN
ajfti-6174	61	16	products	product	NOUN
ajfti-6174	61	17	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	61	18	services	service	NOUN
ajfti-6174	61	19	that	that	PRON
ajfti-6174	61	20	meet	meet	VERB
ajfti-6174	61	21	their	their	PRON
ajfti-6174	61	22	preferences	preference	NOUN
ajfti-6174	61	23	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	61	24	needs	need	NOUN
ajfti-6174	61	25	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	61	26	meaning	mean	VERB
ajfti-6174	61	27	that	that	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	61	28	such	such	ADJ
ajfti-6174	61	29	consumers	consumer	NOUN
ajfti-6174	61	30	will	will	AUX
ajfti-6174	61	31	be	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	61	32	attracted	attract	VERB
ajfti-6174	61	33	to	to	ADP
ajfti-6174	61	34	firms	firm	NOUN
ajfti-6174	61	35	with	with	ADP
ajfti-6174	61	36	new	new	ADJ
ajfti-6174	61	37	technologies	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	61	38	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	61	39	which	which	PRON
ajfti-6174	61	40	will	will	AUX
ajfti-6174	61	41	increase	increase	VERB
ajfti-6174	61	42	chances	chance	NOUN
ajfti-6174	61	43	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	61	44	survival	survival	NOUN
ajfti-6174	61	45	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	61	46	these	these	DET
ajfti-6174	61	47	businesses	business	NOUN
ajfti-6174	61	48	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	61	49	zhai	zhai	PROPN
ajfti-6174	61	50	et	et	PROPN
ajfti-6174	61	51	al	al	PROPN
ajfti-6174	61	52	.	.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	61	53	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	61	54	2018	2018	NUM
ajfti-6174	61	55	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	61	56	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	62	1	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	62	2	addition	addition	NOUN
ajfti-6174	62	3	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	62	4	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	62	5	innovation	innovation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	62	6	can	can	AUX
ajfti-6174	62	7	help	help	VERB
ajfti-6174	62	8	companies	company	NOUN
ajfti-6174	62	9	create	create	VERB
ajfti-6174	62	10	new	new	ADJ
ajfti-6174	62	11	products	product	NOUN
ajfti-6174	62	12	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	62	13	thereby	thereby	ADV
ajfti-6174	62	14	diversifying	diversify	VERB
ajfti-6174	62	15	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	62	16	increasing	increase	VERB
ajfti-6174	62	17	their	their	PRON
ajfti-6174	62	18	chances	chance	NOUN
ajfti-6174	62	19	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	62	20	survival	survival	NOUN
ajfti-6174	62	21	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	63	1	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	63	2	study	study	NOUN
ajfti-6174	63	3	by	by	ADP
ajfti-6174	63	4	arzubiaga	arzubiaga	PROPN
ajfti-6174	63	5	et	et	PROPN
ajfti-6174	63	6	al	al	PROPN
ajfti-6174	63	7	.	.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	64	1	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	64	2	2018	2018	NUM
ajfti-6174	64	3	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	64	4	confirms	confirm	VERB
ajfti-6174	64	5	that	that	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	64	6	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	64	7	that	that	PRON
ajfti-6174	64	8	pa	pa	PROPN
ajfti-6174	64	9	ge	ge	PROPN
ajfti-6174	64	10	19	19	NUM
ajfti-6174	64	11	8	8	NUM
ajfti-6174	64	12	https://journals.e-palli.com/home/index.php/ajfti	https://journals.e-palli.com/home/index.php/ajfti	PROPN
ajfti-6174	64	13	am	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	64	14	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	65	1	j.	j.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	65	2	financ	financ	PROPN
ajfti-6174	65	3	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	66	1	technol	technol	PROPN
ajfti-6174	66	2	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	66	3	innov	innov	PROPN
ajfti-6174	66	4	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	67	1	3(1	3(1	NUM
ajfti-6174	67	2	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	67	3	196	196	NUM
ajfti-6174	67	4	-	-	SYM
ajfti-6174	67	5	204	204	NUM
ajfti-6174	67	6	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	67	7	2025	2025	NUM
ajfti-6174	67	8	have	have	AUX
ajfti-6174	67	9	embraced	embrace	VERB
ajfti-6174	67	10	innovation	innovation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	67	11	have	have	AUX
ajfti-6174	67	12	performed	perform	VERB
ajfti-6174	67	13	excellently	excellently	ADV
ajfti-6174	67	14	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	67	15	their	their	PRON
ajfti-6174	67	16	respective	respective	ADJ
ajfti-6174	67	17	markets	market	NOUN
ajfti-6174	67	18	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	68	1	according	accord	VERB
ajfti-6174	68	2	to	to	ADP
ajfti-6174	68	3	lumpkin	lumpkin	PROPN
ajfti-6174	68	4	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	68	5	dess	dess	NOUN
ajfti-6174	68	6	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	68	7	2001	2001	NUM
ajfti-6174	68	8	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	68	9	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	68	10	adopting	adopt	VERB
ajfti-6174	68	11	new	new	ADJ
ajfti-6174	68	12	technologies	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	68	13	has	have	AUX
ajfti-6174	68	14	helped	help	VERB
ajfti-6174	68	15	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	68	16	explore	explore	VERB
ajfti-6174	68	17	new	new	ADJ
ajfti-6174	68	18	market	market	NOUN
ajfti-6174	68	19	opportunities	opportunity	NOUN
ajfti-6174	68	20	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	68	21	which	which	PRON
ajfti-6174	68	22	has	have	AUX
ajfti-6174	68	23	played	play	VERB
ajfti-6174	68	24	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	68	25	huge	huge	ADJ
ajfti-6174	68	26	role	role	NOUN
ajfti-6174	68	27	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	68	28	their	their	PRON
ajfti-6174	68	29	survival	survival	NOUN
ajfti-6174	68	30	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	69	1	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	69	2	that	that	PRON
ajfti-6174	69	3	fail	fail	VERB
ajfti-6174	69	4	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	69	5	adopt	adopt	VERB
ajfti-6174	69	6	new	new	ADJ
ajfti-6174	69	7	technologies	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	69	8	or	or	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	69	9	integrate	integrate	VERB
ajfti-6174	69	10	innovation	innovation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	69	11	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	69	12	their	their	PRON
ajfti-6174	69	13	operations	operation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	69	14	find	find	VERB
ajfti-6174	69	15	it	it	PRON
ajfti-6174	69	16	difficult	difficult	ADJ
ajfti-6174	69	17	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	69	18	survive	survive	VERB
ajfti-6174	69	19	beyond	beyond	ADP
ajfti-6174	69	20	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	69	21	fifth	fifth	ADJ
ajfti-6174	69	22	year	year	NOUN
ajfti-6174	69	23	after	after	ADP
ajfti-6174	69	24	their	their	PRON
ajfti-6174	69	25	establishment	establishment	NOUN
ajfti-6174	69	26	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	70	1	thus	thus	ADV
ajfti-6174	70	2	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	70	3	as	as	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	70	4	these	these	DET
ajfti-6174	70	5	studies	study	NOUN
ajfti-6174	70	6	suggest	suggest	VERB
ajfti-6174	70	7	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	70	8	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	70	9	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	70	10	determines	determine	VERB
ajfti-6174	70	11	whether	whether	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	70	12	or	or	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	70	13	not	not	PART
ajfti-6174	70	14	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	70	15	business	business	NOUN
ajfti-6174	70	16	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	70	17	particularly	particularly	ADV
ajfti-6174	70	18	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	70	19	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	70	20	survives	survive	VERB
ajfti-6174	70	21	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	70	22	dynamic	dynamic	ADJ
ajfti-6174	70	23	forces	force	NOUN
ajfti-6174	70	24	that	that	PRON
ajfti-6174	70	25	frequently	frequently	ADV
ajfti-6174	70	26	occur	occur	VERB
ajfti-6174	70	27	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	70	28	all	all	DET
ajfti-6174	70	29	markets	market	NOUN
ajfti-6174	70	30	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	71	1	adam	adam	PROPN
ajfti-6174	71	2	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	71	3	alarifi	alarifi	NOUN
ajfti-6174	71	4	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	71	5	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	71	6	2021	2021	NUM
ajfti-6174	71	7	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	71	8	evaluated	evaluate	VERB
ajfti-6174	71	9	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	71	10	impact	impact	NOUN
ajfti-6174	71	11	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	71	12	innovation	innovation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	71	13	practices	practice	NOUN
ajfti-6174	71	14	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	71	15	external	external	ADJ
ajfti-6174	71	16	support	support	NOUN
ajfti-6174	71	17	on	on	ADP
ajfti-6174	71	18	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	71	19	’	'	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	71	20	survival	survival	NOUN
ajfti-6174	71	21	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	71	22	performance	performance	NOUN
ajfti-6174	71	23	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	72	1	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	72	2	study	study	NOUN
ajfti-6174	72	3	aimed	aim	VERB
ajfti-6174	72	4	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	72	5	determine	determine	VERB
ajfti-6174	72	6	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	72	7	relationship	relationship	NOUN
ajfti-6174	72	8	between	between	ADP
ajfti-6174	72	9	these	these	DET
ajfti-6174	72	10	variables	variable	NOUN
ajfti-6174	72	11	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	72	12	particularly	particularly	ADV
ajfti-6174	72	13	during	during	ADP
ajfti-6174	72	14	global	global	ADJ
ajfti-6174	72	15	crises	crisis	NOUN
ajfti-6174	72	16	such	such	ADJ
ajfti-6174	72	17	as	as	ADP
ajfti-6174	72	18	covid-19	covid-19	PROPN
ajfti-6174	72	19	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	73	1	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	73	2	scholars	scholar	NOUN
ajfti-6174	73	3	administered	administer	VERB
ajfti-6174	73	4	online	online	ADJ
ajfti-6174	73	5	questionnaires	questionnaire	NOUN
ajfti-6174	73	6	to	to	ADP
ajfti-6174	73	7	259	259	NUM
ajfti-6174	73	8	sme	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	73	9	managers	manager	NOUN
ajfti-6174	73	10	randomly	randomly	ADV
ajfti-6174	73	11	selected	select	VERB
ajfti-6174	73	12	from	from	ADP
ajfti-6174	73	13	various	various	ADJ
ajfti-6174	73	14	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	73	15	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	73	16	saudi	saudi	PROPN
ajfti-6174	73	17	arabia	arabia	PROPN
ajfti-6174	73	18	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	74	1	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	74	2	collected	collect	VERB
ajfti-6174	74	3	data	datum	NOUN
ajfti-6174	74	4	was	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	74	5	analyzed	analyze	VERB
ajfti-6174	74	6	using	use	VERB
ajfti-6174	74	7	software	software	NOUN
ajfti-6174	74	8	known	know	VERB
ajfti-6174	74	9	as	as	ADP
ajfti-6174	74	10	smartpls3	smartpls3	PROPN
ajfti-6174	74	11	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	75	1	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	75	2	findings	finding	NOUN
ajfti-6174	75	3	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	75	4	this	this	DET
ajfti-6174	75	5	study	study	NOUN
ajfti-6174	75	6	indicated	indicate	VERB
ajfti-6174	75	7	that	that	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	75	8	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	75	9	innovative	innovative	ADJ
ajfti-6174	75	10	strategies	strategy	NOUN
ajfti-6174	75	11	adopted	adopt	VERB
ajfti-6174	75	12	by	by	ADP
ajfti-6174	75	13	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	75	14	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	75	15	saudi	saudi	PROPN
ajfti-6174	75	16	arabia	arabia	PROPN
ajfti-6174	75	17	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	75	18	counter	counter	VERB
ajfti-6174	75	19	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	75	20	covid-19	covid-19	PROPN
ajfti-6174	75	21	repercussions	repercussion	NOUN
ajfti-6174	75	22	improved	improve	VERB
ajfti-6174	75	23	sme	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	75	24	performance	performance	NOUN
ajfti-6174	75	25	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	75	26	increased	increase	VERB
ajfti-6174	75	27	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	75	28	likelihood	likelihood	NOUN
ajfti-6174	75	29	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	75	30	these	these	DET
ajfti-6174	75	31	businesses	business	NOUN
ajfti-6174	75	32	surviving	survive	VERB
ajfti-6174	75	33	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	75	34	pandemic	pandemic	NOUN
ajfti-6174	75	35	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	76	1	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	76	2	results	result	NOUN
ajfti-6174	76	3	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	76	4	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	76	5	study	study	NOUN
ajfti-6174	76	6	also	also	ADV
ajfti-6174	76	7	demonstrated	demonstrate	VERB
ajfti-6174	76	8	that	that	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	76	9	while	while	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	76	10	external	external	ADJ
ajfti-6174	76	11	support	support	NOUN
ajfti-6174	76	12	had	have	VERB
ajfti-6174	76	13	little	little	ADJ
ajfti-6174	76	14	effect	effect	NOUN
ajfti-6174	76	15	on	on	ADP
ajfti-6174	76	16	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	76	17	’	'	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	76	18	performance	performance	NOUN
ajfti-6174	76	19	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	76	20	it	it	PRON
ajfti-6174	76	21	was	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	76	22	essential	essential	ADJ
ajfti-6174	76	23	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	76	24	enhancing	enhance	VERB
ajfti-6174	76	25	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	76	26	beneficial	beneficial	ADJ
ajfti-6174	76	27	effects	effect	NOUN
ajfti-6174	76	28	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	76	29	innovation	innovation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	76	30	methods	method	NOUN
ajfti-6174	76	31	that	that	PRON
ajfti-6174	76	32	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	76	33	implemented	implement	VERB
ajfti-6174	76	34	on	on	ADP
ajfti-6174	76	35	firm	firm	ADJ
ajfti-6174	76	36	survival	survival	NOUN
ajfti-6174	76	37	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	77	1	materials	material	NOUN
ajfti-6174	77	2	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	77	3	methods	method	NOUN
ajfti-6174	77	4	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	77	5	study	study	NOUN
ajfti-6174	77	6	adopted	adopt	VERB
ajfti-6174	77	7	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	77	8	descriptive	descriptive	ADJ
ajfti-6174	77	9	survey	survey	NOUN
ajfti-6174	77	10	research	research	NOUN
ajfti-6174	77	11	design	design	NOUN
ajfti-6174	77	12	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	77	13	examine	examine	VERB
ajfti-6174	77	14	how	how	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	77	15	technology	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	77	16	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	77	17	influences	influence	VERB
ajfti-6174	77	18	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	77	19	survival	survival	NOUN
ajfti-6174	77	20	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	77	21	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	77	22	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	77	23	kiambu	kiambu	PROPN
ajfti-6174	77	24	county	county	PROPN
ajfti-6174	77	25	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	78	1	this	this	DET
ajfti-6174	78	2	design	design	NOUN
ajfti-6174	78	3	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	78	4	as	as	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	78	5	defined	define	VERB
ajfti-6174	78	6	by	by	ADP
ajfti-6174	78	7	de	de	X
ajfti-6174	78	8	vaus	vaus	NOUN
ajfti-6174	78	9	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	78	10	2016	2016	NUM
ajfti-6174	78	11	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	78	12	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	78	13	provided	provide	VERB
ajfti-6174	78	14	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	78	15	structured	structured	ADJ
ajfti-6174	78	16	approach	approach	NOUN
ajfti-6174	78	17	for	for	ADP
ajfti-6174	78	18	collecting	collect	VERB
ajfti-6174	78	19	data	datum	NOUN
ajfti-6174	78	20	through	through	ADP
ajfti-6174	78	21	standardized	standardized	ADJ
ajfti-6174	78	22	questionnaires	questionnaire	NOUN
ajfti-6174	78	23	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	78	24	understand	understand	VERB
ajfti-6174	78	25	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	78	26	behavior	behavior	NOUN
ajfti-6174	78	27	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	78	28	strategies	strategy	NOUN
ajfti-6174	78	29	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	78	30	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	78	31	market	market	NOUN
ajfti-6174	78	32	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	78	33	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	78	34	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	78	35	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	79	1	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	79	2	target	target	NOUN
ajfti-6174	79	3	population	population	NOUN
ajfti-6174	79	4	comprised	comprise	VERB
ajfti-6174	79	5	1,362	1,362	NUM
ajfti-6174	79	6	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	79	7	listed	list	VERB
ajfti-6174	79	8	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	79	9	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	79	10	kiambu	kiambu	PROPN
ajfti-6174	79	11	business	business	NOUN
ajfti-6174	79	12	directory	directory	NOUN
ajfti-6174	79	13	across	across	ADP
ajfti-6174	79	14	different	different	ADJ
ajfti-6174	79	15	sectors	sector	NOUN
ajfti-6174	79	16	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	79	17	from	from	ADP
ajfti-6174	79	18	which	which	PRON
ajfti-6174	79	19	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	79	20	sample	sample	NOUN
ajfti-6174	79	21	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	79	22	93	93	NUM
ajfti-6174	79	23	respondents	respondent	NOUN
ajfti-6174	79	24	was	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	79	25	selected	select	VERB
ajfti-6174	79	26	using	use	VERB
ajfti-6174	79	27	yamane	yamane	NOUN
ajfti-6174	79	28	’s	’s	PART
ajfti-6174	79	29	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	79	30	1967	1967	NUM
ajfti-6174	79	31	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	79	32	formula	formula	NOUN
ajfti-6174	79	33	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	79	34	random	random	ADJ
ajfti-6174	79	35	sampling	sampling	NOUN
ajfti-6174	79	36	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	79	37	ensure	ensure	VERB
ajfti-6174	79	38	fair	fair	ADJ
ajfti-6174	79	39	representation	representation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	79	40	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	80	1	data	datum	NOUN
ajfti-6174	80	2	collection	collection	NOUN
ajfti-6174	80	3	involved	involve	VERB
ajfti-6174	80	4	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	80	5	use	use	NOUN
ajfti-6174	80	6	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	80	7	structured	structured	ADJ
ajfti-6174	80	8	questionnaires	questionnaire	NOUN
ajfti-6174	80	9	developed	develop	VERB
ajfti-6174	80	10	after	after	ADP
ajfti-6174	80	11	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	80	12	pilot	pilot	NOUN
ajfti-6174	80	13	test	test	NOUN
ajfti-6174	80	14	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	80	15	representing	represent	VERB
ajfti-6174	80	16	10	10	NUM
ajfti-6174	80	17	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	80	18	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	80	19	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	80	20	sample	sample	NOUN
ajfti-6174	80	21	size	size	NOUN
ajfti-6174	80	22	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	80	23	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	80	24	ensure	ensure	VERB
ajfti-6174	80	25	reliability	reliability	NOUN
ajfti-6174	80	26	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	80	27	validity	validity	NOUN
ajfti-6174	80	28	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	81	1	content	content	NOUN
ajfti-6174	81	2	validity	validity	NOUN
ajfti-6174	81	3	was	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	81	4	confirmed	confirm	VERB
ajfti-6174	81	5	through	through	ADP
ajfti-6174	81	6	expert	expert	NOUN
ajfti-6174	81	7	review	review	NOUN
ajfti-6174	81	8	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	81	9	principal	principal	ADJ
ajfti-6174	81	10	component	component	NOUN
ajfti-6174	81	11	analysis	analysis	NOUN
ajfti-6174	81	12	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	81	13	pca	pca	NOUN
ajfti-6174	81	14	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	81	15	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	81	16	while	while	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	81	17	reliability	reliability	NOUN
ajfti-6174	81	18	was	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	81	19	measured	measure	VERB
ajfti-6174	81	20	using	use	VERB
ajfti-6174	81	21	cronbach	cronbach	NOUN
ajfti-6174	81	22	’s	’s	PART
ajfti-6174	81	23	alpha	alpha	NOUN
ajfti-6174	81	24	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	81	25	with	with	ADP
ajfti-6174	81	26	coefficients	coefficient	NOUN
ajfti-6174	81	27	above	above	ADP
ajfti-6174	81	28	0.7	0.7	NUM
ajfti-6174	81	29	deemed	deem	VERB
ajfti-6174	81	30	acceptable	acceptable	ADJ
ajfti-6174	81	31	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	82	1	for	for	ADP
ajfti-6174	82	2	data	data	NOUN
ajfti-6174	82	3	collection	collection	NOUN
ajfti-6174	82	4	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	82	5	analysis	analysis	NOUN
ajfti-6174	82	6	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	82	7	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	82	8	researcher	researcher	NOUN
ajfti-6174	82	9	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	82	10	assisted	assist	VERB
ajfti-6174	82	11	by	by	ADP
ajfti-6174	82	12	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	82	13	trained	train	VERB
ajfti-6174	82	14	team	team	NOUN
ajfti-6174	82	15	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	82	16	distributed	distribute	VERB
ajfti-6174	82	17	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	82	18	retrieved	retrieve	VERB
ajfti-6174	82	19	questionnaires	questionnaire	NOUN
ajfti-6174	82	20	over	over	ADP
ajfti-6174	82	21	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	82	22	two	two	NUM
ajfti-6174	82	23	-	-	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	82	24	month	month	NOUN
ajfti-6174	82	25	period	period	NOUN
ajfti-6174	82	26	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	82	27	following	follow	VERB
ajfti-6174	82	28	approvals	approval	NOUN
ajfti-6174	82	29	from	from	ADP
ajfti-6174	82	30	kenyatta	kenyatta	PROPN
ajfti-6174	82	31	university	university	PROPN
ajfti-6174	82	32	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	82	33	national	national	ADJ
ajfti-6174	82	34	commission	commission	NOUN
ajfti-6174	82	35	for	for	ADP
ajfti-6174	82	36	science	science	NOUN
ajfti-6174	82	37	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	82	38	technology	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	82	39	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	82	40	innovation	innovation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	82	41	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	82	42	nacosti	nacosti	PROPN
ajfti-6174	82	43	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	82	44	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	83	1	data	datum	NOUN
ajfti-6174	83	2	were	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	83	3	analyzed	analyze	VERB
ajfti-6174	83	4	using	use	VERB
ajfti-6174	83	5	spss	spss	PROPN
ajfti-6174	83	6	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	83	7	version	version	NOUN
ajfti-6174	83	8	24	24	NUM
ajfti-6174	83	9	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	83	10	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	83	11	employing	employ	VERB
ajfti-6174	83	12	both	both	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	83	13	descriptive	descriptive	ADJ
ajfti-6174	83	14	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	83	15	inferential	inferential	ADJ
ajfti-6174	83	16	statistics	statistic	NOUN
ajfti-6174	83	17	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	83	18	test	test	VERB
ajfti-6174	83	19	correlations	correlation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	83	20	between	between	ADP
ajfti-6174	83	21	market	market	NOUN
ajfti-6174	83	22	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	83	23	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	83	24	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	83	25	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	83	26	entrepreneurial	entrepreneurial	ADJ
ajfti-6174	83	27	orientations	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	83	28	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	83	29	sme	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	83	30	survival	survival	NOUN
ajfti-6174	83	31	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	84	1	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	84	2	results	result	NOUN
ajfti-6174	84	3	were	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	84	4	presented	present	VERB
ajfti-6174	84	5	using	use	VERB
ajfti-6174	84	6	tables	table	NOUN
ajfti-6174	84	7	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	84	8	bar	bar	NOUN
ajfti-6174	84	9	graphs	graph	NOUN
ajfti-6174	84	10	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	84	11	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	84	12	pie	pie	NOUN
ajfti-6174	84	13	charts	chart	NOUN
ajfti-6174	84	14	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	85	1	ethical	ethical	ADJ
ajfti-6174	85	2	considerations	consideration	NOUN
ajfti-6174	85	3	included	include	VERB
ajfti-6174	85	4	obtaining	obtain	VERB
ajfti-6174	85	5	informed	informed	ADJ
ajfti-6174	85	6	consent	consent	NOUN
ajfti-6174	85	7	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	85	8	ensuring	ensure	VERB
ajfti-6174	85	9	participant	participant	ADJ
ajfti-6174	85	10	confidentiality	confidentiality	NOUN
ajfti-6174	85	11	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	85	12	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	85	13	complying	comply	VERB
ajfti-6174	85	14	with	with	ADP
ajfti-6174	85	15	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	85	16	data	data	PROPN
ajfti-6174	85	17	protection	protection	PROPN
ajfti-6174	85	18	act	act	PROPN
ajfti-6174	85	19	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	85	20	2019	2019	NUM
ajfti-6174	85	21	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	85	22	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	86	1	respondents	respondent	NOUN
ajfti-6174	86	2	participated	participate	VERB
ajfti-6174	86	3	voluntarily	voluntarily	ADV
ajfti-6174	86	4	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	86	5	could	could	AUX
ajfti-6174	86	6	withdraw	withdraw	VERB
ajfti-6174	86	7	at	at	ADP
ajfti-6174	86	8	any	any	DET
ajfti-6174	86	9	stage	stage	NOUN
ajfti-6174	86	10	without	without	ADP
ajfti-6174	86	11	penalty	penalty	NOUN
ajfti-6174	86	12	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	87	1	results	result	NOUN
ajfti-6174	87	2	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	87	3	discussion	discussion	NOUN
ajfti-6174	87	4	response	response	NOUN
ajfti-6174	87	5	rate	rate	NOUN
ajfti-6174	87	6	table	table	NOUN
ajfti-6174	87	7	1	1	NUM
ajfti-6174	87	8	provides	provide	VERB
ajfti-6174	87	9	crucial	crucial	ADJ
ajfti-6174	87	10	information	information	NOUN
ajfti-6174	87	11	about	about	ADP
ajfti-6174	87	12	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	87	13	participation	participation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	87	14	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	87	15	individuals	individual	NOUN
ajfti-6174	87	16	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	87	17	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	87	18	study	study	NOUN
ajfti-6174	87	19	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	88	1	it	it	PRON
ajfti-6174	88	2	details	detail	VERB
ajfti-6174	88	3	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	88	4	number	number	NOUN
ajfti-6174	88	5	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	88	6	individuals	individual	NOUN
ajfti-6174	88	7	who	who	PRON
ajfti-6174	88	8	responded	respond	VERB
ajfti-6174	88	9	to	to	ADP
ajfti-6174	88	10	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	88	11	research	research	NOUN
ajfti-6174	88	12	instrument	instrument	NOUN
ajfti-6174	88	13	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	88	14	response	response	NOUN
ajfti-6174	88	15	rate	rate	NOUN
ajfti-6174	88	16	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	88	17	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	88	18	those	those	PRON
ajfti-6174	88	19	who	who	PRON
ajfti-6174	88	20	did	do	AUX
ajfti-6174	88	21	not	not	PART
ajfti-6174	88	22	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	88	23	nonresponse	nonresponse	NOUN
ajfti-6174	88	24	rate	rate	NOUN
ajfti-6174	88	25	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	88	26	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	89	1	this	this	DET
ajfti-6174	89	2	data	data	NOUN
ajfti-6174	89	3	is	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	89	4	essential	essential	ADJ
ajfti-6174	89	5	for	for	ADP
ajfti-6174	89	6	understanding	understand	VERB
ajfti-6174	89	7	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	89	8	representativeness	representativeness	NOUN
ajfti-6174	89	9	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	89	10	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	89	11	study	study	NOUN
ajfti-6174	89	12	’s	’s	PART
ajfti-6174	89	13	findings	finding	NOUN
ajfti-6174	89	14	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	89	15	assessing	assess	VERB
ajfti-6174	89	16	potential	potential	ADJ
ajfti-6174	89	17	biases	bias	NOUN
ajfti-6174	89	18	that	that	PRON
ajfti-6174	89	19	may	may	AUX
ajfti-6174	89	20	have	have	AUX
ajfti-6174	89	21	arisen	arise	VERB
ajfti-6174	89	22	due	due	ADP
ajfti-6174	89	23	to	to	ADP
ajfti-6174	89	24	non	non	ADJ
ajfti-6174	89	25	-	-	NOUN
ajfti-6174	89	26	participation	participation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	89	27	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	90	1	table	table	NOUN
ajfti-6174	90	2	1	1	NUM
ajfti-6174	90	3	:	:	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	90	4	response	response	NOUN
ajfti-6174	90	5	rate	rate	NOUN
ajfti-6174	90	6	rates	rate	NOUN
ajfti-6174	90	7	frequency	frequency	VERB
ajfti-6174	90	8	percentage	percentage	NOUN
ajfti-6174	90	9	response	response	NOUN
ajfti-6174	90	10	73	73	NUM
ajfti-6174	90	11	76.8	76.8	NUM
ajfti-6174	90	12	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	90	13	non	non	ADJ
ajfti-6174	90	14	-	-	NOUN
ajfti-6174	90	15	response	response	ADJ
ajfti-6174	90	16	22	22	NUM
ajfti-6174	90	17	23.2	23.2	NUM
ajfti-6174	90	18	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	90	19	total	total	NOUN
ajfti-6174	90	20	95	95	NUM
ajfti-6174	90	21	100	100	NUM
ajfti-6174	90	22	source	source	NOUN
ajfti-6174	90	23	:	:	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	90	24	field	field	NOUN
ajfti-6174	90	25	survey	survey	NOUN
ajfti-6174	90	26	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	90	27	2024	2024	NUM
ajfti-6174	90	28	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	90	29	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	90	30	findings	finding	NOUN
ajfti-6174	90	31	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	90	32	table	table	NOUN
ajfti-6174	90	33	1	1	NUM
ajfti-6174	90	34	show	show	VERB
ajfti-6174	90	35	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	90	36	response	response	NOUN
ajfti-6174	90	37	rate	rate	NOUN
ajfti-6174	90	38	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	90	39	76.8	76.8	NUM
ajfti-6174	90	40	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	90	41	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	90	42	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	90	43	non	non	ADJ
ajfti-6174	90	44	-	-	NOUN
ajfti-6174	90	45	response	response	NOUN
ajfti-6174	90	46	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	90	47	23.2	23.2	NUM
ajfti-6174	90	48	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	90	49	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	91	1	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	91	2	non	non	NOUN
ajfti-6174	91	3	-	-	NOUN
ajfti-6174	91	4	responses	response	NOUN
ajfti-6174	91	5	were	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	91	6	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	91	7	result	result	NOUN
ajfti-6174	91	8	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	91	9	incomplete	incomplete	ADJ
ajfti-6174	91	10	responses	response	NOUN
ajfti-6174	91	11	by	by	ADP
ajfti-6174	91	12	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	91	13	respondents	respondent	NOUN
ajfti-6174	91	14	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	92	1	cooper	cooper	PROPN
ajfti-6174	92	2	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	92	3	schindler	schindler	PROPN
ajfti-6174	92	4	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	92	5	2009	2009	NUM
ajfti-6174	92	6	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	92	7	noted	note	VERB
ajfti-6174	92	8	that	that	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	92	9	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	92	10	response	response	NOUN
ajfti-6174	92	11	rate	rate	NOUN
ajfti-6174	92	12	above	above	ADP
ajfti-6174	92	13	50	50	NUM
ajfti-6174	92	14	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	92	15	is	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	92	16	considered	consider	VERB
ajfti-6174	92	17	acceptable	acceptable	ADJ
ajfti-6174	92	18	for	for	ADP
ajfti-6174	92	19	investigation	investigation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	92	20	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	93	1	based	base	VERB
ajfti-6174	93	2	on	on	ADP
ajfti-6174	93	3	this	this	DET
ajfti-6174	93	4	assertion	assertion	NOUN
ajfti-6174	93	5	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	93	6	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	93	7	response	response	NOUN
ajfti-6174	93	8	rate	rate	NOUN
ajfti-6174	93	9	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	93	10	76.8	76.8	NUM
ajfti-6174	93	11	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	93	12	was	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	93	13	considered	consider	VERB
ajfti-6174	93	14	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ
ajfti-6174	93	15	for	for	ADP
ajfti-6174	93	16	analysis	analysis	NOUN
ajfti-6174	93	17	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	93	18	reporting	reporting	NOUN
ajfti-6174	93	19	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	93	20	this	this	DET
ajfti-6174	93	21	study	study	NOUN
ajfti-6174	93	22	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	94	1	demographic	demographic	ADJ
ajfti-6174	94	2	information	information	NOUN
ajfti-6174	94	3	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	94	4	ensure	ensure	VERB
ajfti-6174	94	5	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	94	6	researcher	researcher	NOUN
ajfti-6174	94	7	’s	’s	PART
ajfti-6174	94	8	interpretations	interpretation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	94	9	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	94	10	data	datum	NOUN
ajfti-6174	94	11	on	on	ADP
ajfti-6174	94	12	strategic	strategic	ADJ
ajfti-6174	94	13	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	94	14	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	94	15	survival	survival	NOUN
ajfti-6174	94	16	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	94	17	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	94	18	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	94	19	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	94	20	kiambu	kiambu	PROPN
ajfti-6174	94	21	county	county	NOUN
ajfti-6174	94	22	were	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	94	23	unbiased	unbiased	ADJ
ajfti-6174	94	24	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	94	25	appropriately	appropriately	ADV
ajfti-6174	94	26	represented	represent	VERB
ajfti-6174	94	27	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	94	28	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	94	29	study	study	NOUN
ajfti-6174	94	30	gathered	gather	VERB
ajfti-6174	94	31	demographic	demographic	ADJ
ajfti-6174	94	32	information	information	NOUN
ajfti-6174	94	33	from	from	ADP
ajfti-6174	94	34	respondents	respondent	NOUN
ajfti-6174	94	35	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	95	1	this	this	PRON
ajfti-6174	95	2	included	include	VERB
ajfti-6174	95	3	details	detail	NOUN
ajfti-6174	95	4	like	like	ADP
ajfti-6174	95	5	gender	gender	NOUN
ajfti-6174	95	6	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	95	7	education	education	NOUN
ajfti-6174	95	8	level	level	NOUN
ajfti-6174	95	9	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	95	10	age	age	NOUN
ajfti-6174	95	11	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	95	12	business	business	NOUN
ajfti-6174	95	13	operational	operational	ADJ
ajfti-6174	95	14	duration	duration	NOUN
ajfti-6174	95	15	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	95	16	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	95	17	position	position	NOUN
ajfti-6174	95	18	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	95	19	control	control	NOUN
ajfti-6174	95	20	within	within	ADP
ajfti-6174	95	21	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	95	22	business	business	NOUN
ajfti-6174	95	23	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	96	1	by	by	ADP
ajfti-6174	96	2	analyzing	analyze	VERB
ajfti-6174	96	3	these	these	DET
ajfti-6174	96	4	characteristics	characteristic	NOUN
ajfti-6174	96	5	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	96	6	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	96	7	researcher	researcher	NOUN
ajfti-6174	96	8	could	could	AUX
ajfti-6174	96	9	identify	identify	VERB
ajfti-6174	96	10	potential	potential	ADJ
ajfti-6174	96	11	biases	bias	NOUN
ajfti-6174	96	12	or	or	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	96	13	limitations	limitation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	96	14	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	96	15	their	their	PRON
ajfti-6174	96	16	own	own	ADJ
ajfti-6174	96	17	perspectives	perspective	NOUN
ajfti-6174	96	18	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	96	19	adjust	adjust	VERB
ajfti-6174	96	20	their	their	PRON
ajfti-6174	96	21	interpretations	interpretation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	96	22	accordingly	accordingly	ADV
ajfti-6174	96	23	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	97	1	gender	gender	NOUN
ajfti-6174	97	2	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	97	3	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	97	4	respondents	respondent	NOUN
ajfti-6174	97	5	information	information	NOUN
ajfti-6174	97	6	on	on	ADP
ajfti-6174	97	7	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	97	8	respondents	respondent	NOUN
ajfti-6174	97	9	’	'	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	97	10	gender	gender	NOUN
ajfti-6174	97	11	was	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	97	12	examined	examine	VERB
ajfti-6174	97	13	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	97	14	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	97	15	study	study	NOUN
ajfti-6174	97	16	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	97	17	determine	determine	VERB
ajfti-6174	97	18	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	97	19	number	number	NOUN
ajfti-6174	97	20	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	97	21	male	male	ADJ
ajfti-6174	97	22	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	97	23	female	female	ADJ
ajfti-6174	97	24	pa	pa	PROPN
ajfti-6174	97	25	ge	ge	PROPN
ajfti-6174	97	26	19	19	NUM
ajfti-6174	97	27	9	9	NUM
ajfti-6174	97	28	https://journals.e-palli.com/home/index.php/ajfti	https://journals.e-palli.com/home/index.php/ajfti	PROPN
ajfti-6174	97	29	am	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	97	30	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	98	1	j.	j.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	98	2	financ	financ	PROPN
ajfti-6174	98	3	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	99	1	technol	technol	PROPN
ajfti-6174	99	2	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	99	3	innov	innov	PROPN
ajfti-6174	99	4	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	100	1	3(1	3(1	NUM
ajfti-6174	100	2	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	100	3	196	196	NUM
ajfti-6174	100	4	-	-	SYM
ajfti-6174	100	5	204	204	NUM
ajfti-6174	100	6	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	100	7	2025	2025	NUM
ajfti-6174	100	8	who	who	PRON
ajfti-6174	100	9	participated	participate	VERB
ajfti-6174	100	10	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	100	11	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	100	12	study	study	NOUN
ajfti-6174	100	13	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	101	1	this	this	PRON
ajfti-6174	101	2	is	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	101	3	critical	critical	ADJ
ajfti-6174	101	4	for	for	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	101	5	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	101	6	researcher	researcher	NOUN
ajfti-6174	101	7	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	101	8	attain	attain	VERB
ajfti-6174	101	9	an	an	DET
ajfti-6174	101	10	unbiased	unbiased	ADJ
ajfti-6174	101	11	outcome	outcome	NOUN
ajfti-6174	101	12	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	101	13	ensure	ensure	VERB
ajfti-6174	101	14	that	that	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	101	15	responses	response	NOUN
ajfti-6174	101	16	are	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	101	17	obtained	obtain	VERB
ajfti-6174	101	18	from	from	ADP
ajfti-6174	101	19	both	both	DET
ajfti-6174	101	20	genders	gender	NOUN
ajfti-6174	101	21	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	102	1	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	102	2	outcome	outcome	NOUN
ajfti-6174	102	3	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	102	4	this	this	DET
ajfti-6174	102	5	analysis	analysis	NOUN
ajfti-6174	102	6	is	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	102	7	contained	contain	VERB
ajfti-6174	102	8	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	102	9	figure	figure	NOUN
ajfti-6174	102	10	1	1	NUM
ajfti-6174	102	11	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	103	1	figure	figure	NOUN
ajfti-6174	103	2	1	1	NUM
ajfti-6174	103	3	:	:	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	103	4	us	us	PROPN
ajfti-6174	103	5	financial	financial	ADJ
ajfti-6174	103	6	crime	crime	NOUN
ajfti-6174	103	7	losses	loss	NOUN
ajfti-6174	103	8	by	by	ADP
ajfti-6174	103	9	type	type	NOUN
ajfti-6174	103	10	source	source	NOUN
ajfti-6174	103	11	:	:	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	103	12	field	field	NOUN
ajfti-6174	103	13	survey	survey	NOUN
ajfti-6174	103	14	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	103	15	2024	2024	NUM
ajfti-6174	103	16	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	103	17	figure	figure	NOUN
ajfti-6174	103	18	2	2	NUM
ajfti-6174	103	19	:	:	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	103	20	educational	educational	ADJ
ajfti-6174	103	21	qualification	qualification	NOUN
ajfti-6174	103	22	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	103	23	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	103	24	respondents	respondent	NOUN
ajfti-6174	103	25	source	source	NOUN
ajfti-6174	103	26	:	:	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	103	27	field	field	NOUN
ajfti-6174	103	28	survey	survey	NOUN
ajfti-6174	103	29	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	103	30	2024	2024	NUM
ajfti-6174	103	31	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	103	32	with	with	ADP
ajfti-6174	103	33	regard	regard	NOUN
ajfti-6174	103	34	to	to	ADP
ajfti-6174	103	35	strategic	strategic	ADJ
ajfti-6174	103	36	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	103	37	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	103	38	survival	survival	NOUN
ajfti-6174	103	39	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	103	40	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	103	41	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	103	42	kiambu	kiambu	PROPN
ajfti-6174	103	43	county	county	PROPN
ajfti-6174	103	44	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	103	45	kenya	kenya	PROPN
ajfti-6174	103	46	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	103	47	it	it	PRON
ajfti-6174	103	48	was	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	103	49	observed	observe	VERB
ajfti-6174	103	50	that	that	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	103	51	males	male	NOUN
ajfti-6174	103	52	constituted	constitute	VERB
ajfti-6174	103	53	74.6	74.6	NUM
ajfti-6174	103	54	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	103	55	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	103	56	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	103	57	total	total	ADJ
ajfti-6174	103	58	respondents	respondent	NOUN
ajfti-6174	103	59	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	103	60	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	103	61	study	study	NOUN
ajfti-6174	103	62	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	103	63	with	with	ADP
ajfti-6174	103	64	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	103	65	female	female	ADJ
ajfti-6174	103	66	counterpart	counterpart	NOUN
ajfti-6174	103	67	representing	represent	VERB
ajfti-6174	103	68	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	103	69	remaining	remain	VERB
ajfti-6174	103	70	25.4	25.4	NUM
ajfti-6174	103	71	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	103	72	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	104	1	from	from	ADP
ajfti-6174	104	2	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	104	3	observation	observation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	104	4	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	104	5	it	it	PRON
ajfti-6174	104	6	could	could	AUX
ajfti-6174	104	7	be	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	104	8	attributed	attribute	VERB
ajfti-6174	104	9	that	that	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	104	10	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	104	11	males	male	NOUN
ajfti-6174	104	12	who	who	PRON
ajfti-6174	104	13	are	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	104	14	heads	head	NOUN
ajfti-6174	104	15	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	104	16	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	104	17	households	household	NOUN
ajfti-6174	104	18	have	have	VERB
ajfti-6174	104	19	more	more	ADJ
ajfti-6174	104	20	time	time	NOUN
ajfti-6174	104	21	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	104	22	engage	engage	VERB
ajfti-6174	104	23	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	104	24	productive	productive	ADJ
ajfti-6174	104	25	activities	activity	NOUN
ajfti-6174	104	26	compared	compare	VERB
ajfti-6174	104	27	to	to	ADP
ajfti-6174	104	28	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	104	29	females	female	NOUN
ajfti-6174	104	30	who	who	PRON
ajfti-6174	104	31	have	have	VERB
ajfti-6174	104	32	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	104	33	combine	combine	VERB
ajfti-6174	104	34	both	both	DET
ajfti-6174	104	35	house	house	NOUN
ajfti-6174	104	36	chores	chore	NOUN
ajfti-6174	104	37	with	with	ADP
ajfti-6174	104	38	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	104	39	activities	activity	NOUN
ajfti-6174	104	40	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	104	41	thereby	thereby	ADV
ajfti-6174	104	42	resulting	result	VERB
ajfti-6174	104	43	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	104	44	only	only	ADV
ajfti-6174	104	45	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	104	46	few	few	ADJ
ajfti-6174	104	47	women	woman	NOUN
ajfti-6174	104	48	participating	participate	VERB
ajfti-6174	104	49	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	105	1	educational	educational	ADJ
ajfti-6174	105	2	qualification	qualification	NOUN
ajfti-6174	105	3	education	education	NOUN
ajfti-6174	105	4	serves	serve	VERB
ajfti-6174	105	5	as	as	ADP
ajfti-6174	105	6	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	105	7	fertile	fertile	ADJ
ajfti-6174	105	8	ground	ground	NOUN
ajfti-6174	105	9	for	for	ADP
ajfti-6174	105	10	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN
ajfti-6174	105	11	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	105	12	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	105	13	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN
ajfti-6174	105	14	fuels	fuel	VERB
ajfti-6174	105	15	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	105	16	engine	engine	NOUN
ajfti-6174	105	17	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	105	18	innovation	innovation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	105	19	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	105	20	creativity	creativity	NOUN
ajfti-6174	105	21	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	106	1	for	for	ADP
ajfti-6174	106	2	entrepreneurs	entrepreneur	NOUN
ajfti-6174	106	3	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	106	4	this	this	PRON
ajfti-6174	106	5	translates	translate	VERB
ajfti-6174	106	6	to	to	ADP
ajfti-6174	106	7	valuable	valuable	ADJ
ajfti-6174	106	8	insights	insight	NOUN
ajfti-6174	106	9	that	that	PRON
ajfti-6174	106	10	enhance	enhance	VERB
ajfti-6174	106	11	their	their	PRON
ajfti-6174	106	12	ability	ability	NOUN
ajfti-6174	106	13	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	106	14	navigate	navigate	VERB
ajfti-6174	106	15	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	106	16	competitive	competitive	ADJ
ajfti-6174	106	17	landscape	landscape	NOUN
ajfti-6174	106	18	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	106	19	secure	secure	VERB
ajfti-6174	106	20	their	their	PRON
ajfti-6174	106	21	businesses	business	NOUN
ajfti-6174	106	22	’	'	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	106	23	survival	survival	NOUN
ajfti-6174	106	24	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	107	1	recognizing	recognize	VERB
ajfti-6174	107	2	this	this	DET
ajfti-6174	107	3	crucial	crucial	ADJ
ajfti-6174	107	4	link	link	NOUN
ajfti-6174	107	5	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	107	6	this	this	DET
ajfti-6174	107	7	section	section	NOUN
ajfti-6174	107	8	looks	look	VERB
ajfti-6174	107	9	into	into	ADP
ajfti-6174	107	10	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	107	11	educational	educational	ADJ
ajfti-6174	107	12	backgrounds	background	NOUN
ajfti-6174	107	13	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	107	14	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	107	15	study	study	NOUN
ajfti-6174	107	16	’s	’s	PART
ajfti-6174	107	17	respondents	respondent	NOUN
ajfti-6174	107	18	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	107	19	presenting	present	VERB
ajfti-6174	107	20	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	107	21	findings	finding	NOUN
ajfti-6174	107	22	visually	visually	ADV
ajfti-6174	107	23	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	107	24	figure	figure	NOUN
ajfti-6174	107	25	2	2	NUM
ajfti-6174	107	26	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	108	1	pa	pa	PROPN
ajfti-6174	108	2	ge	ge	PROPN
ajfti-6174	108	3	20	20	NUM
ajfti-6174	108	4	0	0	NUM
ajfti-6174	108	5	https://journals.e-palli.com/home/index.php/ajfti	https://journals.e-palli.com/home/index.php/ajfti	NOUN
ajfti-6174	108	6	am	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	108	7	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	109	1	j.	j.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	109	2	financ	financ	PROPN
ajfti-6174	109	3	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	110	1	technol	technol	PROPN
ajfti-6174	110	2	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	110	3	innov	innov	PROPN
ajfti-6174	110	4	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	111	1	3(1	3(1	NUM
ajfti-6174	111	2	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	111	3	196	196	NUM
ajfti-6174	111	4	-	-	SYM
ajfti-6174	111	5	204	204	NUM
ajfti-6174	111	6	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	111	7	2025	2025	NUM
ajfti-6174	111	8	figure	figure	NOUN
ajfti-6174	111	9	2	2	NUM
ajfti-6174	111	10	revealed	reveal	VERB
ajfti-6174	111	11	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	111	12	educational	educational	ADJ
ajfti-6174	111	13	landscape	landscape	NOUN
ajfti-6174	111	14	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	111	15	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	111	16	respondent	respondent	ADJ
ajfti-6174	111	17	pool	pool	NOUN
ajfti-6174	111	18	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	112	1	notably	notably	ADV
ajfti-6174	112	2	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	112	3	45	45	NUM
ajfti-6174	112	4	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	112	5	held	hold	VERB
ajfti-6174	112	6	certificate	certificate	NOUN
ajfti-6174	112	7	/	/	SYM
ajfti-6174	112	8	diploma	diploma	NOUN
ajfti-6174	112	9	qualifications	qualification	NOUN
ajfti-6174	112	10	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	112	11	while	while	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	112	12	43.4	43.4	NUM
ajfti-6174	112	13	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	112	14	possessed	possess	VERB
ajfti-6174	112	15	undergraduate	undergraduate	NOUN
ajfti-6174	112	16	degrees	degree	NOUN
ajfti-6174	112	17	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	113	1	masters	master	NOUN
ajfti-6174	113	2	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	113	3	phd	phd	NOUN
ajfti-6174	113	4	holders	holder	NOUN
ajfti-6174	113	5	made	make	VERB
ajfti-6174	113	6	up	up	ADP
ajfti-6174	113	7	smaller	small	ADJ
ajfti-6174	113	8	groups	group	NOUN
ajfti-6174	113	9	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	113	10	with	with	ADP
ajfti-6174	113	11	8	8	NUM
ajfti-6174	113	12	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	113	13	10.8	10.8	NUM
ajfti-6174	113	14	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	113	15	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	113	16	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	113	17	1	1	NUM
ajfti-6174	113	18	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	113	19	0.8	0.8	NUM
ajfti-6174	113	20	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	113	21	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	113	22	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	113	23	respectively	respectively	ADV
ajfti-6174	113	24	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	114	1	this	this	DET
ajfti-6174	114	2	diversity	diversity	NOUN
ajfti-6174	114	3	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	114	4	educational	educational	ADJ
ajfti-6174	114	5	backgrounds	background	NOUN
ajfti-6174	114	6	strengthens	strengthen	VERB
ajfti-6174	114	7	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	114	8	reliability	reliability	NOUN
ajfti-6174	114	9	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	114	10	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	114	11	information	information	NOUN
ajfti-6174	114	12	collected	collect	VERB
ajfti-6174	114	13	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	114	14	as	as	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	114	15	it	it	PRON
ajfti-6174	114	16	encompasses	encompass	VERB
ajfti-6174	114	17	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	114	18	wider	wide	ADJ
ajfti-6174	114	19	range	range	NOUN
ajfti-6174	114	20	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	114	21	perspectives	perspective	NOUN
ajfti-6174	114	22	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	114	23	experiences	experience	NOUN
ajfti-6174	114	24	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	115	1	this	this	DET
ajfti-6174	115	2	variety	variety	NOUN
ajfti-6174	115	3	allows	allow	VERB
ajfti-6174	115	4	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	115	5	researcher	researcher	NOUN
ajfti-6174	115	6	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	115	7	draw	draw	VERB
ajfti-6174	115	8	valid	valid	ADJ
ajfti-6174	115	9	conclusions	conclusion	NOUN
ajfti-6174	115	10	about	about	ADP
ajfti-6174	115	11	strategic	strategic	ADJ
ajfti-6174	115	12	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	115	13	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	115	14	sme	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	115	15	survival	survival	NOUN
ajfti-6174	115	16	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	115	17	kiambu	kiambu	PROPN
ajfti-6174	115	18	county	county	PROPN
ajfti-6174	115	19	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	115	20	kenya	kenya	PROPN
ajfti-6174	115	21	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	116	1	age	age	NOUN
ajfti-6174	116	2	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	116	3	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	116	4	respondents	respondent	NOUN
ajfti-6174	116	5	information	information	NOUN
ajfti-6174	116	6	on	on	ADP
ajfti-6174	116	7	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	116	8	age	age	NOUN
ajfti-6174	116	9	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	116	10	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	116	11	respondents	respondent	NOUN
ajfti-6174	116	12	was	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	116	13	obtained	obtain	VERB
ajfti-6174	116	14	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	116	15	determine	determine	VERB
ajfti-6174	116	16	whether	whether	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	116	17	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	116	18	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN
ajfti-6174	116	19	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	116	20	strategic	strategic	ADJ
ajfti-6174	116	21	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	116	22	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	116	23	relation	relation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	116	24	to	to	ADP
ajfti-6174	116	25	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	116	26	’	'	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	116	27	survival	survival	NOUN
ajfti-6174	116	28	plays	play	VERB
ajfti-6174	116	29	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	116	30	significant	significant	ADJ
ajfti-6174	116	31	role	role	NOUN
ajfti-6174	116	32	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	116	33	kiambu	kiambu	PROPN
ajfti-6174	116	34	county	county	PROPN
ajfti-6174	116	35	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	116	36	kenya	kenya	PROPN
ajfti-6174	116	37	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	117	1	with	with	ADP
ajfti-6174	117	2	respect	respect	NOUN
ajfti-6174	117	3	to	to	ADP
ajfti-6174	117	4	this	this	PRON
ajfti-6174	117	5	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	117	6	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	117	7	outcome	outcome	NOUN
ajfti-6174	117	8	obtained	obtain	VERB
ajfti-6174	117	9	from	from	ADP
ajfti-6174	117	10	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	117	11	respondents	respondent	NOUN
ajfti-6174	117	12	is	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	117	13	documented	document	VERB
ajfti-6174	117	14	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	117	15	figure	figure	NOUN
ajfti-6174	117	16	3	3	NUM
ajfti-6174	117	17	.	.	NOUN
ajfti-6174	117	18	out	out	ADP
ajfti-6174	117	19	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	117	20	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	117	21	total	total	ADJ
ajfti-6174	117	22	respondents	respondent	NOUN
ajfti-6174	117	23	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	117	24	17	17	NUM
ajfti-6174	117	25	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	117	26	24.5	24.5	NUM
ajfti-6174	117	27	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	117	28	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	117	29	were	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	117	30	between	between	ADP
ajfti-6174	117	31	18	18	NUM
ajfti-6174	117	32	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	117	33	25	25	NUM
ajfti-6174	117	34	years	year	NOUN
ajfti-6174	117	35	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	117	36	19	19	NUM
ajfti-6174	117	37	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	117	38	26.4	26.4	NUM
ajfti-6174	117	39	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	117	40	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	117	41	were	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	117	42	between	between	ADP
ajfti-6174	117	43	26	26	NUM
ajfti-6174	117	44	-	-	SYM
ajfti-6174	117	45	35	35	NUM
ajfti-6174	117	46	years	year	NOUN
ajfti-6174	117	47	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	117	48	while	while	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	117	49	24	24	NUM
ajfti-6174	117	50	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	117	51	33.8	33.8	NUM
ajfti-6174	117	52	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	117	53	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	117	54	were	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	117	55	between	between	ADP
ajfti-6174	117	56	36	36	NUM
ajfti-6174	117	57	-	-	SYM
ajfti-6174	117	58	45	45	NUM
ajfti-6174	117	59	years	year	NOUN
ajfti-6174	117	60	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	118	1	only	only	ADV
ajfti-6174	118	2	8	8	NUM
ajfti-6174	118	3	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	118	4	11.1	11.1	NUM
ajfti-6174	118	5	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	118	6	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	118	7	were	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	118	8	between	between	ADP
ajfti-6174	118	9	46	46	NUM
ajfti-6174	118	10	-	-	SYM
ajfti-6174	118	11	55	55	NUM
ajfti-6174	118	12	years	year	NOUN
ajfti-6174	118	13	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	118	14	age	age	NOUN
ajfti-6174	118	15	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	119	1	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	119	2	addition	addition	NOUN
ajfti-6174	119	3	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	119	4	3	3	NUM
ajfti-6174	119	5	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	119	6	4.2	4.2	NUM
ajfti-6174	119	7	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	119	8	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	119	9	respondents	respondent	NOUN
ajfti-6174	119	10	were	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	119	11	56	56	NUM
ajfti-6174	119	12	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	119	13	above	above	ADV
ajfti-6174	119	14	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	120	1	this	this	DET
ajfti-6174	120	2	result	result	NOUN
ajfti-6174	120	3	showed	show	VERB
ajfti-6174	120	4	that	that	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	120	5	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	120	6	majority	majority	NOUN
ajfti-6174	120	7	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	120	8	33.8	33.8	NUM
ajfti-6174	120	9	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	120	10	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	120	11	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	120	12	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	120	13	entrepreneurs	entrepreneur	NOUN
ajfti-6174	120	14	’	'	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	120	15	population	population	NOUN
ajfti-6174	120	16	was	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	120	17	young	young	ADJ
ajfti-6174	120	18	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	120	19	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	120	20	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	120	21	active	active	ADJ
ajfti-6174	120	22	age	age	NOUN
ajfti-6174	120	23	group	group	NOUN
ajfti-6174	120	24	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	120	25	implying	imply	VERB
ajfti-6174	120	26	that	that	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	120	27	entrepreneurs	entrepreneur	NOUN
ajfti-6174	120	28	can	can	AUX
ajfti-6174	120	29	employ	employ	VERB
ajfti-6174	120	30	different	different	ADJ
ajfti-6174	120	31	strategic	strategic	ADJ
ajfti-6174	120	32	orientations	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	120	33	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	120	34	ensure	ensure	VERB
ajfti-6174	120	35	their	their	PRON
ajfti-6174	120	36	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	120	37	’	'	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	120	38	survival	survival	NOUN
ajfti-6174	120	39	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	120	40	kiambu	kiambu	PROPN
ajfti-6174	120	41	county	county	PROPN
ajfti-6174	120	42	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	120	43	kenya	kenya	PROPN
ajfti-6174	120	44	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	121	1	business	business	PROPN
ajfti-6174	121	2	operational	operational	ADJ
ajfti-6174	121	3	duration	duration	NOUN
ajfti-6174	121	4	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	121	5	length	length	NOUN
ajfti-6174	121	6	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	121	7	time	time	NOUN
ajfti-6174	121	8	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	121	9	business	business	NOUN
ajfti-6174	121	10	has	have	AUX
ajfti-6174	121	11	been	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	121	12	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	121	13	place	place	NOUN
ajfti-6174	121	14	was	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	121	15	examined	examine	VERB
ajfti-6174	121	16	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	121	17	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	121	18	study	study	NOUN
ajfti-6174	121	19	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	122	1	this	this	PRON
ajfti-6174	122	2	is	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	122	3	crucial	crucial	ADJ
ajfti-6174	122	4	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	122	5	determining	determine	VERB
ajfti-6174	122	6	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	122	7	survival	survival	NOUN
ajfti-6174	122	8	rate	rate	NOUN
ajfti-6174	122	9	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	122	10	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	122	11	business	business	NOUN
ajfti-6174	122	12	as	as	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	122	13	it	it	PRON
ajfti-6174	122	14	relates	relate	VERB
ajfti-6174	122	15	to	to	ADP
ajfti-6174	122	16	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	122	17	employment	employment	NOUN
ajfti-6174	122	18	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	122	19	strategic	strategic	ADJ
ajfti-6174	122	20	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	122	21	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	122	22	kiambu	kiambu	PROPN
ajfti-6174	122	23	county	county	PROPN
ajfti-6174	122	24	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	123	1	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	123	2	outcome	outcome	NOUN
ajfti-6174	123	3	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	123	4	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	123	5	business	business	NOUN
ajfti-6174	123	6	with	with	ADP
ajfti-6174	123	7	respect	respect	NOUN
ajfti-6174	123	8	to	to	ADP
ajfti-6174	123	9	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	123	10	operational	operational	ADJ
ajfti-6174	123	11	duration	duration	NOUN
ajfti-6174	123	12	is	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	123	13	presented	present	VERB
ajfti-6174	123	14	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	123	15	figure	figure	NOUN
ajfti-6174	123	16	4	4	NUM
ajfti-6174	123	17	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	123	18	entrepreneurs	entrepreneur	NOUN
ajfti-6174	123	19	’	'	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	123	20	distribution	distribution	NOUN
ajfti-6174	123	21	by	by	ADP
ajfti-6174	123	22	their	their	PRON
ajfti-6174	123	23	business	business	NOUN
ajfti-6174	123	24	duration	duration	NOUN
ajfti-6174	123	25	indicated	indicate	VERB
ajfti-6174	123	26	that	that	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	123	27	42.2	42.2	NUM
ajfti-6174	123	28	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	123	29	30	30	NUM
ajfti-6174	123	30	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	123	31	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	123	32	had	have	AUX
ajfti-6174	123	33	been	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	123	34	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	123	35	operation	operation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	123	36	between	between	ADP
ajfti-6174	123	37	1	1	NUM
ajfti-6174	123	38	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	123	39	5	5	NUM
ajfti-6174	123	40	years	year	NOUN
ajfti-6174	123	41	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	123	42	26	26	NUM
ajfti-6174	123	43	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	123	44	36.9	36.9	NUM
ajfti-6174	123	45	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	123	46	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	123	47	had	have	VERB
ajfti-6174	123	48	6	6	NUM
ajfti-6174	123	49	-10	-10	NUM
ajfti-6174	123	50	years	year	NOUN
ajfti-6174	123	51	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	123	52	operational	operational	ADJ
ajfti-6174	123	53	duration	duration	NOUN
ajfti-6174	123	54	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	123	55	10	10	NUM
ajfti-6174	123	56	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	123	57	13.5	13.5	NUM
ajfti-6174	123	58	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	123	59	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	123	60	had	have	VERB
ajfti-6174	123	61	11	11	NUM
ajfti-6174	123	62	15	15	NUM
ajfti-6174	123	63	years	year	NOUN
ajfti-6174	123	64	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	123	65	existence	existence	NOUN
ajfti-6174	123	66	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	124	1	however	however	ADV
ajfti-6174	124	2	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	124	3	only	only	ADV
ajfti-6174	124	4	5	5	NUM
ajfti-6174	124	5	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	124	6	7.5	7.5	NUM
ajfti-6174	124	7	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	124	8	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	124	9	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	124	10	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	124	11	respondents	respondent	NOUN
ajfti-6174	124	12	noted	note	VERB
ajfti-6174	124	13	that	that	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	124	14	their	their	PRON
ajfti-6174	124	15	businesses	business	NOUN
ajfti-6174	124	16	have	have	AUX
ajfti-6174	124	17	been	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	124	18	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	124	19	existence	existence	NOUN
ajfti-6174	124	20	above	above	ADP
ajfti-6174	124	21	15	15	NUM
ajfti-6174	124	22	years	year	NOUN
ajfti-6174	124	23	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	125	1	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	125	2	result	result	NOUN
ajfti-6174	125	3	showed	show	VERB
ajfti-6174	125	4	that	that	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	125	5	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	125	6	majority	majority	NOUN
ajfti-6174	125	7	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	125	8	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	125	9	entrepreneurs	entrepreneur	NOUN
ajfti-6174	125	10	have	have	AUX
ajfti-6174	125	11	been	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	125	12	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	125	13	existence	existence	NOUN
ajfti-6174	125	14	for	for	ADP
ajfti-6174	125	15	six	six	NUM
ajfti-6174	125	16	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	125	17	ten	ten	NUM
ajfti-6174	125	18	years	year	NOUN
ajfti-6174	125	19	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	126	1	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	126	2	result	result	NOUN
ajfti-6174	126	3	showed	show	VERB
ajfti-6174	126	4	that	that	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	126	5	even	even	ADV
ajfti-6174	126	6	though	though	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	126	7	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	126	8	entrepreneurs	entrepreneur	NOUN
ajfti-6174	126	9	have	have	AUX
ajfti-6174	126	10	had	have	VERB
ajfti-6174	126	11	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	126	12	considerable	considerable	ADJ
ajfti-6174	126	13	experience	experience	NOUN
ajfti-6174	126	14	owning	own	VERB
ajfti-6174	126	15	to	to	ADP
ajfti-6174	126	16	their	their	PRON
ajfti-6174	126	17	active	active	ADJ
ajfti-6174	126	18	age	age	NOUN
ajfti-6174	126	19	groups	group	NOUN
ajfti-6174	126	20	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	126	21	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	126	22	majority	majority	NOUN
ajfti-6174	126	23	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	126	24	them	they	PRON
ajfti-6174	126	25	still	still	ADV
ajfti-6174	126	26	operated	operate	VERB
ajfti-6174	126	27	on	on	ADP
ajfti-6174	126	28	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	126	29	small	small	ADJ
ajfti-6174	126	30	scale	scale	NOUN
ajfti-6174	126	31	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	127	1	this	this	PRON
ajfti-6174	127	2	may	may	AUX
ajfti-6174	127	3	be	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	127	4	as	as	ADP
ajfti-6174	127	5	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	127	6	result	result	NOUN
ajfti-6174	127	7	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	127	8	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	127	9	inadequate	inadequate	ADJ
ajfti-6174	127	10	capital	capital	NOUN
ajfti-6174	127	11	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	127	12	deploy	deploy	VERB
ajfti-6174	127	13	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	127	14	right	right	ADJ
ajfti-6174	127	15	strategy	strategy	NOUN
ajfti-6174	127	16	for	for	ADP
ajfti-6174	127	17	survival	survival	NOUN
ajfti-6174	127	18	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	127	19	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	127	20	market	market	NOUN
ajfti-6174	127	21	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	128	1	position	position	NOUN
ajfti-6174	128	2	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	128	3	control	control	NOUN
ajfti-6174	128	4	recognizing	recognize	VERB
ajfti-6174	128	5	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	128	6	critical	critical	ADJ
ajfti-6174	128	7	role	role	NOUN
ajfti-6174	128	8	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	128	9	ownership	ownership	NOUN
ajfti-6174	128	10	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	128	11	control	control	NOUN
ajfti-6174	128	12	structures	structure	NOUN
ajfti-6174	128	13	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	128	14	shaping	shape	VERB
ajfti-6174	128	15	business	business	NOUN
ajfti-6174	128	16	decisions	decision	NOUN
ajfti-6174	128	17	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	128	18	influencing	influence	VERB
ajfti-6174	128	19	sme	sme	ADJ
ajfti-6174	128	20	survival	survival	NOUN
ajfti-6174	128	21	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	128	22	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	128	23	study	study	NOUN
ajfti-6174	128	24	gathered	gather	VERB
ajfti-6174	128	25	detailed	detailed	ADJ
ajfti-6174	128	26	information	information	NOUN
ajfti-6174	128	27	on	on	ADP
ajfti-6174	128	28	this	this	DET
ajfti-6174	128	29	aspect	aspect	NOUN
ajfti-6174	128	30	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	129	1	through	through	ADP
ajfti-6174	129	2	surveys	survey	NOUN
ajfti-6174	129	3	with	with	ADP
ajfti-6174	129	4	field	field	NOUN
ajfti-6174	129	5	respondents	respondent	NOUN
ajfti-6174	129	6	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	129	7	data	datum	NOUN
ajfti-6174	129	8	were	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	129	9	collected	collect	VERB
ajfti-6174	129	10	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	129	11	pinpoint	pinpoint	VERB
ajfti-6174	129	12	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	129	13	position	position	NOUN
ajfti-6174	129	14	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	129	15	ownership	ownership	NOUN
ajfti-6174	129	16	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	129	17	control	control	NOUN
ajfti-6174	129	18	within	within	ADP
ajfti-6174	129	19	each	each	DET
ajfti-6174	129	20	business	business	NOUN
ajfti-6174	129	21	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	130	1	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	130	2	findings	finding	NOUN
ajfti-6174	130	3	from	from	ADP
ajfti-6174	130	4	this	this	DET
ajfti-6174	130	5	inquiry	inquiry	NOUN
ajfti-6174	130	6	are	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	130	7	comprehensively	comprehensively	ADV
ajfti-6174	130	8	presented	present	VERB
ajfti-6174	130	9	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	130	10	figure	figure	NOUN
ajfti-6174	130	11	5	5	NUM
ajfti-6174	130	12	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	130	13	offering	offer	VERB
ajfti-6174	130	14	valuable	valuable	ADJ
ajfti-6174	130	15	insights	insight	NOUN
ajfti-6174	130	16	into	into	ADP
ajfti-6174	130	17	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	130	18	diverse	diverse	ADJ
ajfti-6174	130	19	ownership	ownership	NOUN
ajfti-6174	130	20	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	130	21	control	control	NOUN
ajfti-6174	130	22	landscapes	landscape	NOUN
ajfti-6174	130	23	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	130	24	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	130	25	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	130	26	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	130	27	study	study	NOUN
ajfti-6174	130	28	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	131	1	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	131	2	order	order	NOUN
ajfti-6174	131	3	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	131	4	determine	determine	VERB
ajfti-6174	131	5	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	131	6	management	management	NOUN
ajfti-6174	131	7	or	or	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	131	8	ownership	ownership	NOUN
ajfti-6174	131	9	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	131	10	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	131	11	business	business	NOUN
ajfti-6174	131	12	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	131	13	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	131	14	kiambu	kiambu	PROPN
ajfti-6174	131	15	county	county	PROPN
ajfti-6174	131	16	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	131	17	information	information	NOUN
ajfti-6174	131	18	was	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	131	19	obtained	obtain	VERB
ajfti-6174	131	20	from	from	ADP
ajfti-6174	131	21	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	131	22	respondents	respondent	NOUN
ajfti-6174	131	23	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	131	24	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	131	25	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	131	26	outcomes	outcome	NOUN
ajfti-6174	131	27	are	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	131	28	shown	show	VERB
ajfti-6174	131	29	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	131	30	figure	figure	NOUN
ajfti-6174	131	31	5	5	NUM
ajfti-6174	131	32	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	132	1	with	with	ADP
ajfti-6174	132	2	this	this	PRON
ajfti-6174	132	3	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	132	4	it	it	PRON
ajfti-6174	132	5	was	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	132	6	noted	note	VERB
ajfti-6174	132	7	that	that	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	132	8	69.7	69.7	NUM
ajfti-6174	132	9	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	132	10	capturing	capture	VERB
ajfti-6174	132	11	49	49	NUM
ajfti-6174	132	12	participants	participant	NOUN
ajfti-6174	132	13	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	132	14	were	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	132	15	owners	owner	NOUN
ajfti-6174	132	16	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	132	17	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	132	18	investigated	investigate	VERB
ajfti-6174	132	19	business	business	NOUN
ajfti-6174	132	20	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	132	21	kiambu	kiambu	PROPN
ajfti-6174	132	22	county	county	PROPN
ajfti-6174	132	23	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	132	24	while	while	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	132	25	30.3	30.3	NUM
ajfti-6174	132	26	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	132	27	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	132	28	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	132	29	participants	participant	NOUN
ajfti-6174	132	30	were	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	132	31	managers	manager	NOUN
ajfti-6174	132	32	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	132	33	these	these	DET
ajfti-6174	132	34	businesses	business	NOUN
ajfti-6174	132	35	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	132	36	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	132	37	study	study	NOUN
ajfti-6174	132	38	area	area	NOUN
ajfti-6174	132	39	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	133	1	from	from	ADP
ajfti-6174	133	2	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	133	3	outcome	outcome	NOUN
ajfti-6174	133	4	recorded	record	VERB
ajfti-6174	133	5	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	133	6	it	it	PRON
ajfti-6174	133	7	is	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	133	8	worthwhile	worthwhile	ADJ
ajfti-6174	133	9	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	133	10	note	note	VERB
ajfti-6174	133	11	that	that	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	133	12	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	133	13	majority	majority	NOUN
ajfti-6174	133	14	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	133	15	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	133	16	business	business	NOUN
ajfti-6174	133	17	owners	owner	NOUN
ajfti-6174	133	18	prefer	prefer	VERB
ajfti-6174	133	19	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	133	20	manage	manage	VERB
ajfti-6174	133	21	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	133	22	control	control	VERB
ajfti-6174	133	23	their	their	PRON
ajfti-6174	133	24	businesses	business	NOUN
ajfti-6174	133	25	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	133	26	thereby	thereby	ADV
ajfti-6174	133	27	deploying	deploy	VERB
ajfti-6174	133	28	figure	figure	NOUN
ajfti-6174	133	29	3	3	NUM
ajfti-6174	133	30	:	:	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	133	31	age	age	NOUN
ajfti-6174	133	32	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	133	33	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	133	34	respondents	respondent	NOUN
ajfti-6174	133	35	source	source	NOUN
ajfti-6174	133	36	:	:	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	133	37	field	field	NOUN
ajfti-6174	133	38	survey	survey	NOUN
ajfti-6174	133	39	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	133	40	2024	2024	NUM
ajfti-6174	133	41	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	133	42	pa	pa	PROPN
ajfti-6174	133	43	ge	ge	PROPN
ajfti-6174	133	44	20	20	NUM
ajfti-6174	133	45	1	1	NUM
ajfti-6174	133	46	https://journals.e-palli.com/home/index.php/ajfti	https://journals.e-palli.com/home/index.php/ajfti	NOUN
ajfti-6174	133	47	am	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	133	48	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	134	1	j.	j.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	134	2	financ	financ	PROPN
ajfti-6174	134	3	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	135	1	technol	technol	PROPN
ajfti-6174	135	2	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	135	3	innov	innov	PROPN
ajfti-6174	135	4	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	136	1	3(1	3(1	NUM
ajfti-6174	136	2	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	136	3	196	196	NUM
ajfti-6174	136	4	-	-	SYM
ajfti-6174	136	5	204	204	NUM
ajfti-6174	136	6	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	136	7	2025	2025	NUM
ajfti-6174	136	8	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	136	9	best	good	ADJ
ajfti-6174	136	10	strategic	strategic	ADJ
ajfti-6174	136	11	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	136	12	that	that	PRON
ajfti-6174	136	13	wold	wold	VERB
ajfti-6174	136	14	ensure	ensure	VERB
ajfti-6174	136	15	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	136	16	survival	survival	NOUN
ajfti-6174	136	17	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	136	18	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	136	19	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	136	20	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	136	21	kiambu	kiambu	PROPN
ajfti-6174	136	22	county	county	PROPN
ajfti-6174	136	23	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	136	24	kenya	kenya	PROPN
ajfti-6174	136	25	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	137	1	descriptive	descriptive	ADJ
ajfti-6174	137	2	analysis	analysis	NOUN
ajfti-6174	137	3	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	137	4	analysis	analysis	NOUN
ajfti-6174	137	5	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	137	6	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	137	7	study	study	NOUN
ajfti-6174	137	8	’s	’s	PART
ajfti-6174	137	9	findings	finding	VERB
ajfti-6174	137	10	leveraged	leveraged	ADJ
ajfti-6174	137	11	descriptive	descriptive	ADJ
ajfti-6174	137	12	statistics	statistic	NOUN
ajfti-6174	137	13	derived	derive	VERB
ajfti-6174	137	14	from	from	ADP
ajfti-6174	137	15	respondents	respondent	NOUN
ajfti-6174	137	16	’	'	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	137	17	5	5	NUM
ajfti-6174	137	18	-	-	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	137	19	point	point	NOUN
ajfti-6174	137	20	likert	likert	ADJ
ajfti-6174	137	21	scale	scale	NOUN
ajfti-6174	137	22	responses	response	NOUN
ajfti-6174	137	23	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	137	24	kiambu	kiambu	PROPN
ajfti-6174	137	25	county	county	NOUN
ajfti-6174	137	26	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	138	1	each	each	DET
ajfti-6174	138	2	option	option	NOUN
ajfti-6174	138	3	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	138	4	ranging	range	VERB
ajfti-6174	138	5	from	from	ADP
ajfti-6174	138	6	1	1	NUM
ajfti-6174	138	7	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	138	8	strongly	strongly	ADV
ajfti-6174	138	9	disagree	disagree	VERB
ajfti-6174	138	10	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	138	11	to	to	ADP
ajfti-6174	138	12	5	5	NUM
ajfti-6174	138	13	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	138	14	strongly	strongly	ADV
ajfti-6174	138	15	agree	agree	VERB
ajfti-6174	138	16	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	138	17	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	138	18	was	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	138	19	assigned	assign	VERB
ajfti-6174	138	20	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	138	21	numeric	numeric	ADJ
ajfti-6174	138	22	value	value	NOUN
ajfti-6174	138	23	:	:	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	138	24	2	2	NUM
ajfti-6174	138	25	for	for	ADP
ajfti-6174	138	26	disagree	disagree	NOUN
ajfti-6174	138	27	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	138	28	4	4	NUM
ajfti-6174	138	29	for	for	ADP
ajfti-6174	138	30	agree	agree	NOUN
ajfti-6174	138	31	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	138	32	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	138	33	3	3	NUM
ajfti-6174	138	34	for	for	ADP
ajfti-6174	138	35	neutral	neutral	ADJ
ajfti-6174	138	36	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	139	1	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	139	2	gauge	gauge	VERB
ajfti-6174	139	3	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	139	4	achievement	achievement	NOUN
ajfti-6174	139	5	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	139	6	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	139	7	research	research	NOUN
ajfti-6174	139	8	objectives	objective	NOUN
ajfti-6174	139	9	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	139	10	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	139	11	researcher	researcher	NOUN
ajfti-6174	139	12	examined	examine	VERB
ajfti-6174	139	13	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	139	14	percentage	percentage	NOUN
ajfti-6174	139	15	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	139	16	responses	response	NOUN
ajfti-6174	139	17	fitting	fit	VERB
ajfti-6174	139	18	each	each	DET
ajfti-6174	139	19	category	category	NOUN
ajfti-6174	139	20	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	139	21	calculated	calculate	VERB
ajfti-6174	139	22	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	139	23	mean	mean	ADJ
ajfti-6174	139	24	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	139	25	standard	standard	ADJ
ajfti-6174	139	26	deviation	deviation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	139	27	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	140	1	ultimately	ultimately	ADV
ajfti-6174	140	2	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	140	3	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	140	4	study	study	NOUN
ajfti-6174	140	5	’s	’s	PART
ajfti-6174	140	6	success	success	NOUN
ajfti-6174	140	7	was	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	140	8	determined	determine	VERB
ajfti-6174	140	9	by	by	ADP
ajfti-6174	140	10	comparing	compare	VERB
ajfti-6174	140	11	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	140	12	overall	overall	ADJ
ajfti-6174	140	13	composite	composite	ADJ
ajfti-6174	140	14	mean	mean	NOUN
ajfti-6174	140	15	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	140	16	representing	represent	VERB
ajfti-6174	140	17	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	140	18	average	average	NOUN
ajfti-6174	140	19	across	across	ADP
ajfti-6174	140	20	all	all	DET
ajfti-6174	140	21	survey	survey	NOUN
ajfti-6174	140	22	questions	question	NOUN
ajfti-6174	140	23	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	140	24	to	to	ADP
ajfti-6174	140	25	pre	pre	ADJ
ajfti-6174	140	26	-	-	ADJ
ajfti-6174	140	27	defined	define	VERB
ajfti-6174	140	28	criteria	criterion	NOUN
ajfti-6174	140	29	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	141	1	technology	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	141	2	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	141	3	businesses	business	NOUN
ajfti-6174	141	4	leverage	leverage	VERB
ajfti-6174	141	5	technology	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	141	6	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	141	7	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	141	8	differentiate	differentiate	VERB
ajfti-6174	141	9	themselves	themselves	PRON
ajfti-6174	141	10	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	141	11	enhance	enhance	VERB
ajfti-6174	141	12	service	service	NOUN
ajfti-6174	141	13	delivery	delivery	NOUN
ajfti-6174	141	14	to	to	ADP
ajfti-6174	141	15	customers	customer	NOUN
ajfti-6174	141	16	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	142	1	recognizing	recognize	VERB
ajfti-6174	142	2	this	this	DET
ajfti-6174	142	3	crucial	crucial	ADJ
ajfti-6174	142	4	role	role	NOUN
ajfti-6174	142	5	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	142	6	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	142	7	study	study	NOUN
ajfti-6174	142	8	sought	seek	VERB
ajfti-6174	142	9	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	142	10	gather	gather	VERB
ajfti-6174	142	11	participants	participant	NOUN
ajfti-6174	142	12	’	’	PART
ajfti-6174	142	13	perspectives	perspective	NOUN
ajfti-6174	142	14	on	on	ADP
ajfti-6174	142	15	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	142	16	matter	matter	NOUN
ajfti-6174	142	17	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	143	1	table	table	NOUN
ajfti-6174	143	2	2	2	NUM
ajfti-6174	143	3	presents	present	VERB
ajfti-6174	143	4	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	143	5	analysis	analysis	NOUN
ajfti-6174	143	6	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	143	7	these	these	DET
ajfti-6174	143	8	perspectives	perspective	NOUN
ajfti-6174	143	9	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	143	10	showcasing	showcase	VERB
ajfti-6174	143	11	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	143	12	percentage	percentage	NOUN
ajfti-6174	143	13	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	143	14	respondents	respondent	NOUN
ajfti-6174	143	15	holding	hold	VERB
ajfti-6174	143	16	specific	specific	ADJ
ajfti-6174	143	17	views	view	NOUN
ajfti-6174	143	18	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	143	19	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	143	20	variability	variability	NOUN
ajfti-6174	143	21	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	143	22	their	their	PRON
ajfti-6174	143	23	opinions	opinion	NOUN
ajfti-6174	143	24	as	as	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	143	25	reflected	reflect	VERB
ajfti-6174	143	26	by	by	ADP
ajfti-6174	143	27	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	143	28	standard	standard	ADJ
ajfti-6174	143	29	deviation	deviation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	143	30	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	143	31	mean	mean	ADJ
ajfti-6174	143	32	scores	score	NOUN
ajfti-6174	143	33	for	for	ADP
ajfti-6174	143	34	related	related	ADJ
ajfti-6174	143	35	survey	survey	NOUN
ajfti-6174	143	36	items	item	NOUN
ajfti-6174	143	37	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	144	1	figure	figure	VERB
ajfti-6174	144	2	4	4	NUM
ajfti-6174	144	3	:	:	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	144	4	duration	duration	NOUN
ajfti-6174	144	5	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	144	6	business	business	NOUN
ajfti-6174	144	7	operation	operation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	144	8	source	source	NOUN
ajfti-6174	144	9	:	:	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	144	10	field	field	NOUN
ajfti-6174	144	11	survey	survey	NOUN
ajfti-6174	144	12	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	144	13	2024	2024	NUM
ajfti-6174	144	14	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	144	15	figure	figure	NOUN
ajfti-6174	144	16	5	5	NUM
ajfti-6174	144	17	:	:	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	144	18	position	position	NOUN
ajfti-6174	144	19	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	144	20	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	144	21	business	business	NOUN
ajfti-6174	144	22	source	source	NOUN
ajfti-6174	144	23	:	:	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	144	24	field	field	NOUN
ajfti-6174	144	25	survey	survey	NOUN
ajfti-6174	144	26	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	144	27	2024	2024	NUM
ajfti-6174	144	28	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	144	29	pa	pa	PROPN
ajfti-6174	144	30	ge	ge	PROPN
ajfti-6174	144	31	20	20	NUM
ajfti-6174	144	32	2	2	NUM
ajfti-6174	144	33	https://journals.e-palli.com/home/index.php/ajfti	https://journals.e-palli.com/home/index.php/ajfti	NOUN
ajfti-6174	144	34	am	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	144	35	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	145	1	j.	j.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	145	2	financ	financ	PROPN
ajfti-6174	145	3	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	146	1	technol	technol	PROPN
ajfti-6174	146	2	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	146	3	innov	innov	PROPN
ajfti-6174	146	4	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	147	1	3(1	3(1	NUM
ajfti-6174	147	2	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	147	3	196	196	NUM
ajfti-6174	147	4	-	-	SYM
ajfti-6174	147	5	204	204	NUM
ajfti-6174	147	6	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	147	7	2025	2025	NUM
ajfti-6174	147	8	table	table	NOUN
ajfti-6174	147	9	2	2	NUM
ajfti-6174	147	10	:	:	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	147	11	descriptive	descriptive	ADJ
ajfti-6174	147	12	statistics	statistic	NOUN
ajfti-6174	147	13	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	147	14	technology	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	147	15	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	147	16	item	item	NOUN
ajfti-6174	147	17	responses	response	VERB
ajfti-6174	147	18	n=71	n=71	PROPN
ajfti-6174	147	19	mean	mean	PROPN
ajfti-6174	147	20	st	st	PROPN
ajfti-6174	147	21	.	.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	147	22	devsd%	devsd%	PROPN
ajfti-6174	147	23	d%	d%	PROPN
ajfti-6174	147	24	n%	n%	PROPN
ajfti-6174	147	25	a%	a%	VERB
ajfti-6174	147	26	sa%	sa%	PROPN
ajfti-6174	147	27	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	147	28	company	company	NOUN
ajfti-6174	147	29	applies	apply	VERB
ajfti-6174	147	30	high	high	ADJ
ajfti-6174	147	31	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	147	32	know	know	NOUN
ajfti-6174	147	33	-	-	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	147	34	how	how	NOUN
ajfti-6174	147	35	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	147	36	improve	improve	VERB
ajfti-6174	147	37	performance	performance	NOUN
ajfti-6174	147	38	3.1	3.1	NUM
ajfti-6174	147	39	4.3	4.3	NUM
ajfti-6174	147	40	10.4	10.4	NUM
ajfti-6174	147	41	61.3	61.3	NUM
ajfti-6174	147	42	20.9	20.9	NUM
ajfti-6174	147	43	3.926	3.926	NUM
ajfti-6174	147	44	0.871	0.871	NUM
ajfti-6174	147	45	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	147	46	application	application	NOUN
ajfti-6174	147	47	is	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	147	48	vital	vital	ADJ
ajfti-6174	147	49	for	for	ADP
ajfti-6174	147	50	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	147	51	firm	firm	NOUN
ajfti-6174	147	52	6.7	6.7	NUM
ajfti-6174	147	53	21.5	21.5	NUM
ajfti-6174	147	54	22.7	22.7	NUM
ajfti-6174	147	55	33.7	33.7	NUM
ajfti-6174	147	56	15.3	15.3	NUM
ajfti-6174	147	57	3.294	3.294	NUM
ajfti-6174	147	58	1.164	1.164	NUM
ajfti-6174	147	59	research	research	NOUN
ajfti-6174	147	60	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	147	61	development	development	NOUN
ajfti-6174	147	62	is	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	147	63	usually	usually	ADV
ajfti-6174	147	64	carried	carry	VERB
ajfti-6174	147	65	out	out	ADP
ajfti-6174	147	66	so	so	ADV
ajfti-6174	147	67	as	as	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	147	68	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	147	69	be	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	147	70	better	well	ADJ
ajfti-6174	147	71	at	at	ADP
ajfti-6174	147	72	doing	do	VERB
ajfti-6174	147	73	business	business	NOUN
ajfti-6174	147	74	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	148	1	15.3	15.3	NUM
ajfti-6174	148	2	38.0	38.0	NUM
ajfti-6174	148	3	22.1	22.1	NUM
ajfti-6174	148	4	19.0	19.0	NUM
ajfti-6174	148	5	5.5	5.5	NUM
ajfti-6174	148	6	3.613	3.613	NUM
ajfti-6174	148	7	1.123	1.123	NUM
ajfti-6174	148	8	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	148	9	technical	technical	ADJ
ajfti-6174	148	10	infrastructure	infrastructure	NOUN
ajfti-6174	148	11	is	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	148	12	available	available	ADJ
ajfti-6174	148	13	within	within	ADP
ajfti-6174	148	14	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	148	15	firm	firm	NOUN
ajfti-6174	148	16	6.7	6.7	NUM
ajfti-6174	148	17	17.8	17.8	NUM
ajfti-6174	148	18	23.3	23.3	NUM
ajfti-6174	148	19	46.0	46.0	NUM
ajfti-6174	148	20	6.1	6.1	NUM
ajfti-6174	148	21	3.269	3.269	NUM
ajfti-6174	148	22	1.042	1.042	NUM
ajfti-6174	148	23	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	148	24	firm	firm	ADJ
ajfti-6174	148	25	harnesses	harness	NOUN
ajfti-6174	148	26	innovation	innovation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	148	27	infrastructures	infrastructure	NOUN
ajfti-6174	148	28	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	148	29	fit	fit	VERB
ajfti-6174	148	30	today	today	NOUN
ajfti-6174	148	31	's	's	PART
ajfti-6174	148	32	skills	skill	NOUN
ajfti-6174	148	33	8.6	8.6	NUM
ajfti-6174	148	34	14.1	14.1	NUM
ajfti-6174	148	35	10.4	10.4	NUM
ajfti-6174	148	36	46.0	46.0	NUM
ajfti-6174	148	37	20.9	20.9	NUM
ajfti-6174	148	38	3.564	3.564	NUM
ajfti-6174	148	39	1.212	1.212	NUM
ajfti-6174	148	40	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	148	41	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	148	42	helps	help	VERB
ajfti-6174	148	43	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	148	44	make	make	VERB
ajfti-6174	148	45	business	business	NOUN
ajfti-6174	148	46	easy	easy	ADJ
ajfti-6174	148	47	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	148	48	efficient	efficient	ADJ
ajfti-6174	149	1	5.5	5.5	NUM
ajfti-6174	149	2	1.8	1.8	NUM
ajfti-6174	149	3	10.4	10.4	NUM
ajfti-6174	149	4	54.6	54.6	NUM
ajfti-6174	149	5	27.6	27.6	NUM
ajfti-6174	149	6	3.969	3.969	NUM
ajfti-6174	149	7	0.977	0.977	NUM
ajfti-6174	149	8	av	av	NOUN
ajfti-6174	149	9	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	150	1	mean	mean	NOUN
ajfti-6174	151	1	=	=	SYM
ajfti-6174	152	1	3.60583	3.60583	NUM
ajfti-6174	152	2	;	;	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	152	3	av	av	PROPN
ajfti-6174	152	4	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	152	5	st	st	PROPN
ajfti-6174	152	6	.	.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	152	7	dev	dev	PROPN
ajfti-6174	152	8	=	=	PROPN
ajfti-6174	152	9	1.06483	1.06483	NUM
ajfti-6174	152	10	source	source	NOUN
ajfti-6174	152	11	:	:	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	152	12	field	field	NOUN
ajfti-6174	152	13	survey	survey	NOUN
ajfti-6174	152	14	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	152	15	2024	2024	NUM
ajfti-6174	152	16	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	152	17	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	152	18	view	view	NOUN
ajfti-6174	152	19	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	152	20	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	152	21	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	152	22	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	152	23	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	152	24	respondents	respondent	NOUN
ajfti-6174	152	25	were	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	152	26	interrogated	interrogate	VERB
ajfti-6174	152	27	on	on	ADP
ajfti-6174	152	28	whether	whether	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	152	29	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	152	30	company	company	NOUN
ajfti-6174	152	31	applies	apply	VERB
ajfti-6174	152	32	high	high	ADJ
ajfti-6174	152	33	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	152	34	know	know	NOUN
ajfti-6174	152	35	-	-	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	152	36	how	how	NOUN
ajfti-6174	152	37	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	152	38	improve	improve	VERB
ajfti-6174	152	39	performance	performance	NOUN
ajfti-6174	152	40	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	153	1	following	follow	VERB
ajfti-6174	153	2	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	153	3	statement	statement	NOUN
ajfti-6174	153	4	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	153	5	7.4	7.4	NUM
ajfti-6174	153	6	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	153	7	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	153	8	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	153	9	participants	participant	NOUN
ajfti-6174	153	10	disagreed	disagree	VERB
ajfti-6174	153	11	with	with	ADP
ajfti-6174	153	12	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	153	13	claim	claim	NOUN
ajfti-6174	153	14	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	153	15	with	with	ADP
ajfti-6174	153	16	10.4	10.4	NUM
ajfti-6174	153	17	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	153	18	observing	observe	VERB
ajfti-6174	153	19	neutrality	neutrality	NOUN
ajfti-6174	153	20	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	153	21	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	153	22	assertion	assertion	NOUN
ajfti-6174	153	23	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	153	24	while	while	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	153	25	82.2	82.2	NUM
ajfti-6174	153	26	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	153	27	agreed	agree	VERB
ajfti-6174	153	28	with	with	ADP
ajfti-6174	153	29	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	153	30	assertion	assertion	NOUN
ajfti-6174	153	31	that	that	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	153	32	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	153	33	company	company	NOUN
ajfti-6174	153	34	applies	apply	VERB
ajfti-6174	153	35	high	high	ADJ
ajfti-6174	153	36	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	153	37	know	know	NOUN
ajfti-6174	153	38	-	-	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	153	39	how	how	NOUN
ajfti-6174	153	40	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	153	41	improve	improve	VERB
ajfti-6174	153	42	performance	performance	NOUN
ajfti-6174	153	43	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	154	1	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	154	2	validation	validation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	154	3	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	154	4	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	154	5	assertions	assertion	NOUN
ajfti-6174	154	6	put	put	VERB
ajfti-6174	154	7	forward	forward	ADV
ajfti-6174	154	8	was	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	154	9	through	through	ADP
ajfti-6174	154	10	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	154	11	mean	mean	ADJ
ajfti-6174	154	12	score	score	NOUN
ajfti-6174	154	13	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	154	14	3.926	3.926	NUM
ajfti-6174	154	15	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	154	16	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	154	17	value	value	NOUN
ajfti-6174	154	18	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	154	19	standard	standard	ADJ
ajfti-6174	154	20	deviation	deviation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	154	21	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	154	22	0.871	0.871	NUM
ajfti-6174	154	23	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	155	1	technical	technical	ADJ
ajfti-6174	155	2	application	application	NOUN
ajfti-6174	155	3	is	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	155	4	vital	vital	ADJ
ajfti-6174	155	5	for	for	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	155	6	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	155	7	firm	firm	NOUN
ajfti-6174	155	8	was	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	155	9	put	put	VERB
ajfti-6174	155	10	forward	forward	ADV
ajfti-6174	155	11	to	to	ADP
ajfti-6174	155	12	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	155	13	target	target	NOUN
ajfti-6174	155	14	audience	audience	NOUN
ajfti-6174	155	15	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	155	16	where	where	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	155	17	22.7	22.7	NUM
ajfti-6174	155	18	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	155	19	remained	remain	VERB
ajfti-6174	155	20	neutral	neutral	ADJ
ajfti-6174	155	21	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	155	22	while	while	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	155	23	28.2	28.2	NUM
ajfti-6174	155	24	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	155	25	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	155	26	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	155	27	participants	participant	NOUN
ajfti-6174	155	28	disagreed	disagree	VERB
ajfti-6174	155	29	with	with	ADP
ajfti-6174	155	30	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	155	31	claim	claim	NOUN
ajfti-6174	155	32	while	while	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	155	33	49	49	NUM
ajfti-6174	155	34	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	155	35	agreed	agree	VERB
ajfti-6174	155	36	with	with	ADP
ajfti-6174	155	37	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	155	38	statement	statement	NOUN
ajfti-6174	155	39	that	that	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	155	40	technical	technical	ADJ
ajfti-6174	155	41	application	application	NOUN
ajfti-6174	155	42	is	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	155	43	vital	vital	ADJ
ajfti-6174	155	44	for	for	ADP
ajfti-6174	155	45	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	155	46	firm	firm	NOUN
ajfti-6174	155	47	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	156	1	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	156	2	claims	claim	NOUN
ajfti-6174	156	3	made	make	VERB
ajfti-6174	156	4	were	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	156	5	affirmed	affirm	VERB
ajfti-6174	156	6	by	by	ADP
ajfti-6174	156	7	an	an	DET
ajfti-6174	156	8	average	average	ADJ
ajfti-6174	156	9	score	score	NOUN
ajfti-6174	156	10	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	156	11	3.294	3.294	NUM
ajfti-6174	156	12	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	156	13	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	156	14	corresponding	corresponding	ADJ
ajfti-6174	156	15	standard	standard	ADJ
ajfti-6174	156	16	deviation	deviation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	156	17	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	156	18	1.164	1.164	NUM
ajfti-6174	156	19	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	157	1	furthermore	furthermore	ADV
ajfti-6174	157	2	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	157	3	research	research	NOUN
ajfti-6174	157	4	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	157	5	development	development	NOUN
ajfti-6174	157	6	activities	activity	NOUN
ajfti-6174	157	7	are	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	157	8	often	often	ADV
ajfti-6174	157	9	undertaken	undertake	VERB
ajfti-6174	157	10	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	157	11	enhance	enhance	VERB
ajfti-6174	157	12	business	business	NOUN
ajfti-6174	157	13	operations	operation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	157	14	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	158	1	this	this	DET
ajfti-6174	158	2	view	view	NOUN
ajfti-6174	158	3	was	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	158	4	supported	support	VERB
ajfti-6174	158	5	by	by	ADP
ajfti-6174	158	6	24.5	24.5	NUM
ajfti-6174	158	7	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	158	8	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	158	9	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	158	10	respondents	respondent	NOUN
ajfti-6174	158	11	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	158	12	while	while	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	158	13	22.1	22.1	NUM
ajfti-6174	158	14	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	158	15	remained	remain	VERB
ajfti-6174	158	16	neutral	neutral	ADJ
ajfti-6174	158	17	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	159	1	however	however	ADV
ajfti-6174	159	2	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	159	3	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	159	4	majority	majority	NOUN
ajfti-6174	159	5	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	159	6	53.3	53.3	NUM
ajfti-6174	159	7	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	159	8	disagreed	disagree	VERB
ajfti-6174	159	9	with	with	ADP
ajfti-6174	159	10	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	159	11	statement	statement	NOUN
ajfti-6174	159	12	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	160	1	drilling	drill	VERB
ajfti-6174	160	2	from	from	ADP
ajfti-6174	160	3	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	160	4	responses	response	NOUN
ajfti-6174	160	5	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	160	6	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	160	7	confirmation	confirmation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	160	8	by	by	ADP
ajfti-6174	160	9	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	160	10	mean	mean	NOUN
ajfti-6174	160	11	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	160	12	3.613	3.613	NUM
ajfti-6174	160	13	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	160	14	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	160	15	deviation	deviation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	160	16	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	160	17	1.123	1.123	NUM
ajfti-6174	160	18	on	on	ADP
ajfti-6174	160	19	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	160	20	standard	standard	NOUN
ajfti-6174	160	21	was	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	160	22	obtained	obtain	VERB
ajfti-6174	160	23	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	161	1	more	more	ADV
ajfti-6174	161	2	so	so	ADV
ajfti-6174	161	3	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	161	4	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	161	5	technical	technical	ADJ
ajfti-6174	161	6	infrastructure	infrastructure	NOUN
ajfti-6174	161	7	available	available	ADJ
ajfti-6174	161	8	within	within	ADP
ajfti-6174	161	9	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	161	10	firm	firm	NOUN
ajfti-6174	161	11	was	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	161	12	not	not	PART
ajfti-6174	161	13	supported	support	VERB
ajfti-6174	161	14	by	by	ADP
ajfti-6174	161	15	24.5	24.5	NUM
ajfti-6174	161	16	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	161	17	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	161	18	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	161	19	participants	participant	NOUN
ajfti-6174	161	20	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	161	21	while	while	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	161	22	such	such	DET
ajfti-6174	161	23	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	161	24	statement	statement	NOUN
ajfti-6174	161	25	was	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	161	26	supported	support	VERB
ajfti-6174	161	27	by	by	ADP
ajfti-6174	161	28	52.1	52.1	NUM
ajfti-6174	161	29	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	161	30	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	161	31	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	161	32	audience	audience	NOUN
ajfti-6174	161	33	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	161	34	with	with	ADP
ajfti-6174	161	35	only	only	ADV
ajfti-6174	161	36	23.2	23.2	NUM
ajfti-6174	161	37	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	161	38	being	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	161	39	neutral	neutral	ADJ
ajfti-6174	161	40	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	162	1	these	these	DET
ajfti-6174	162	2	responses	response	NOUN
ajfti-6174	162	3	were	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	162	4	supported	support	VERB
ajfti-6174	162	5	by	by	ADP
ajfti-6174	162	6	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	162	7	mean	mean	ADJ
ajfti-6174	162	8	score	score	NOUN
ajfti-6174	162	9	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	162	10	3.269	3.269	NUM
ajfti-6174	162	11	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	162	12	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	162	13	standard	standard	ADJ
ajfti-6174	162	14	deviation	deviation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	162	15	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	162	16	1.042	1.042	NUM
ajfti-6174	162	17	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	163	1	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	163	2	assertion	assertion	NOUN
ajfti-6174	163	3	that	that	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	163	4	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	163	5	firm	firm	ADJ
ajfti-6174	163	6	harnesses	harness	VERB
ajfti-6174	163	7	innovation	innovation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	163	8	infrastructures	infrastructure	NOUN
ajfti-6174	163	9	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	163	10	fit	fit	VERB
ajfti-6174	163	11	into	into	ADP
ajfti-6174	163	12	today	today	NOUN
ajfti-6174	163	13	’s	’s	PART
ajfti-6174	163	14	skills	skill	NOUN
ajfti-6174	163	15	was	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	163	16	acknowledged	acknowledge	VERB
ajfti-6174	163	17	by	by	ADP
ajfti-6174	163	18	66.9	66.9	NUM
ajfti-6174	163	19	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	163	20	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	163	21	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	163	22	respondents	respondent	NOUN
ajfti-6174	163	23	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	163	24	while	while	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	163	25	22.7	22.7	NUM
ajfti-6174	163	26	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	163	27	had	have	VERB
ajfti-6174	163	28	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	163	29	contrary	contrary	ADJ
ajfti-6174	163	30	view	view	NOUN
ajfti-6174	163	31	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	163	32	with	with	ADP
ajfti-6174	163	33	only	only	ADV
ajfti-6174	163	34	10.4	10.4	NUM
ajfti-6174	163	35	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	163	36	being	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	163	37	neutral	neutral	ADJ
ajfti-6174	163	38	on	on	ADP
ajfti-6174	163	39	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	163	40	statement	statement	NOUN
ajfti-6174	163	41	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	164	1	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	164	2	observed	observed	ADJ
ajfti-6174	164	3	outcomes	outcome	NOUN
ajfti-6174	164	4	from	from	ADP
ajfti-6174	164	5	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	164	6	responses	response	NOUN
ajfti-6174	164	7	are	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	164	8	demonstrated	demonstrate	VERB
ajfti-6174	164	9	by	by	ADP
ajfti-6174	164	10	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	164	11	mean	mean	NOUN
ajfti-6174	164	12	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	164	13	3.564	3.564	NUM
ajfti-6174	164	14	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	164	15	1.212	1.212	NUM
ajfti-6174	164	16	deviations	deviation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	164	17	from	from	ADP
ajfti-6174	164	18	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	164	19	standard	standard	NOUN
ajfti-6174	164	20	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	165	1	also	also	ADV
ajfti-6174	165	2	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	165	3	technology	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	165	4	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	165	5	helps	help	VERB
ajfti-6174	165	6	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	165	7	make	make	VERB
ajfti-6174	165	8	business	business	NOUN
ajfti-6174	165	9	easy	easy	ADJ
ajfti-6174	165	10	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	165	11	efficient	efficient	ADJ
ajfti-6174	165	12	was	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	165	13	supported	support	VERB
ajfti-6174	165	14	by	by	ADP
ajfti-6174	165	15	82.2	82.2	NUM
ajfti-6174	165	16	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	165	17	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	165	18	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	165	19	respondents	respondent	NOUN
ajfti-6174	165	20	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	165	21	with	with	ADP
ajfti-6174	165	22	10.4	10.4	NUM
ajfti-6174	165	23	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	165	24	being	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	165	25	neutral	neutral	ADJ
ajfti-6174	165	26	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	165	27	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	165	28	7.3	7.3	NUM
ajfti-6174	165	29	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	165	30	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	165	31	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	165	32	participants	participant	NOUN
ajfti-6174	165	33	disagreeing	disagree	VERB
ajfti-6174	165	34	to	to	ADP
ajfti-6174	165	35	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	165	36	claim	claim	NOUN
ajfti-6174	165	37	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	166	1	having	having	AUX
ajfti-6174	166	2	observed	observe	VERB
ajfti-6174	166	3	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	166	4	outcome	outcome	NOUN
ajfti-6174	166	5	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	166	6	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	166	7	statements	statement	NOUN
ajfti-6174	166	8	on	on	ADP
ajfti-6174	166	9	technology	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	166	10	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	166	11	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	166	12	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	166	13	composite	composite	ADJ
ajfti-6174	166	14	mean	mean	NOUN
ajfti-6174	166	15	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	166	16	therefore	therefore	ADV
ajfti-6174	166	17	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	166	18	drawing	draw	VERB
ajfti-6174	166	19	from	from	ADP
ajfti-6174	166	20	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	166	21	statements	statement	NOUN
ajfti-6174	166	22	under	under	ADP
ajfti-6174	166	23	market	market	NOUN
ajfti-6174	166	24	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	166	25	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	166	26	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	166	27	composite	composite	ADJ
ajfti-6174	166	28	mean	mean	NOUN
ajfti-6174	166	29	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	166	30	3.60583was	3.60583was	NUM
ajfti-6174	166	31	realized	realize	VERB
ajfti-6174	166	32	with	with	ADP
ajfti-6174	166	33	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	166	34	corresponding	correspond	VERB
ajfti-6174	166	35	1.06483	1.06483	NUM
ajfti-6174	166	36	standard	standard	ADJ
ajfti-6174	166	37	deviation	deviation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	166	38	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	167	1	this	this	DET
ajfti-6174	167	2	outcome	outcome	NOUN
ajfti-6174	167	3	illustrated	illustrate	VERB
ajfti-6174	167	4	that	that	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	167	5	technology	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	167	6	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	167	7	is	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	167	8	significant	significant	ADJ
ajfti-6174	167	9	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	167	10	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	167	11	survival	survival	NOUN
ajfti-6174	167	12	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	167	13	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	167	14	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	167	15	kiambu	kiambu	PROPN
ajfti-6174	167	16	county	county	PROPN
ajfti-6174	167	17	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	167	18	kenya	kenya	PROPN
ajfti-6174	167	19	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	167	20	as	as	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	167	21	indicated	indicate	VERB
ajfti-6174	167	22	by	by	ADP
ajfti-6174	167	23	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	167	24	mean	mean	ADJ
ajfti-6174	167	25	value	value	NOUN
ajfti-6174	167	26	that	that	PRON
ajfti-6174	167	27	is	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	167	28	above	above	ADP
ajfti-6174	167	29	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	167	30	3.0	3.0	NUM
ajfti-6174	167	31	threshold	threshold	NOUN
ajfti-6174	167	32	utilized	utilize	VERB
ajfti-6174	167	33	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	167	34	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	167	35	study	study	NOUN
ajfti-6174	167	36	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	168	1	these	these	DET
ajfti-6174	168	2	results	result	NOUN
ajfti-6174	168	3	are	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	168	4	supported	support	VERB
ajfti-6174	168	5	by	by	ADP
ajfti-6174	168	6	prior	prior	ADJ
ajfti-6174	168	7	research	research	NOUN
ajfti-6174	168	8	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	168	9	which	which	PRON
ajfti-6174	168	10	emphasizes	emphasize	VERB
ajfti-6174	168	11	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	168	12	critical	critical	ADJ
ajfti-6174	168	13	role	role	NOUN
ajfti-6174	168	14	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	168	15	technology	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	168	16	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	168	17	business	business	NOUN
ajfti-6174	168	18	sustainability	sustainability	NOUN
ajfti-6174	168	19	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	169	1	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	169	2	their	their	PRON
ajfti-6174	169	3	study	study	NOUN
ajfti-6174	169	4	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	169	5	okoisama	okoisama	NOUN
ajfti-6174	169	6	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	169	7	ukoha	ukoha	PROPN
ajfti-6174	169	8	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	169	9	2019	2019	NUM
ajfti-6174	169	10	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	169	11	found	find	VERB
ajfti-6174	169	12	that	that	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	169	13	entrepreneurial	entrepreneurial	ADJ
ajfti-6174	169	14	initiatives	initiative	NOUN
ajfti-6174	169	15	anchored	anchor	VERB
ajfti-6174	169	16	on	on	ADP
ajfti-6174	169	17	technology	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	169	18	enhance	enhance	VERB
ajfti-6174	169	19	organizational	organizational	ADJ
ajfti-6174	169	20	survival	survival	NOUN
ajfti-6174	169	21	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	169	22	while	while	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	169	23	ogbari	ogbari	X
ajfti-6174	169	24	et	et	NOUN
ajfti-6174	169	25	al	al	PROPN
ajfti-6174	169	26	.	.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	170	1	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	170	2	2022	2022	NUM
ajfti-6174	170	3	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	170	4	established	establish	VERB
ajfti-6174	170	5	that	that	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	170	6	competitiveness	competitiveness	NOUN
ajfti-6174	170	7	is	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	170	8	significantly	significantly	ADV
ajfti-6174	170	9	influenced	influence	VERB
ajfti-6174	170	10	by	by	ADP
ajfti-6174	170	11	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	170	12	firm	firm	NOUN
ajfti-6174	170	13	’s	’s	PART
ajfti-6174	170	14	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	170	15	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	170	16	from	from	ADP
ajfti-6174	170	17	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	170	18	strategic	strategic	ADJ
ajfti-6174	170	19	perspective	perspective	NOUN
ajfti-6174	170	20	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	171	1	similarly	similarly	ADV
ajfti-6174	171	2	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	171	3	kiiru	kiiru	NOUN
ajfti-6174	171	4	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	171	5	mukulu	mukulu	VERB
ajfti-6174	171	6	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	171	7	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	171	8	ngatia	ngatia	X
ajfti-6174	171	9	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	171	10	2022	2022	NUM
ajfti-6174	171	11	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	171	12	documented	document	VERB
ajfti-6174	171	13	that	that	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	171	14	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	171	15	adoption	adoption	NOUN
ajfti-6174	171	16	contributes	contribute	VERB
ajfti-6174	171	17	positively	positively	ADV
ajfti-6174	171	18	to	to	ADP
ajfti-6174	171	19	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	171	20	performance	performance	NOUN
ajfti-6174	171	21	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	171	22	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	171	23	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	171	24	kenya	kenya	PROPN
ajfti-6174	171	25	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	171	26	particularly	particularly	ADV
ajfti-6174	171	27	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	171	28	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	171	29	manufacturing	manufacturing	NOUN
ajfti-6174	171	30	sector	sector	NOUN
ajfti-6174	171	31	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	172	1	collectively	collectively	ADV
ajfti-6174	172	2	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	172	3	these	these	DET
ajfti-6174	172	4	findings	finding	NOUN
ajfti-6174	172	5	affirm	affirm	NOUN
ajfti-6174	172	6	that	that	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	172	7	technology	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	172	8	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	172	9	enables	enable	VERB
ajfti-6174	172	10	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	172	11	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	172	12	adapt	adapt	VERB
ajfti-6174	172	13	to	to	ADP
ajfti-6174	172	14	market	market	NOUN
ajfti-6174	172	15	dynamics	dynamic	NOUN
ajfti-6174	172	16	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	172	17	improve	improve	VERB
ajfti-6174	172	18	service	service	NOUN
ajfti-6174	172	19	delivery	delivery	NOUN
ajfti-6174	172	20	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	172	21	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	172	22	secure	secure	VERB
ajfti-6174	172	23	long	long	ADJ
ajfti-6174	172	24	-	-	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	172	25	term	term	NOUN
ajfti-6174	172	26	survival	survival	NOUN
ajfti-6174	172	27	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	173	1	survival	survival	NOUN
ajfti-6174	173	2	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	173	3	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	173	4	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	173	5	pinpoint	pinpoint	VERB
ajfti-6174	173	6	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	173	7	strategic	strategic	ADJ
ajfti-6174	173	8	aspects	aspect	NOUN
ajfti-6174	173	9	influencing	influence	VERB
ajfti-6174	173	10	sme	sme	PROPN
ajfti-6174	173	11	survival	survival	NOUN
ajfti-6174	173	12	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	173	13	kiambu	kiambu	PROPN
ajfti-6174	173	14	county	county	PROPN
ajfti-6174	173	15	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	173	16	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	173	17	study	study	NOUN
ajfti-6174	173	18	gathered	gather	VERB
ajfti-6174	173	19	data	datum	NOUN
ajfti-6174	173	20	on	on	ADP
ajfti-6174	173	21	business	business	NOUN
ajfti-6174	173	22	longevity	longevity	NOUN
ajfti-6174	173	23	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	173	24	its	its	PRON
ajfti-6174	173	25	connection	connection	NOUN
ajfti-6174	173	26	to	to	ADP
ajfti-6174	173	27	strategic	strategic	ADJ
ajfti-6174	173	28	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	173	29	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	174	1	table	table	NOUN
ajfti-6174	174	2	3	3	NUM
ajfti-6174	174	3	presents	present	VERB
ajfti-6174	174	4	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	174	5	comprehensive	comprehensive	ADJ
ajfti-6174	174	6	analysis	analysis	NOUN
ajfti-6174	174	7	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	174	8	this	this	DET
ajfti-6174	174	9	data	datum	NOUN
ajfti-6174	174	10	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	174	11	summarizing	summarize	VERB
ajfti-6174	174	12	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	174	13	performance	performance	NOUN
ajfti-6174	174	14	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	174	15	individual	individual	ADJ
ajfti-6174	174	16	survey	survey	NOUN
ajfti-6174	174	17	items	item	NOUN
ajfti-6174	174	18	through	through	ADP
ajfti-6174	174	19	mean	mean	PROPN
ajfti-6174	174	20	scores	score	NOUN
ajfti-6174	174	21	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	174	22	percentages	percentage	NOUN
ajfti-6174	174	23	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	174	24	responses	response	NOUN
ajfti-6174	174	25	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	174	26	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	174	27	standard	standard	ADJ
ajfti-6174	174	28	deviations	deviation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	174	29	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	175	1	this	this	DET
ajfti-6174	175	2	detailed	detailed	ADJ
ajfti-6174	175	3	breakdown	breakdown	NOUN
ajfti-6174	175	4	allows	allow	VERB
ajfti-6174	175	5	for	for	ADP
ajfti-6174	175	6	precise	precise	ADJ
ajfti-6174	175	7	identification	identification	NOUN
ajfti-6174	175	8	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	175	9	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	175	10	strategic	strategic	ADJ
ajfti-6174	175	11	components	component	NOUN
ajfti-6174	175	12	with	with	ADP
ajfti-6174	175	13	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	175	14	most	most	ADV
ajfti-6174	175	15	significant	significant	ADJ
ajfti-6174	175	16	impact	impact	NOUN
ajfti-6174	175	17	on	on	ADP
ajfti-6174	175	18	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	175	19	’	'	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	175	20	survival	survival	NOUN
ajfti-6174	175	21	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	176	1	based	base	VERB
ajfti-6174	176	2	on	on	ADP
ajfti-6174	176	3	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	176	4	findings	finding	NOUN
ajfti-6174	176	5	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	176	6	table	table	NOUN
ajfti-6174	176	7	3	3	NUM
ajfti-6174	176	8	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	176	9	it	it	PRON
ajfti-6174	176	10	was	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	176	11	realized	realize	VERB
ajfti-6174	176	12	that	that	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	176	13	5.5	5.5	NUM
ajfti-6174	176	14	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	176	15	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	176	16	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	176	17	respondents	respondent	NOUN
ajfti-6174	176	18	disagreed	disagree	VERB
ajfti-6174	176	19	with	with	ADP
ajfti-6174	176	20	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	176	21	consistency	consistency	NOUN
ajfti-6174	176	22	aspect	aspect	NOUN
ajfti-6174	176	23	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	176	24	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	176	25	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	176	26	survival	survival	NOUN
ajfti-6174	176	27	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	177	1	26.4	26.4	NUM
ajfti-6174	177	2	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	177	3	remain	remain	VERB
ajfti-6174	177	4	neutral	neutral	ADJ
ajfti-6174	177	5	to	to	ADP
ajfti-6174	177	6	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	177	7	assertion	assertion	NOUN
ajfti-6174	177	8	pertaining	pertain	VERB
ajfti-6174	177	9	to	to	ADP
ajfti-6174	177	10	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	177	11	consistency	consistency	NOUN
ajfti-6174	177	12	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	177	13	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	177	14	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	177	15	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	177	16	with	with	ADP
ajfti-6174	177	17	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	177	18	majority	majority	NOUN
ajfti-6174	177	19	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	177	20	68.1	68.1	NUM
ajfti-6174	177	21	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	177	22	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	177	23	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	177	24	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	177	25	participants	participant	NOUN
ajfti-6174	177	26	concurring	concur	VERB
ajfti-6174	177	27	with	with	ADP
ajfti-6174	177	28	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	177	29	same	same	ADJ
ajfti-6174	177	30	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	178	1	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	178	2	outcome	outcome	NOUN
ajfti-6174	178	3	was	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	178	4	followed	follow	VERB
ajfti-6174	178	5	by	by	ADP
ajfti-6174	178	6	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	178	7	mean	mean	ADJ
ajfti-6174	178	8	score	score	NOUN
ajfti-6174	178	9	pa	pa	PROPN
ajfti-6174	178	10	ge	ge	PROPN
ajfti-6174	178	11	20	20	NUM
ajfti-6174	178	12	3	3	NUM
ajfti-6174	178	13	https://journals.e-palli.com/home/index.php/ajfti	https://journals.e-palli.com/home/index.php/ajfti	NOUN
ajfti-6174	178	14	am	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	178	15	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	179	1	j.	j.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	179	2	financ	financ	PROPN
ajfti-6174	179	3	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	180	1	technol	technol	PROPN
ajfti-6174	180	2	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	180	3	innov	innov	PROPN
ajfti-6174	180	4	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	181	1	3(1	3(1	NUM
ajfti-6174	181	2	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	181	3	196	196	NUM
ajfti-6174	181	4	-	-	SYM
ajfti-6174	181	5	204	204	NUM
ajfti-6174	181	6	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	181	7	2025	2025	NUM
ajfti-6174	181	8	these	these	DET
ajfti-6174	181	9	findings	finding	NOUN
ajfti-6174	181	10	align	align	VERB
ajfti-6174	181	11	with	with	ADP
ajfti-6174	181	12	prior	prior	ADJ
ajfti-6174	181	13	research	research	NOUN
ajfti-6174	181	14	by	by	ADP
ajfti-6174	181	15	ogbari	ogbari	PROPN
ajfti-6174	181	16	et	et	PROPN
ajfti-6174	181	17	al	al	PROPN
ajfti-6174	181	18	.	.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	182	1	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	182	2	2022	2022	NUM
ajfti-6174	182	3	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	182	4	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	182	5	kiiru	kiiru	NOUN
ajfti-6174	182	6	et	et	PROPN
ajfti-6174	182	7	al	al	PROPN
ajfti-6174	182	8	.	.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	183	1	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	183	2	2022	2022	NUM
ajfti-6174	183	3	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	183	4	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	183	5	who	who	PRON
ajfti-6174	183	6	observed	observe	VERB
ajfti-6174	183	7	that	that	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	183	8	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	183	9	capability	capability	NOUN
ajfti-6174	183	10	is	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	183	11	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	183	12	core	core	NOUN
ajfti-6174	183	13	driver	driver	NOUN
ajfti-6174	183	14	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	183	15	sme	sme	PROPN
ajfti-6174	183	16	competitiveness	competitiveness	NOUN
ajfti-6174	183	17	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	183	18	resilience	resilience	NOUN
ajfti-6174	183	19	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	183	20	dynamic	dynamic	ADJ
ajfti-6174	183	21	markets	market	NOUN
ajfti-6174	183	22	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	184	1	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN
ajfti-6174	184	2	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	184	3	study	study	NOUN
ajfti-6174	184	4	concludes	conclude	VERB
ajfti-6174	184	5	that	that	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	184	6	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	184	7	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	184	8	plays	play	VERB
ajfti-6174	184	9	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	184	10	critical	critical	ADJ
ajfti-6174	184	11	role	role	NOUN
ajfti-6174	184	12	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	184	13	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	184	14	survival	survival	NOUN
ajfti-6174	184	15	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	184	16	competitiveness	competitiveness	NOUN
ajfti-6174	184	17	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	184	18	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	184	19	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	184	20	kiambu	kiambu	PROPN
ajfti-6174	184	21	county	county	PROPN
ajfti-6174	184	22	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	185	1	firms	firm	NOUN
ajfti-6174	185	2	that	that	PRON
ajfti-6174	185	3	proactively	proactively	ADV
ajfti-6174	185	4	adopt	adopt	VERB
ajfti-6174	185	5	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	185	6	integrate	integrate	VERB
ajfti-6174	185	7	new	new	ADJ
ajfti-6174	185	8	technologies	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	185	9	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	185	10	production	production	NOUN
ajfti-6174	185	11	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	185	12	marketing	marketing	NOUN
ajfti-6174	185	13	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	185	14	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	185	15	management	management	NOUN
ajfti-6174	185	16	processes	process	NOUN
ajfti-6174	185	17	exhibit	exhibit	VERB
ajfti-6174	185	18	higher	high	ADJ
ajfti-6174	185	19	operational	operational	ADJ
ajfti-6174	185	20	efficiency	efficiency	NOUN
ajfti-6174	185	21	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	185	22	adaptability	adaptability	NOUN
ajfti-6174	185	23	to	to	ADP
ajfti-6174	185	24	market	market	NOUN
ajfti-6174	185	25	shifts	shift	NOUN
ajfti-6174	185	26	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	186	1	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	186	2	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	186	3	not	not	PART
ajfti-6174	186	4	only	only	ADV
ajfti-6174	186	5	enhances	enhance	VERB
ajfti-6174	186	6	internal	internal	ADJ
ajfti-6174	186	7	capabilities	capability	NOUN
ajfti-6174	186	8	but	but	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	186	9	also	also	ADV
ajfti-6174	186	10	fosters	foster	VERB
ajfti-6174	186	11	innovation	innovation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	186	12	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	186	13	responsiveness	responsiveness	NOUN
ajfti-6174	186	14	to	to	ADP
ajfti-6174	186	15	customer	customer	NOUN
ajfti-6174	186	16	needs	need	NOUN
ajfti-6174	186	17	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	186	18	key	key	ADJ
ajfti-6174	186	19	elements	element	NOUN
ajfti-6174	186	20	for	for	ADP
ajfti-6174	186	21	long	long	ADJ
ajfti-6174	186	22	-	-	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	186	23	term	term	NOUN
ajfti-6174	186	24	sustainability	sustainability	NOUN
ajfti-6174	186	25	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	187	1	however	however	ADV
ajfti-6174	187	2	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	187	3	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	187	4	continue	continue	VERB
ajfti-6174	187	5	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	187	6	face	face	VERB
ajfti-6174	187	7	challenges	challenge	NOUN
ajfti-6174	187	8	such	such	ADJ
ajfti-6174	187	9	as	as	ADP
ajfti-6174	187	10	limited	limited	ADJ
ajfti-6174	187	11	access	access	NOUN
ajfti-6174	187	12	to	to	ADP
ajfti-6174	187	13	finance	finance	NOUN
ajfti-6174	187	14	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	187	15	inadequate	inadequate	ADJ
ajfti-6174	187	16	technical	technical	ADJ
ajfti-6174	187	17	skills	skill	NOUN
ajfti-6174	187	18	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	187	19	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	187	20	infrastructural	infrastructural	ADJ
ajfti-6174	187	21	constraints	constraint	NOUN
ajfti-6174	187	22	that	that	PRON
ajfti-6174	187	23	hinder	hinder	VERB
ajfti-6174	187	24	technology	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	187	25	adoption	adoption	NOUN
ajfti-6174	187	26	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	188	1	addressing	address	VERB
ajfti-6174	188	2	these	these	DET
ajfti-6174	188	3	limitations	limitation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	188	4	is	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	188	5	crucial	crucial	ADJ
ajfti-6174	188	6	to	to	ADP
ajfti-6174	188	7	strengthening	strengthen	VERB
ajfti-6174	188	8	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	188	9	resilience	resilience	NOUN
ajfti-6174	188	10	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	188	11	competitiveness	competitiveness	NOUN
ajfti-6174	188	12	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	188	13	kenya	kenya	PROPN
ajfti-6174	188	14	’s	’s	PART
ajfti-6174	188	15	sme	sme	PROPN
ajfti-6174	188	16	sector	sector	NOUN
ajfti-6174	188	17	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	189	1	recommendations	recommendation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	189	2	investment	investment	NOUN
ajfti-6174	189	3	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	189	4	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	189	5	infrastructure	infrastructure	NOUN
ajfti-6174	189	6	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	189	7	should	should	AUX
ajfti-6174	189	8	prioritize	prioritize	VERB
ajfti-6174	189	9	upgrading	upgrade	VERB
ajfti-6174	189	10	their	their	PRON
ajfti-6174	189	11	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	189	12	tools	tool	NOUN
ajfti-6174	189	13	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	189	14	systems	system	NOUN
ajfti-6174	189	15	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	189	16	improve	improve	VERB
ajfti-6174	189	17	operational	operational	ADJ
ajfti-6174	189	18	efficiency	efficiency	NOUN
ajfti-6174	189	19	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	189	20	customer	customer	NOUN
ajfti-6174	189	21	service	service	NOUN
ajfti-6174	189	22	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	190	1	government	government	NOUN
ajfti-6174	190	2	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	190	3	development	development	NOUN
ajfti-6174	190	4	agencies	agency	NOUN
ajfti-6174	190	5	should	should	AUX
ajfti-6174	190	6	facilitate	facilitate	VERB
ajfti-6174	190	7	affordable	affordable	ADJ
ajfti-6174	190	8	access	access	NOUN
ajfti-6174	190	9	to	to	ADP
ajfti-6174	190	10	digital	digital	ADJ
ajfti-6174	190	11	platforms	platform	NOUN
ajfti-6174	190	12	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	190	13	ict	ict	PROPN
ajfti-6174	190	14	infrastructure	infrastructure	NOUN
ajfti-6174	190	15	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	191	1	capacity	capacity	NOUN
ajfti-6174	191	2	building	building	NOUN
ajfti-6174	191	3	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	191	4	training	training	NOUN
ajfti-6174	191	5	there	there	PRON
ajfti-6174	191	6	is	be	VERB
ajfti-6174	191	7	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	191	8	need	need	NOUN
ajfti-6174	191	9	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	191	10	enhance	enhance	VERB
ajfti-6174	191	11	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	191	12	digital	digital	ADJ
ajfti-6174	191	13	literacy	literacy	NOUN
ajfti-6174	191	14	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	191	15	technical	technical	ADJ
ajfti-6174	191	16	skills	skill	NOUN
ajfti-6174	191	17	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	191	18	sme	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	191	19	owners	owner	NOUN
ajfti-6174	191	20	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	191	21	employees	employee	NOUN
ajfti-6174	191	22	through	through	ADP
ajfti-6174	191	23	training	training	NOUN
ajfti-6174	191	24	programs	program	NOUN
ajfti-6174	191	25	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	191	26	mentorship	mentorship	NOUN
ajfti-6174	191	27	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	191	28	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	191	29	partnerships	partnership	NOUN
ajfti-6174	191	30	with	with	ADP
ajfti-6174	191	31	universities	university	NOUN
ajfti-6174	191	32	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	191	33	innovation	innovation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	191	34	hubs	hub	NOUN
ajfti-6174	191	35	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	192	1	access	access	NOUN
ajfti-6174	192	2	to	to	ADP
ajfti-6174	192	3	finance	finance	NOUN
ajfti-6174	192	4	for	for	ADP
ajfti-6174	192	5	innovation	innovation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	192	6	financial	financial	ADJ
ajfti-6174	192	7	institutions	institution	NOUN
ajfti-6174	192	8	should	should	AUX
ajfti-6174	192	9	design	design	VERB
ajfti-6174	192	10	sme	sme	ADJ
ajfti-6174	192	11	-	-	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	192	12	friendly	friendly	ADJ
ajfti-6174	192	13	credit	credit	NOUN
ajfti-6174	192	14	facilities	facility	NOUN
ajfti-6174	192	15	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	192	16	innovation	innovation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	192	17	grants	grant	NOUN
ajfti-6174	192	18	that	that	PRON
ajfti-6174	192	19	enable	enable	VERB
ajfti-6174	192	20	firms	firm	NOUN
ajfti-6174	192	21	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	192	22	acquire	acquire	VERB
ajfti-6174	192	23	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	192	24	maintain	maintain	VERB
ajfti-6174	192	25	modern	modern	ADJ
ajfti-6174	192	26	technologies	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	192	27	without	without	ADP
ajfti-6174	192	28	excessive	excessive	ADJ
ajfti-6174	192	29	capital	capital	NOUN
ajfti-6174	192	30	constraints	constraint	NOUN
ajfti-6174	192	31	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	193	1	policy	policy	NOUN
ajfti-6174	193	2	support	support	NOUN
ajfti-6174	193	3	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	193	4	institutional	institutional	ADJ
ajfti-6174	193	5	frameworks	framework	NOUN
ajfti-6174	193	6	policymakers	policymaker	NOUN
ajfti-6174	193	7	should	should	AUX
ajfti-6174	193	8	implement	implement	VERB
ajfti-6174	193	9	supportive	supportive	ADJ
ajfti-6174	193	10	policies	policy	NOUN
ajfti-6174	193	11	that	that	PRON
ajfti-6174	193	12	encourage	encourage	VERB
ajfti-6174	193	13	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	193	14	innovation	innovation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	193	15	among	among	ADP
ajfti-6174	193	16	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	193	17	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	193	18	including	include	VERB
ajfti-6174	193	19	tax	tax	NOUN
ajfti-6174	193	20	incentives	incentive	NOUN
ajfti-6174	193	21	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	193	22	subsidized	subsidize	VERB
ajfti-6174	193	23	ict	ict	NOUN
ajfti-6174	193	24	tools	tool	NOUN
ajfti-6174	193	25	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	193	26	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	193	27	table	table	NOUN
ajfti-6174	193	28	3	3	NUM
ajfti-6174	193	29	:	:	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	193	30	descriptive	descriptive	ADJ
ajfti-6174	193	31	statistics	statistic	NOUN
ajfti-6174	193	32	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	193	33	smes	smes	PROPN
ajfti-6174	193	34	survival	survival	PROPN
ajfti-6174	193	35	item	item	PROPN
ajfti-6174	193	36	responses	response	VERB
ajfti-6174	194	1	n=71	n=71	PROPN
ajfti-6174	194	2	mean	mean	PROPN
ajfti-6174	194	3	st	st	PROPN
ajfti-6174	194	4	.	.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	194	5	devsd%	devsd%	PROPN
ajfti-6174	194	6	d%	d%	PROPN
ajfti-6174	194	7	n%	n%	PROPN
ajfti-6174	194	8	a%	a%	VERB
ajfti-6174	194	9	sa%	sa%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	194	10	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	194	11	consistency	consistency	NOUN
ajfti-6174	194	12	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	194	13	sme	sme	PROPN
ajfti-6174	194	14	products	product	NOUN
ajfti-6174	194	15	/	/	SYM
ajfti-6174	194	16	services	service	NOUN
ajfti-6174	194	17	contributes	contribute	VERB
ajfti-6174	194	18	to	to	ADP
ajfti-6174	194	19	their	their	PRON
ajfti-6174	194	20	survival	survival	NOUN
ajfti-6174	194	21	1.8	1.8	NUM
ajfti-6174	194	22	3.7	3.7	NUM
ajfti-6174	194	23	26.4	26.4	NUM
ajfti-6174	194	24	49.7	49.7	NUM
ajfti-6174	194	25	18.4	18.4	NUM
ajfti-6174	194	26	3.791	3.791	NUM
ajfti-6174	194	27	0.849	0.849	NUM
ajfti-6174	194	28	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	194	29	profitability	profitability	NOUN
ajfti-6174	194	30	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	194	31	sme	sme	PROPN
ajfti-6174	194	32	determines	determine	VERB
ajfti-6174	194	33	their	their	PRON
ajfti-6174	194	34	survival	survival	NOUN
ajfti-6174	194	35	0	0	NUM
ajfti-6174	194	36	2.5	2.5	NUM
ajfti-6174	194	37	15.3	15.3	NUM
ajfti-6174	194	38	60.1	60.1	NUM
ajfti-6174	194	39	22.1	22.1	NUM
ajfti-6174	194	40	4.018	4.018	NUM
ajfti-6174	194	41	0.689	0.689	NUM
ajfti-6174	194	42	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	194	43	growth	growth	NOUN
ajfti-6174	194	44	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	194	45	an	an	DET
ajfti-6174	194	46	sme	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	194	47	helps	help	VERB
ajfti-6174	194	48	its	its	PRON
ajfti-6174	194	49	survival	survival	NOUN
ajfti-6174	194	50	0	0	NUM
ajfti-6174	194	51	1.2	1.2	NUM
ajfti-6174	194	52	6.1	6.1	NUM
ajfti-6174	194	53	65.0	65.0	NUM
ajfti-6174	194	54	27.6	27.6	NUM
ajfti-6174	194	55	4.190	4.190	NUM
ajfti-6174	194	56	0.593	0.593	NUM
ajfti-6174	194	57	av	av	NOUN
ajfti-6174	194	58	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	195	1	mean	mean	NOUN
ajfti-6174	196	1	=	=	SYM
ajfti-6174	196	2	3.9996	3.9996	NUM
ajfti-6174	196	3	;	;	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	196	4	av	av	PROPN
ajfti-6174	196	5	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	196	6	st	st	PROPN
ajfti-6174	196	7	.	.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	196	8	dev	dev	PROPN
ajfti-6174	196	9	=	=	PROPN
ajfti-6174	196	10	0.7103	0.7103	NUM
ajfti-6174	196	11	source	source	NOUN
ajfti-6174	196	12	:	:	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	196	13	field	field	NOUN
ajfti-6174	196	14	survey	survey	NOUN
ajfti-6174	196	15	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	196	16	2024	2024	NUM
ajfti-6174	196	17	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	196	18	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	196	19	3.791	3.791	NUM
ajfti-6174	196	20	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	196	21	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	196	22	corresponding	corresponding	ADJ
ajfti-6174	196	23	0.849	0.849	NUM
ajfti-6174	196	24	deviation	deviation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	196	25	from	from	ADP
ajfti-6174	196	26	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	196	27	standard	standard	ADJ
ajfti-6174	196	28	value	value	NOUN
ajfti-6174	196	29	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	196	30	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	196	31	mean	mean	NOUN
ajfti-6174	196	32	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	197	1	regarding	regard	VERB
ajfti-6174	197	2	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	197	3	profitability	profitability	NOUN
ajfti-6174	197	4	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	197	5	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	197	6	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	197	7	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	197	8	only	only	ADV
ajfti-6174	197	9	2.5	2.5	NUM
ajfti-6174	197	10	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	197	11	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	197	12	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	197	13	respondents	respondent	NOUN
ajfti-6174	197	14	disagreed	disagree	VERB
ajfti-6174	197	15	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	197	16	15.3	15.3	NUM
ajfti-6174	197	17	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	197	18	were	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	197	19	neutral	neutral	ADJ
ajfti-6174	197	20	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	197	21	while	while	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	197	22	82.2	82.2	NUM
ajfti-6174	197	23	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	197	24	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	197	25	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	197	26	respondents	respondent	NOUN
ajfti-6174	197	27	aligned	align	VERB
ajfti-6174	197	28	their	their	PRON
ajfti-6174	197	29	views	view	NOUN
ajfti-6174	197	30	with	with	ADP
ajfti-6174	197	31	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	197	32	profitability	profitability	NOUN
ajfti-6174	197	33	aspect	aspect	NOUN
ajfti-6174	197	34	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	197	35	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	197	36	businesses	business	NOUN
ajfti-6174	197	37	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	197	38	kiambu	kiambu	PROPN
ajfti-6174	197	39	county	county	PROPN
ajfti-6174	197	40	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	197	41	kenya	kenya	PROPN
ajfti-6174	197	42	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	198	1	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	198	2	growth	growth	NOUN
ajfti-6174	198	3	aspect	aspect	NOUN
ajfti-6174	198	4	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	198	5	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	198	6	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	198	7	was	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	198	8	disagreed	disagree	VERB
ajfti-6174	198	9	with	with	ADP
ajfti-6174	198	10	by	by	ADP
ajfti-6174	198	11	1.2	1.2	NUM
ajfti-6174	198	12	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	198	13	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	198	14	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	198	15	participants	participant	NOUN
ajfti-6174	198	16	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	199	1	6.1	6.1	NUM
ajfti-6174	199	2	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	199	3	showed	show	VERB
ajfti-6174	199	4	neutrality	neutrality	NOUN
ajfti-6174	199	5	to	to	ADP
ajfti-6174	199	6	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	199	7	claim	claim	NOUN
ajfti-6174	199	8	regarding	regard	VERB
ajfti-6174	199	9	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	199	10	growth	growth	NOUN
ajfti-6174	199	11	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	199	12	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	199	13	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	199	14	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	199	15	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	199	16	study	study	NOUN
ajfti-6174	199	17	area	area	NOUN
ajfti-6174	199	18	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	199	19	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	199	20	92.6	92.6	NUM
ajfti-6174	199	21	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	199	22	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	199	23	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	199	24	participants	participant	NOUN
ajfti-6174	199	25	aligned	align	VERB
ajfti-6174	199	26	their	their	PRON
ajfti-6174	199	27	views	view	NOUN
ajfti-6174	199	28	with	with	ADP
ajfti-6174	199	29	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	199	30	survival	survival	NOUN
ajfti-6174	199	31	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	199	32	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	199	33	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	199	34	through	through	ADP
ajfti-6174	199	35	profitability	profitability	NOUN
ajfti-6174	199	36	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	200	1	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	200	2	outcome	outcome	NOUN
ajfti-6174	200	3	was	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	200	4	validly	validly	ADV
ajfti-6174	200	5	confirmed	confirm	VERB
ajfti-6174	200	6	by	by	ADP
ajfti-6174	200	7	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	200	8	4.190	4.190	NUM
ajfti-6174	200	9	mean	mean	NOUN
ajfti-6174	200	10	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	200	11	0.593	0.593	NUM
ajfti-6174	200	12	standard	standard	ADJ
ajfti-6174	200	13	deviation	deviation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	200	14	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	201	1	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	201	2	mean	mean	ADJ
ajfti-6174	201	3	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	201	4	standard	standard	ADJ
ajfti-6174	201	5	deviation	deviation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	201	6	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	201	7	3.9996	3.9996	NUM
ajfti-6174	201	8	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	201	9	0.7103	0.7103	NUM
ajfti-6174	201	10	were	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	201	11	also	also	ADV
ajfti-6174	201	12	revealed	reveal	VERB
ajfti-6174	201	13	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	202	1	based	base	VERB
ajfti-6174	202	2	on	on	ADP
ajfti-6174	202	3	these	these	DET
ajfti-6174	202	4	outcomes	outcome	NOUN
ajfti-6174	202	5	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	202	6	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	202	7	survival	survival	NOUN
ajfti-6174	202	8	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	202	9	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	202	10	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	202	11	depends	depend	VERB
ajfti-6174	202	12	mainly	mainly	ADV
ajfti-6174	202	13	on	on	ADP
ajfti-6174	202	14	consistency	consistency	NOUN
ajfti-6174	202	15	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	202	16	profitability	profitability	NOUN
ajfti-6174	202	17	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	202	18	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	202	19	growth	growth	NOUN
ajfti-6174	202	20	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	202	21	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	202	22	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	202	23	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	202	24	question	question	NOUN
ajfti-6174	202	25	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	203	1	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN
ajfti-6174	203	2	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	203	3	study	study	NOUN
ajfti-6174	203	4	achieved	achieve	VERB
ajfti-6174	203	5	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	203	6	76.8	76.8	NUM
ajfti-6174	203	7	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	203	8	response	response	NOUN
ajfti-6174	203	9	rate	rate	NOUN
ajfti-6174	203	10	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	203	11	which	which	PRON
ajfti-6174	203	12	was	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	203	13	considered	consider	VERB
ajfti-6174	203	14	adequate	adequate	ADJ
ajfti-6174	203	15	for	for	ADP
ajfti-6174	203	16	reliable	reliable	ADJ
ajfti-6174	203	17	analysis	analysis	NOUN
ajfti-6174	203	18	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	204	1	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	204	2	demographic	demographic	ADJ
ajfti-6174	204	3	profile	profile	NOUN
ajfti-6174	204	4	showed	show	VERB
ajfti-6174	204	5	that	that	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	204	6	most	most	ADJ
ajfti-6174	204	7	respondents	respondent	NOUN
ajfti-6174	204	8	were	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	204	9	male	male	ADJ
ajfti-6174	204	10	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	204	11	74.6	74.6	NUM
ajfti-6174	204	12	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	204	13	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	204	14	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	204	15	within	within	ADP
ajfti-6174	204	16	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	204	17	productive	productive	ADJ
ajfti-6174	204	18	age	age	NOUN
ajfti-6174	204	19	bracket	bracket	NOUN
ajfti-6174	204	20	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	204	21	26–45	26–45	NUM
ajfti-6174	204	22	years	year	NOUN
ajfti-6174	204	23	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	204	24	reflecting	reflect	VERB
ajfti-6174	204	25	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	204	26	dominance	dominance	NOUN
ajfti-6174	204	27	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	204	28	youth	youth	NOUN
ajfti-6174	204	29	-	-	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	204	30	led	lead	VERB
ajfti-6174	204	31	enterprises	enterprise	NOUN
ajfti-6174	204	32	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	204	33	kiambu	kiambu	PROPN
ajfti-6174	204	34	county	county	NOUN
ajfti-6174	204	35	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	205	1	educational	educational	ADJ
ajfti-6174	205	2	attainment	attainment	NOUN
ajfti-6174	205	3	was	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	205	4	relatively	relatively	ADV
ajfti-6174	205	5	high	high	ADJ
ajfti-6174	205	6	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	205	7	with	with	ADP
ajfti-6174	205	8	over	over	ADP
ajfti-6174	205	9	45	45	NUM
ajfti-6174	205	10	%	%	NOUN
ajfti-6174	205	11	holding	hold	VERB
ajfti-6174	205	12	diploma	diploma	NOUN
ajfti-6174	205	13	or	or	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	205	14	undergraduate	undergraduate	NOUN
ajfti-6174	205	15	degrees	degree	NOUN
ajfti-6174	205	16	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	205	17	implying	imply	VERB
ajfti-6174	205	18	that	that	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	205	19	education	education	NOUN
ajfti-6174	205	20	plays	play	VERB
ajfti-6174	205	21	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	205	22	role	role	NOUN
ajfti-6174	205	23	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	205	24	technology	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	205	25	adoption	adoption	NOUN
ajfti-6174	205	26	decisions	decision	NOUN
ajfti-6174	205	27	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	206	1	findings	finding	NOUN
ajfti-6174	206	2	from	from	ADP
ajfti-6174	206	3	descriptive	descriptive	ADJ
ajfti-6174	206	4	analysis	analysis	NOUN
ajfti-6174	206	5	demonstrated	demonstrate	VERB
ajfti-6174	206	6	that	that	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	206	7	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	206	8	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	206	9	significantly	significantly	ADV
ajfti-6174	206	10	enhances	enhance	VERB
ajfti-6174	206	11	sme	sme	ADJ
ajfti-6174	206	12	survival	survival	NOUN
ajfti-6174	206	13	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	207	1	respondents	respondent	NOUN
ajfti-6174	207	2	agreed	agree	VERB
ajfti-6174	207	3	that	that	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	207	4	applying	apply	VERB
ajfti-6174	207	5	high	high	ADJ
ajfti-6174	207	6	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	207	7	know	know	NOUN
ajfti-6174	207	8	-	-	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	207	9	how	how	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	207	10	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	207	11	mean	mean	NOUN
ajfti-6174	207	12	=	=	SYM
ajfti-6174	207	13	3.93	3.93	NUM
ajfti-6174	207	14	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	207	15	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	207	16	maintaining	maintain	VERB
ajfti-6174	207	17	technical	technical	ADJ
ajfti-6174	207	18	infrastructure	infrastructure	NOUN
ajfti-6174	207	19	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	207	20	mean	mean	NOUN
ajfti-6174	207	21	=	=	SYM
ajfti-6174	207	22	3.27	3.27	NUM
ajfti-6174	207	23	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	207	24	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	207	25	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	207	26	conducting	conduct	VERB
ajfti-6174	207	27	r&d	r&d	NOUN
ajfti-6174	207	28	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	207	29	mean	mean	NOUN
ajfti-6174	207	30	=	=	SYM
ajfti-6174	207	31	3.61	3.61	NUM
ajfti-6174	207	32	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	207	33	improve	improve	VERB
ajfti-6174	207	34	firm	firm	ADJ
ajfti-6174	207	35	performance	performance	NOUN
ajfti-6174	207	36	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	207	37	competitiveness	competitiveness	NOUN
ajfti-6174	207	38	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	208	1	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	208	2	composite	composite	ADJ
ajfti-6174	208	3	mean	mean	NOUN
ajfti-6174	208	4	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	208	5	3.61	3.61	NUM
ajfti-6174	208	6	affirmed	affirm	VERB
ajfti-6174	208	7	that	that	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	208	8	most	most	ADJ
ajfti-6174	208	9	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	208	10	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	208	11	kiambu	kiambu	PROPN
ajfti-6174	208	12	county	county	NOUN
ajfti-6174	208	13	recognize	recognize	VERB
ajfti-6174	208	14	technology	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	208	15	as	as	ADP
ajfti-6174	208	16	vital	vital	ADJ
ajfti-6174	208	17	for	for	ADP
ajfti-6174	208	18	efficiency	efficiency	NOUN
ajfti-6174	208	19	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	208	20	market	market	NOUN
ajfti-6174	208	21	adaptation	adaptation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	208	22	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	209	1	further	far	ADV
ajfti-6174	209	2	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	209	3	analysis	analysis	NOUN
ajfti-6174	209	4	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	209	5	sme	sme	ADJ
ajfti-6174	209	6	survival	survival	NOUN
ajfti-6174	209	7	indicators	indicator	NOUN
ajfti-6174	209	8	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	209	9	mean	mean	NOUN
ajfti-6174	209	10	=	=	SYM
ajfti-6174	209	11	3.99	3.99	NUM
ajfti-6174	209	12	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	209	13	revealed	reveal	VERB
ajfti-6174	209	14	that	that	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	209	15	consistency	consistency	NOUN
ajfti-6174	209	16	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	209	17	profitability	profitability	NOUN
ajfti-6174	209	18	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	209	19	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	209	20	growth	growth	NOUN
ajfti-6174	209	21	are	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	209	22	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	209	23	primary	primary	ADJ
ajfti-6174	209	24	dimensions	dimension	NOUN
ajfti-6174	209	25	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	209	26	survival	survival	NOUN
ajfti-6174	209	27	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	210	1	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	210	2	leveraging	leverage	VERB
ajfti-6174	210	3	technology	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	210	4	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	210	5	optimize	optimize	VERB
ajfti-6174	210	6	operations	operation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	210	7	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	210	8	innovate	innovate	VERB
ajfti-6174	210	9	reported	report	VERB
ajfti-6174	210	10	better	well	ADJ
ajfti-6174	210	11	outcomes	outcome	NOUN
ajfti-6174	210	12	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	210	13	customer	customer	NOUN
ajfti-6174	210	14	retention	retention	NOUN
ajfti-6174	210	15	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	210	16	profitability	profitability	NOUN
ajfti-6174	210	17	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	210	18	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	210	19	long	long	ADJ
ajfti-6174	210	20	-	-	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	210	21	term	term	NOUN
ajfti-6174	210	22	sustainability	sustainability	NOUN
ajfti-6174	210	23	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	211	1	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	211	2	study	study	NOUN
ajfti-6174	211	3	also	also	ADV
ajfti-6174	211	4	found	find	VERB
ajfti-6174	211	5	that	that	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	211	6	managerial	managerial	ADJ
ajfti-6174	211	7	competencies	competency	NOUN
ajfti-6174	211	8	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	211	9	access	access	NOUN
ajfti-6174	211	10	to	to	ADP
ajfti-6174	211	11	finance	finance	NOUN
ajfti-6174	211	12	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	211	13	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	211	14	availability	availability	NOUN
ajfti-6174	211	15	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	211	16	infrastructure	infrastructure	NOUN
ajfti-6174	211	17	moderated	moderate	VERB
ajfti-6174	211	18	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	211	19	relationship	relationship	NOUN
ajfti-6174	211	20	between	between	ADP
ajfti-6174	211	21	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	211	22	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	211	23	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	211	24	sme	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	211	25	survival	survival	NOUN
ajfti-6174	211	26	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	211	27	influencing	influence	VERB
ajfti-6174	211	28	how	how	SCONJ
ajfti-6174	211	29	effectively	effectively	ADV
ajfti-6174	211	30	firms	firm	NOUN
ajfti-6174	211	31	adopted	adopt	VERB
ajfti-6174	211	32	new	new	ADJ
ajfti-6174	211	33	technologies	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	211	34	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	212	1	pa	pa	PROPN
ajfti-6174	212	2	ge	ge	PROPN
ajfti-6174	212	3	20	20	NUM
ajfti-6174	212	4	4	4	NUM
ajfti-6174	212	5	https://journals.e-palli.com/home/index.php/ajfti	https://journals.e-palli.com/home/index.php/ajfti	NOUN
ajfti-6174	212	6	am	be	AUX
ajfti-6174	212	7	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	213	1	j.	j.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	213	2	financ	financ	PROPN
ajfti-6174	213	3	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	214	1	technol	technol	PROPN
ajfti-6174	214	2	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	214	3	innov	innov	PROPN
ajfti-6174	214	4	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	215	1	3(1	3(1	NUM
ajfti-6174	215	2	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	215	3	196	196	NUM
ajfti-6174	215	4	-	-	SYM
ajfti-6174	215	5	204	204	NUM
ajfti-6174	215	6	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	215	7	2025	2025	NUM
ajfti-6174	215	8	research	research	NOUN
ajfti-6174	215	9	grants	grant	NOUN
ajfti-6174	215	10	for	for	ADP
ajfti-6174	215	11	small	small	ADJ
ajfti-6174	215	12	firms	firm	NOUN
ajfti-6174	215	13	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	216	1	promoting	promote	VERB
ajfti-6174	216	2	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	216	3	culture	culture	NOUN
ajfti-6174	216	4	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	216	5	innovation	innovation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	216	6	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	216	7	should	should	AUX
ajfti-6174	216	8	embed	embed	VERB
ajfti-6174	216	9	innovation	innovation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	216	10	into	into	ADP
ajfti-6174	216	11	their	their	PRON
ajfti-6174	216	12	strategic	strategic	ADJ
ajfti-6174	216	13	objectives	objective	NOUN
ajfti-6174	216	14	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	216	15	encouraging	encourage	VERB
ajfti-6174	216	16	creativity	creativity	NOUN
ajfti-6174	216	17	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	216	18	continuous	continuous	ADJ
ajfti-6174	216	19	improvement	improvement	NOUN
ajfti-6174	216	20	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	216	21	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	216	22	research	research	NOUN
ajfti-6174	216	23	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	216	24	development	development	NOUN
ajfti-6174	216	25	to	to	PART
ajfti-6174	216	26	remain	remain	VERB
ajfti-6174	216	27	competitive	competitive	ADJ
ajfti-6174	216	28	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	216	29	evolving	evolve	VERB
ajfti-6174	216	30	markets	market	NOUN
ajfti-6174	216	31	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	217	1	future	future	ADJ
ajfti-6174	217	2	research	research	NOUN
ajfti-6174	217	3	further	further	ADJ
ajfti-6174	217	4	studies	study	NOUN
ajfti-6174	217	5	should	should	AUX
ajfti-6174	217	6	explore	explore	VERB
ajfti-6174	217	7	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	217	8	moderating	moderate	VERB
ajfti-6174	217	9	effects	effect	NOUN
ajfti-6174	217	10	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	217	11	managerial	managerial	ADJ
ajfti-6174	217	12	competence	competence	NOUN
ajfti-6174	217	13	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	217	14	firm	firm	ADJ
ajfti-6174	217	15	size	size	NOUN
ajfti-6174	217	16	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	217	17	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	217	18	industry	industry	NOUN
ajfti-6174	217	19	type	type	NOUN
ajfti-6174	217	20	on	on	ADP
ajfti-6174	217	21	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	217	22	relationship	relationship	NOUN
ajfti-6174	217	23	between	between	ADP
ajfti-6174	217	24	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	217	25	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	217	26	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	217	27	sme	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	217	28	survival	survival	NOUN
ajfti-6174	217	29	across	across	ADP
ajfti-6174	217	30	other	other	ADJ
ajfti-6174	217	31	kenyan	kenyan	ADJ
ajfti-6174	217	32	counties	county	NOUN
ajfti-6174	217	33	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	218	1	references	reference	NOUN
ajfti-6174	218	2	adam	adam	PROPN
ajfti-6174	218	3	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	218	4	n.	n.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	218	5	a.	a.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	218	6	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	218	7	&	&	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	218	8	alarifi	alarifi	PROPN
ajfti-6174	218	9	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	218	10	g.	g.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	218	11	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	218	12	2021	2021	NUM
ajfti-6174	218	13	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	218	14	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	219	1	innovation	innovation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	219	2	practices	practice	NOUN
ajfti-6174	219	3	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	219	4	their	their	PRON
ajfti-6174	219	5	impact	impact	NOUN
ajfti-6174	219	6	on	on	ADP
ajfti-6174	219	7	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	219	8	performance	performance	NOUN
ajfti-6174	219	9	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	219	10	small	small	ADJ
ajfti-6174	219	11	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	219	12	medium	medium	ADJ
ajfti-6174	219	13	-	-	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	219	14	sized	sized	ADJ
ajfti-6174	219	15	enterprises	enterprise	NOUN
ajfti-6174	219	16	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	219	17	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	219	18	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	219	19	during	during	ADP
ajfti-6174	219	20	covid-19	covid-19	PROPN
ajfti-6174	219	21	pandemic	pandemic	ADJ
ajfti-6174	219	22	:	:	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	219	23	evidence	evidence	NOUN
ajfti-6174	219	24	from	from	ADP
ajfti-6174	219	25	saudi	saudi	PROPN
ajfti-6174	219	26	arabia	arabia	PROPN
ajfti-6174	219	27	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	220	1	journal	journal	PROPN
ajfti-6174	220	2	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	220	3	entrepreneurship	entrepreneurship	NOUN
ajfti-6174	220	4	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	220	5	emerging	emerge	VERB
ajfti-6174	220	6	economies	economy	NOUN
ajfti-6174	220	7	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	220	8	13(4	13(4	NUM
ajfti-6174	220	9	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	220	10	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	220	11	1081	1081	NUM
ajfti-6174	220	12	–	–	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	220	13	1105	1105	NUM
ajfti-6174	220	14	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	221	1	https://doi.org/10.1108/jeee-08-2020-0324	https://doi.org/10.1108/jeee-08-2020-0324	ADJ
ajfti-6174	221	2	arzubiaga	arzubiaga	NOUN
ajfti-6174	221	3	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	221	4	u.	u.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	221	5	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	221	6	kotlar	kotlar	PROPN
ajfti-6174	221	7	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	221	8	j.	j.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	221	9	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	221	10	de	de	X
ajfti-6174	221	11	massis	massis	NOUN
ajfti-6174	221	12	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	221	13	a.	a.	NOUN
ajfti-6174	221	14	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	221	15	maseda	maseda	PROPN
ajfti-6174	221	16	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	221	17	a.	a.	NOUN
ajfti-6174	221	18	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	221	19	&	&	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	221	20	iturralde	iturralde	PROPN
ajfti-6174	221	21	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	221	22	t.	t.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	221	23	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	221	24	2018	2018	NUM
ajfti-6174	221	25	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	221	26	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	222	1	entrepreneurial	entrepreneurial	ADJ
ajfti-6174	222	2	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	222	3	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	222	4	firm	firm	ADJ
ajfti-6174	222	5	performance	performance	NOUN
ajfti-6174	222	6	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	222	7	family	family	NOUN
ajfti-6174	222	8	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	222	9	:	:	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	222	10	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	222	11	moderating	moderate	VERB
ajfti-6174	222	12	effects	effect	NOUN
ajfti-6174	222	13	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	222	14	family	family	NOUN
ajfti-6174	222	15	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	222	16	women	woman	NOUN
ajfti-6174	222	17	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	222	18	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	222	19	generational	generational	ADJ
ajfti-6174	222	20	involvement	involvement	NOUN
ajfti-6174	222	21	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	223	1	revista	revista	PROPN
ajfti-6174	223	2	española	española	PROPN
ajfti-6174	223	3	de	de	PROPN
ajfti-6174	223	4	investigación	investigación	PROPN
ajfti-6174	223	5	en	en	PROPN
ajfti-6174	223	6	marketing	marketing	NOUN
ajfti-6174	223	7	esic	esic	NOUN
ajfti-6174	223	8	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	223	9	22(2	22(2	NUM
ajfti-6174	223	10	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	223	11	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	223	12	69–85	69–85	NUM
ajfti-6174	223	13	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	224	1	barney	barney	PROPN
ajfti-6174	224	2	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	224	3	j.	j.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	224	4	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	224	5	1991	1991	NUM
ajfti-6174	224	6	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	224	7	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	225	1	firm	firm	ADJ
ajfti-6174	225	2	resources	resource	NOUN
ajfti-6174	225	3	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	225	4	sustained	sustain	VERB
ajfti-6174	225	5	competitive	competitive	ADJ
ajfti-6174	225	6	advantage	advantage	NOUN
ajfti-6174	225	7	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	226	1	journal	journal	NOUN
ajfti-6174	226	2	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	226	3	management	management	NOUN
ajfti-6174	226	4	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	226	5	17(1	17(1	NUM
ajfti-6174	226	6	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	226	7	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	226	8	99–120	99–120	NUM
ajfti-6174	226	9	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	227	1	bvuma	bvuma	PROPN
ajfti-6174	227	2	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	227	3	s.	s.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	227	4	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	227	5	&	&	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	227	6	marnewick	marnewick	PROPN
ajfti-6174	227	7	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	227	8	c.	c.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	227	9	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	227	10	2020	2020	NUM
ajfti-6174	227	11	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	227	12	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	228	1	sustainable	sustainable	ADJ
ajfti-6174	228	2	livelihoods	livelihood	NOUN
ajfti-6174	228	3	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	228	4	township	township	NOUN
ajfti-6174	228	5	small	small	ADJ
ajfti-6174	228	6	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	228	7	medium	medium	ADJ
ajfti-6174	228	8	enterprises	enterprise	NOUN
ajfti-6174	228	9	through	through	ADP
ajfti-6174	228	10	business	business	NOUN
ajfti-6174	228	11	-	-	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	228	12	it	it	PRON
ajfti-6174	228	13	alignment	alignment	NOUN
ajfti-6174	228	14	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	229	1	south	south	ADJ
ajfti-6174	229	2	african	african	ADJ
ajfti-6174	229	3	journal	journal	PROPN
ajfti-6174	229	4	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	229	5	information	information	NOUN
ajfti-6174	229	6	management	management	NOUN
ajfti-6174	229	7	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	229	8	22(1	22(1	NUM
ajfti-6174	229	9	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	229	10	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	229	11	1–9	1–9	PROPN
ajfti-6174	229	12	.	.	NOUN
ajfti-6174	229	13	chepkurgat	chepkurgat	PROPN
ajfti-6174	229	14	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	229	15	v.	v.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	229	16	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	229	17	komen	komen	PROPN
ajfti-6174	229	18	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	229	19	j.	j.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	229	20	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	229	21	&	&	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	229	22	kibet	kibet	PROPN
ajfti-6174	229	23	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	229	24	l.	l.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	229	25	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	229	26	2019	2019	NUM
ajfti-6174	229	27	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	229	28	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	230	1	effect	effect	NOUN
ajfti-6174	230	2	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	230	3	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	230	4	innovation	innovation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	230	5	on	on	ADP
ajfti-6174	230	6	performance	performance	NOUN
ajfti-6174	230	7	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	230	8	small	small	ADJ
ajfti-6174	230	9	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	230	10	medium	medium	ADJ
ajfti-6174	230	11	enterprises	enterprise	NOUN
ajfti-6174	230	12	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	230	13	kenya	kenya	PROPN
ajfti-6174	230	14	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	231	1	international	international	ADJ
ajfti-6174	231	2	journal	journal	PROPN
ajfti-6174	231	3	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	231	4	business	business	NOUN
ajfti-6174	231	5	management	management	NOUN
ajfti-6174	231	6	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	231	7	technology	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	231	8	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	231	9	3(6	3(6	NUM
ajfti-6174	231	10	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	231	11	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	231	12	78–87	78–87	PROPN
ajfti-6174	231	13	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	232	1	foss	foss	PROPN
ajfti-6174	232	2	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	232	3	n.	n.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	232	4	j.	j.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	232	5	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	232	6	&	&	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	232	7	knudsen	knudsen	PROPN
ajfti-6174	232	8	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	232	9	c.	c.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	232	10	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	232	11	2010	2010	NUM
ajfti-6174	232	12	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	232	13	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	233	1	towards	towards	ADP
ajfti-6174	233	2	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	233	3	competence	competence	NOUN
ajfti-6174	233	4	theory	theory	NOUN
ajfti-6174	233	5	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	233	6	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	233	7	firm	firm	NOUN
ajfti-6174	233	8	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	234	1	routledge	routledge	PROPN
ajfti-6174	234	2	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	235	1	kiiru	kiiru	PROPN
ajfti-6174	235	2	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	235	3	d.	d.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	235	4	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	235	5	mukulu	mukulu	VERB
ajfti-6174	235	6	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	235	7	e.	e.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	235	8	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	235	9	&	&	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	235	10	ngatia	ngatia	PROPN
ajfti-6174	235	11	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	235	12	p.	p.	NOUN
ajfti-6174	235	13	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	235	14	2022	2022	NUM
ajfti-6174	235	15	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	235	16	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	236	1	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	236	2	effect	effect	NOUN
ajfti-6174	236	3	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	236	4	technology	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	236	5	adoption	adoption	NOUN
ajfti-6174	236	6	on	on	ADP
ajfti-6174	236	7	performance	performance	NOUN
ajfti-6174	236	8	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	236	9	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	236	10	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	236	11	kenya	kenya	PROPN
ajfti-6174	236	12	’s	’s	PART
ajfti-6174	236	13	manufacturing	manufacturing	NOUN
ajfti-6174	236	14	sector	sector	NOUN
ajfti-6174	236	15	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	237	1	international	international	ADJ
ajfti-6174	237	2	journal	journal	PROPN
ajfti-6174	237	3	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	237	4	business	business	NOUN
ajfti-6174	237	5	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	237	6	social	social	ADJ
ajfti-6174	237	7	science	science	NOUN
ajfti-6174	237	8	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	237	9	13(3	13(3	NUM
ajfti-6174	237	10	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	237	11	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	237	12	56–68	56–68	NUM
ajfti-6174	237	13	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	238	1	korir	korir	PROPN
ajfti-6174	238	2	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	238	3	k.	k.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	238	4	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	238	5	&	&	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	238	6	mutua	mutua	PROPN
ajfti-6174	238	7	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	238	8	j.	j.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	238	9	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	238	10	2024	2024	NUM
ajfti-6174	238	11	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	238	12	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	239	1	drivers	driver	NOUN
ajfti-6174	239	2	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	239	3	barriers	barrier	NOUN
ajfti-6174	239	4	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	239	5	innovation	innovation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	239	6	adoption	adoption	NOUN
ajfti-6174	239	7	among	among	ADP
ajfti-6174	239	8	kenyan	kenyan	ADJ
ajfti-6174	239	9	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	239	10	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	240	1	african	african	ADJ
ajfti-6174	240	2	journal	journal	NOUN
ajfti-6174	240	3	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	240	4	entrepreneurship	entrepreneurship	NOUN
ajfti-6174	240	5	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	240	6	innovation	innovation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	240	7	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	240	8	6(2	6(2	NUM
ajfti-6174	240	9	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	240	10	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	240	11	45–58	45–58	NOUN
ajfti-6174	240	12	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	241	1	lekhanya	lekhanya	PROPN
ajfti-6174	241	2	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	241	3	l.	l.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	241	4	m.	m.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	241	5	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	241	6	mason	mason	PROPN
ajfti-6174	241	7	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	241	8	r.	r.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	241	9	b.	b.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	241	10	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	241	11	&	&	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	241	12	rankhumise	rankhumise	NOUN
ajfti-6174	241	13	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	242	1	e.	e.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	242	2	m.	m.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	242	3	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	242	4	2017	2017	NUM
ajfti-6174	242	5	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	242	6	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	243	1	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	243	2	role	role	NOUN
ajfti-6174	243	3	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	243	4	innovation	innovation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	243	5	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	243	6	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	243	7	survival	survival	NOUN
ajfti-6174	243	8	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	243	9	small	small	ADJ
ajfti-6174	243	10	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	243	11	medium	medium	ADJ
ajfti-6174	243	12	manufacturing	manufacturing	NOUN
ajfti-6174	243	13	enterprises	enterprise	NOUN
ajfti-6174	243	14	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	243	15	south	south	PROPN
ajfti-6174	243	16	africa	africa	PROPN
ajfti-6174	243	17	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	244	1	journal	journal	PROPN
ajfti-6174	244	2	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	244	3	business	business	NOUN
ajfti-6174	244	4	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	244	5	retail	retail	ADJ
ajfti-6174	244	6	management	management	NOUN
ajfti-6174	244	7	research	research	NOUN
ajfti-6174	244	8	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	244	9	11(4	11(4	NUM
ajfti-6174	244	10	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	244	11	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	244	12	72–84	72–84	PROPN
ajfti-6174	244	13	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	245	1	mathafena	mathafena	PROPN
ajfti-6174	245	2	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	245	3	r.	r.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	245	4	b.	b.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	245	5	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	245	6	&	&	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	245	7	msimango	msimango	PROPN
ajfti-6174	245	8	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	245	9	z.	z.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	245	10	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	245	11	2022	2022	NUM
ajfti-6174	245	12	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	245	13	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	246	1	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	246	2	influence	influence	NOUN
ajfti-6174	246	3	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	246	4	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	246	5	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	246	6	on	on	ADP
ajfti-6174	246	7	organizational	organizational	ADJ
ajfti-6174	246	8	performance	performance	NOUN
ajfti-6174	246	9	:	:	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	246	10	evidence	evidence	NOUN
ajfti-6174	246	11	from	from	ADP
ajfti-6174	246	12	south	south	ADJ
ajfti-6174	246	13	african	african	ADJ
ajfti-6174	246	14	enterprises	enterprise	NOUN
ajfti-6174	246	15	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	247	1	journal	journal	NOUN
ajfti-6174	247	2	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	247	3	african	african	ADJ
ajfti-6174	247	4	business	business	NOUN
ajfti-6174	247	5	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	247	6	23(1	23(1	NUM
ajfti-6174	247	7	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	247	8	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	247	9	87–103	87–103	X
ajfti-6174	247	10	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	247	11	musebe	musebe	PROPN
ajfti-6174	247	12	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	247	13	r.	r.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	247	14	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	247	15	2024	2024	NUM
ajfti-6174	247	16	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	247	17	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	248	1	advanced	advanced	ADJ
ajfti-6174	248	2	manufacturing	manufacturing	NOUN
ajfti-6174	248	3	technology	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	248	4	adoption	adoption	NOUN
ajfti-6174	248	5	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	248	6	performance	performance	NOUN
ajfti-6174	248	7	among	among	ADP
ajfti-6174	248	8	kenyan	kenyan	ADJ
ajfti-6174	248	9	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	248	10	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	249	1	kenya	kenya	PROPN
ajfti-6174	249	2	journal	journal	PROPN
ajfti-6174	249	3	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	249	4	management	management	NOUN
ajfti-6174	249	5	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	249	6	innovation	innovation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	249	7	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	249	8	5(1	5(1	NUM
ajfti-6174	249	9	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	249	10	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	249	11	101–118	101–118	NUM
ajfti-6174	249	12	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	250	1	nakola	nakola	PROPN
ajfti-6174	250	2	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	250	3	w.	w.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	250	4	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	250	5	wambua	wambua	PROPN
ajfti-6174	250	6	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	250	7	m.	m.	NOUN
ajfti-6174	250	8	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	250	9	&	&	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	250	10	chepkorir	chepkorir	PROPN
ajfti-6174	250	11	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	250	12	s.	s.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	250	13	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	250	14	2015	2015	NUM
ajfti-6174	250	15	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	250	16	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	251	1	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	251	2	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	251	3	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	251	4	firm	firm	ADJ
ajfti-6174	251	5	performance	performance	NOUN
ajfti-6174	251	6	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	251	7	kenya	kenya	PROPN
ajfti-6174	251	8	:	:	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	251	9	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	251	10	contextual	contextual	ADJ
ajfti-6174	251	11	analysis	analysis	NOUN
ajfti-6174	251	12	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	252	1	african	african	ADJ
ajfti-6174	252	2	journal	journal	PROPN
ajfti-6174	252	3	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	252	4	business	business	NOUN
ajfti-6174	252	5	management	management	NOUN
ajfti-6174	252	6	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	252	7	9(21	9(21	NUM
ajfti-6174	252	8	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	252	9	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	253	1	700–709	700–709	NUM
ajfti-6174	253	2	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	253	3	ogbari	ogbari	PROPN
ajfti-6174	253	4	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	253	5	m.	m.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	253	6	e.	e.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	253	7	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	253	8	oni	oni	PROPN
ajfti-6174	253	9	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	253	10	e.	e.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	253	11	o.	o.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	253	12	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	253	13	&	&	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	253	14	akpor	akpor	ADJ
ajfti-6174	253	15	-	-	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	253	16	robaro	robaro	NOUN
ajfti-6174	253	17	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	253	18	m.	m.	NOUN
ajfti-6174	253	19	o.	o.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	253	20	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	253	21	2022	2022	NUM
ajfti-6174	253	22	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	253	23	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	254	1	technology	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	254	2	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	254	3	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	254	4	competitive	competitive	ADJ
ajfti-6174	254	5	advantage	advantage	NOUN
ajfti-6174	254	6	:	:	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	254	7	evidence	evidence	NOUN
ajfti-6174	254	8	from	from	ADP
ajfti-6174	254	9	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	254	10	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	254	11	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
ajfti-6174	254	12	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	255	1	journal	journal	PROPN
ajfti-6174	255	2	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	255	3	small	small	ADJ
ajfti-6174	255	4	business	business	NOUN
ajfti-6174	255	5	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	255	6	enterprise	enterprise	NOUN
ajfti-6174	255	7	development	development	NOUN
ajfti-6174	255	8	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	255	9	29(4	29(4	NOUN
ajfti-6174	255	10	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	255	11	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	255	12	789–803	789–803	NUM
ajfti-6174	255	13	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	256	1	okoisama	okoisama	PROPN
ajfti-6174	256	2	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	256	3	a.	a.	NOUN
ajfti-6174	256	4	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	256	5	&	&	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	256	6	ukoha	ukoha	PROPN
ajfti-6174	256	7	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	256	8	b.	b.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	256	9	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	256	10	2019	2019	NUM
ajfti-6174	256	11	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	256	12	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	257	1	entrepreneurial	entrepreneurial	ADJ
ajfti-6174	257	2	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	257	3	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	257	4	firm	firm	ADJ
ajfti-6174	257	5	performance	performance	NOUN
ajfti-6174	257	6	:	:	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	257	7	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	257	8	mediating	mediate	VERB
ajfti-6174	257	9	role	role	NOUN
ajfti-6174	257	10	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	257	11	technology	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	257	12	adoption	adoption	NOUN
ajfti-6174	257	13	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	258	1	international	international	ADJ
ajfti-6174	258	2	journal	journal	NOUN
ajfti-6174	258	3	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	258	4	entrepreneurship	entrepreneurship	NOUN
ajfti-6174	258	5	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	258	6	small	small	ADJ
ajfti-6174	258	7	business	business	NOUN
ajfti-6174	258	8	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	258	9	38(3	38(3	NUM
ajfti-6174	258	10	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	258	11	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	258	12	229–245	229–245	NUM
ajfti-6174	258	13	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	259	1	tajeddini	tajeddini	PROPN
ajfti-6174	259	2	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	259	3	k.	k.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	259	4	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	259	5	&	&	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	259	6	mueller	mueller	PROPN
ajfti-6174	259	7	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	259	8	s.	s.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	259	9	l.	l.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	259	10	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	259	11	2009	2009	NUM
ajfti-6174	259	12	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	259	13	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	260	1	entrepreneurial	entrepreneurial	ADJ
ajfti-6174	260	2	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	260	3	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	260	4	swiss	swiss	ADJ
ajfti-6174	260	5	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	260	6	uk	uk	PROPN
ajfti-6174	260	7	-	-	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	260	8	based	base	VERB
ajfti-6174	260	9	firms	firm	NOUN
ajfti-6174	260	10	:	:	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	260	11	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	260	12	comparative	comparative	ADJ
ajfti-6174	260	13	study	study	NOUN
ajfti-6174	260	14	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	260	15	technological	technological	ADJ
ajfti-6174	260	16	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	260	17	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	261	1	european	european	PROPN
ajfti-6174	261	2	journal	journal	PROPN
ajfti-6174	261	3	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	261	4	innovation	innovation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	261	5	management	management	NOUN
ajfti-6174	261	6	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	261	7	12(3	12(3	NUM
ajfti-6174	261	8	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	261	9	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	261	10	286–306	286–306	NUM
ajfti-6174	261	11	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	262	1	wanyoik	wanyoik	PROPN
ajfti-6174	262	2	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	262	3	m.	m.	NOUN
ajfti-6174	262	4	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	262	5	&	&	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	262	6	kalundu	kalundu	PROPN
ajfti-6174	262	7	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	262	8	p.	p.	NOUN
ajfti-6174	262	9	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	262	10	2022	2022	NUM
ajfti-6174	262	11	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	262	12	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	263	1	financial	financial	ADJ
ajfti-6174	263	2	inclusion	inclusion	NOUN
ajfti-6174	263	3	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	263	4	sme	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	263	5	performance	performance	NOUN
ajfti-6174	263	6	in	in	ADP
ajfti-6174	263	7	kenya	kenya	PROPN
ajfti-6174	263	8	:	:	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	263	9	the	the	DET
ajfti-6174	263	10	mediating	mediate	VERB
ajfti-6174	263	11	role	role	NOUN
ajfti-6174	263	12	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	263	13	technology	technology	NOUN
ajfti-6174	263	14	adoption	adoption	NOUN
ajfti-6174	263	15	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	264	1	african	african	ADJ
ajfti-6174	264	2	journal	journal	PROPN
ajfti-6174	264	3	of	of	ADP
ajfti-6174	264	4	economics	economic	NOUN
ajfti-6174	264	5	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	264	6	management	management	NOUN
ajfti-6174	264	7	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	264	8	8(1	8(1	NOUN
ajfti-6174	264	9	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	264	10	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	264	11	77–93	77–93	NOUN
ajfti-6174	264	12	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	265	1	zhai	zhai	PROPN
ajfti-6174	265	2	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	265	3	y.	y.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	265	4	m.	m.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	265	5	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	265	6	sun	sun	PROPN
ajfti-6174	265	7	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	265	8	w.	w.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	265	9	q.	q.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	265	10	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	265	11	tsai	tsai	PROPN
ajfti-6174	265	12	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	265	13	s.	s.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	265	14	b.	b.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	265	15	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	265	16	wang	wang	PROPN
ajfti-6174	265	17	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	265	18	z.	z.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	265	19	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	265	20	zhao	zhao	PROPN
ajfti-6174	265	21	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	265	22	y.	y.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	265	23	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	265	24	&	&	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	265	25	chen	chen	PROPN
ajfti-6174	265	26	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	265	27	q.	q.	PROPN
ajfti-6174	265	28	(	(	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	265	29	2018	2018	NUM
ajfti-6174	265	30	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	265	31	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	266	1	an	an	DET
ajfti-6174	266	2	empirical	empirical	ADJ
ajfti-6174	266	3	study	study	NOUN
ajfti-6174	266	4	on	on	ADP
ajfti-6174	266	5	entrepreneurial	entrepreneurial	ADJ
ajfti-6174	266	6	orientation	orientation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	266	7	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	266	8	absorptive	absorptive	ADJ
ajfti-6174	266	9	capacity	capacity	NOUN
ajfti-6174	266	10	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	266	11	and	and	CCONJ
ajfti-6174	266	12	smes	sme	NOUN
ajfti-6174	266	13	’	'	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	266	14	innovation	innovation	NOUN
ajfti-6174	266	15	performance	performance	NOUN
ajfti-6174	266	16	:	:	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	266	17	a	a	DET
ajfti-6174	266	18	sustainable	sustainable	ADJ
ajfti-6174	266	19	perspective	perspective	NOUN
ajfti-6174	266	20	.	.	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	267	1	sustainability	sustainability	NOUN
ajfti-6174	267	2	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	267	3	10(2	10(2	NUM
ajfti-6174	267	4	)	)	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	267	5	,	,	PUNCT
ajfti-6174	267	6	314–329	314–329	NUM
ajfti-6174	267	7	.	.	PUNCT