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AuthorSafari, Arsalan
AuthorSaleh, Ali Salman
Available date2022-10-23T06:44:06Z
Publication Date2020
Publication NameJournal of Business and Industrial Marketing
Identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JBIM-11-2018-0324
CitationSafari, A., & Saleh, A. S. (2020). Key determinants of SMEs’ export performance: a resource-based view and contingency theory approach using potential mediators. Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing.
ISSN0885-8624
URIhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85079823452&origin=inward
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/35273
AbstractPurpose: Various barriers discourage small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from entering or expanding their export activities in the international markets, especially SMEs in emerging markets. The purpose of this study is to look at capacity building to accelerate SMEs’ export performance. Design/methodology/approach: This study draws on contingency theory and takes a resource-based and market-based view to provide a holistic understanding of the issue. This study uses primary data collected via extensive surveys from active SMEs in three main industrial regions in Vietnam to undertake confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling for quantitative analysis. Findings: The results confirm and show the significant effects of various determinants on firms’ export performance. These research findings have scientific contribution and significant implications by understanding the effective internal and external export drivers and mediators in an emerging market and enhancing SMEs’ export performance. Practical implications: This study helps SMEs to improve their export performance by systemizing their decision-making in export activities, improving main export drivers highlighted in this study and developing required training programs for their teams. The outcomes also helps policymakers and regulators to improve the current SME ecosystem in Vietnam through training programs, improving policies, facilitating trades, providing more government assistance etc. The results of this study can be extended to other emerging markets with a similar economic structure and legal system. Originality/value: Given the need for more work on export performance, this paper develops and tests a holistic conceptual framework that accounts for all aspects of export drivers, and provides a more comprehensive model for examining SMEs’ export drivers. This theoretical framework also incorporates three potential mediators (i.e. innovation strategy, export marketing strategy and business strategy) to investigate the effect of internal and external factors on export performance, highlighting the importance of the mediating effects on SMEs in achieving growth and competing in the international arena.
Languageen
PublisherEmerald Publishing Limited
SubjectContingency theory
Export performance
Resource-based view
SMEs
Structural equation modelling
Vietnam
TitleKey determinants of SMEs’ export performance: a resource-based view and contingency theory approach using potential mediators
TypeArticle
Issue Number4
Volume Number35
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