<![CDATA[The objective of this paper is to investigate factors that contribute to strengthening the business performance of youth entrepreneurs. This study, which is based on the Resource-Based Theory (RBV), examines the social capital, financial literacy, and emotional intelligence of small and medium-sized business (SME) youth owners’ effect on business performance. The link between the variables is evaluated using the Partial Least Square Path Modelling. The findings demonstrated that the social capital and financial literacy of youth entrepreneurs have a positive and significant effect on emotional intelligence. Whereas SME performance was directly influenced by the youth owner's emotional intelligence. Based on the research, SME’s youth owners are urged to strengthen their emotional intelligence in order to make prudent business choices that would significantly enhance their firm's success. Along with this, maintaining the relationship and upgrading their financial literacy could indirectly enhance business performance.]]>
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