Mayanja, SamuelNtayi, Joseph M.Munene, J. C.Kagaari, James R. KWaswa, Balunywa2022-06-112022-06-112019Samuel Mayanja, Joseph M. Ntayi, J. C. Munene, James R. K Kagaari & Balunywa Waswa | (2019) Ecologies of innovation among small and medium enterprises in Uganda as a mediator of entrepreneurial networking and opportunity exploitation, Cogent Business & Management, 6:1, 1641256, DOI: 10.1080/23311975.2019.164125610.1080/23311975.2019.1641256https://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/3907Researchers have noted a significant body of knowledge on the role of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in both advanced and transition economies. Previous studies on opportunity exploitation have explored a range of predicator variables, including: information asymmetry, prior knowledge, experiential learning, personality traits, and social networks, while ignoring ecologies of innovation (Dimov, 2010; Kuckertz, Kollmann, Krell, & Stöckmann, 2017). Ecologies of innovation (EoI) involve the interaction of individuals in creating the knowledge needed for value creation in any business. Ecologies of innovation transform emergent, tacit knowledge at their boundaries so that employees on all sides can appreciate the collective enterprise of innovation, and how their different knowledge fits in (Schmidt, Müller, Ibert, & Brinks, 2018). Knowledge workers in ecologies of innovation can generate intense, often intuitive ways of opportunity exploitation (Acton, Foti, Lord, & Gladfelter, 2019). This study intends to bring out this oversight into view that ecologies of innovation were left out as a mediator, yet there is no way you can exploit an opportunity without ecologies of innovation. In this study, we posit that ecologies of innovation mediate the relationship between entrepreneurial networking and opportunity exploitation.enEntrepreneurial networkingEcologies of innovationOpportunity exploitationSMEsArticle