A Moderated Mediation Model of the Relationship between SMEs' Resources and their Sustainable growth, Lao PDR

Purpose: This paper aims to determine the Government support (GSM) and Private support (PSM) act as moderators in the relationship between SMEs" resources: Financial resources (FRR), financial literacy (FLR), Managerial capacities (MCR) and Market orientation (MKR) and their technological innovation awareness (TIA); and to discover the GSM and PSM modify the indirect relationship between SMEs' Resources and their Sustainable growth (SG) through TIA, making the indirect relationship stronger at higher of both supports. Design/Methodology: Using the survey method and adopted a random sampling technique. Data was collected with 517 SME" owners/managers, engaged in the business commodity production, trade and services. Structural Equation Modelling, Interaction effects, and The PROCESS Model 7 were performed to test the proposed hypotheses by using SPSS/AMOS version 23.