**6. Limitations and Recommendations for Future Research**

Situational and time constraints were the main limitations of this research. Respondents for this study were chosen from Klang Valley only. It is recommended, that future researchers should choose wider geographical areas for generalizing our study results. This study also was only based on the respondents from Malay. In terms of EO and motivation, the cross-cultural study should be used in future research which will investigate the differences between Malays and other races. It is also important to examine the similarities and dissimilarities characteristics of different nationalities, sizes, and industries that could also be conducted in further research.

Cross-country and cross-cultural empirical research could be appropriate to verify our research results. Furthermore, similar research can also be replicated based on business life cycles such as introductory, growth, or matured levels of SMEs. Similarly, to obtain a deeper understanding of entrepreneurship orientation the research scope could also be extended with the different intensity of various dimensions, i.e., mild, medium, and strong levels of autonomy, risk, innovativeness, proactiveness, learning, and achievements. Future research should also need to examine the relationship between religion, education, race and gender, and firms' performance. To verify the current study results, it is suggested to examine the cross-section on a larger platform could be applied. Moreover, other models could be used to clarify the relationship between entrepreneurship orientation toward business performance. Future inquiries could also be influenced by this one by examining the mediating and moderating effect between entrepreneurial orientation and business performance of SMEs' employing a more sophisticated method.
