Entrepreneurship Resilience and Business Survival in Southeast Nigeria; An Empirical Study

This empirical study investigates how psychological, strategic, and social dimensions of entrepreneurial resilience relate to business survival among micro and small enterprises in Southeast Nigeria. Using a field survey of 300 entrepreneurs across Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo States, the study assesses reliability of scales, descriptive statistics, correlations, and multiple regression, and explores a mediation mechanism (social capital → institutional support → survival). Results indicate that strategic and psychological resilience, as well as social capital, are positively associated with business survival, while environmental turbulence exhibits a negative relationship. Institutional support partially mediates the effect of social capital on survival. Policy and managerial implications are discussed.