Moon Jong  Choi, Sanghyun  Kim, Hyunsun  Park, Sam  Park, 
    Increasing Software Firm Performance: Entrepreneurial and
Software Characteristics and the Moderating
Effect of the Regulatory Environment,
    Research Journal of Applied Sciences,
    Volume 13,Issue 1,
    2018,
    Pages 10-25,
    ISSN 1815-932x,
    rjasci.2018.10.25,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjasci.2018.10.25)
    Abstract: Software firm managers require a solid understanding of software firm behavior, particularly the effect
of their firm’s entrepreneurial and software characteristics on performance. Thus, this study investigates the
effects of two entrepreneurial characteristics (innovativeness and risk taking) on two software characteristics
(innovativeness and standardization) which lead to software flexibility and performance. This study also
examines the moderating role of the regulatory environment in the relationships between entrepreneur and SW
characteristics. Data from 257 domestic Korean software firms were collected from a random sample. The
structural equation model was formed using AMOS 19.0 to test the proposed hypotheses. The results indicate
that the two entrepreneur variables had positive effects on SW characteristics which in turn had a positive
effect on software flexibility and performance. Moreover, the regulatory environment had positive effects as
a moderator between entrepreneurial and software characteristics.
    Keywords: Entrepreneur characteristics;SW innovativeness;SW standardization;SW flexibility;performance;regulatory environment