The entrepreneurial ecosystem and the performance of micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in Amhara region, Ethiopia: the political–legal perspective

Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

A Systems View Across Time and Space

Table 12 Direct and indirect effects between other business environments and performance

Relationship	Direct effect	Indirect effect	Confidence interval		P-value	Conclusion
Other business environment- > competence- > performance	− 0.206 (0.002)	0.000966	Lower level	Upper level
Other business environment- > competence- > performance	− 0.206 (0.002)	0.000966	− 0.014	0.17	0.865	No mediation

Similar investigations made to test the mediating effect of entrepreneurial competence on the relationship between the business environment and the performance of MSEs are not found